Dr. Koffler brings over 30 years of distinguished editorial/publishing experience to the Press, with a solid background in the social sciences and health care, amongst other disciplines. His academic career includes a B.A. from Yale University, an M.A. from New York University, and Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from Rutgers University, followed by Fulbright and Old Dominion Fellowships. Subsequently he taught at MIT, and then served as Program Officer for Publications at the National Endowment for the Humanities. Dr. Koffler followed up his tenure as Vice President, Editorial for Associate Faculty Press/Kraus with a brief stint as Executive Editor for Rowman & Littlefield and a long and fruitful period as Executive Editor for Aldine de Gruyter, the American division of Walter de Gruyter of Berlin, Germany. Afterward he joined the relatively new firm at Questia Media of Houston, Texas, as Director, Publisher Relations. More recently, Dr. Koffler joined The Haworth Press, Inc., as Senior Book Editor. After the sale of Haworth to the Taylor & Francis Group/Routledge, Dr. Koffler has been teaching Humanities courses at Fairleigh Dickinson University in addition to his position as Senior Book Editor with Harrington Park Press.

Some years back, Dr. Koffler also held the position of Executive Director for the Association of American University Presses, serving as chief executive and Board Member for that leading educational nonprofit organization.