Michael A. Rinella

Editor, Publishing

Hi, I am Dr. Michael A. Rinella. Welcome to my profile!

Michael A. Rinella's Bio:

Bio for Dr. Michael A. Rinella Senior Acquisitions Editor, SUNY Press, 1/1/2005 - present. NEH Distinguished Visiting Professor, Philosophy, SUNY Potsdam, spring 2012. Acquisitions Editor, SUNY Press, 9/13/1999 - 12/31/2004. Instructor, Empire State College, Excelsior College, and the University at Albany (SUNY, Rockefeller College), 4/1/2009 - 8/31/2011, 7/2/2012 - present. Adjunct Professor of Political Science, University at Albany (SUNY, Rockefeller College), RPI, and St. Rose College, 1991 - 1998. Graduate Assistant, Political Science, University at Albany (SUNY, Rockefeller College), 1988 - 1991.

Michael A. Rinella's Experience:

  • Owner at Take Aim Designs

    June 2012 - Present

    Take Aim Designs is a conflict simulation gaming and book publishing company owned and operated by Michael Rinella. Published Titles: Patton's Vanguard: The Battle of Arracourt, 1944 (June 2017); Last Battle: Ie Shima, 1945 (September 2015); Operation Battleaxe: Wavell vs. Rommel, 1941 (December, 2013). http://www.revolutiongames.us/

  • Instructor/Course Design Consultant at Excelsior College

    April 2009 - Present

    I have taught many on-line courses and independent studies within Excelsior's Master of Liberal Studies (MALS) program. I have also served as a consultant for redesigning two courses within the MALS program. In addition I have served on fourteen M.A. thesis committees for MALS students. Most recent course taught: MLS*632, Capitalism and Its Impact (May/June 2017).

  • Freelance Game Design at ATO Magazine; Battles Magazine; MMP; Worthington Games

    November 1999 - Present

    Stalingrad: Verdun on the Volga (Last Stand Games, forthcoming summer 2016). A Circle of Fire - The Siege of Cholm, 1942 (ATO, February 2014). El Alamein: Turning Point in the Desert (Formosa Force Games, 2013). Mercury/Market-Garden (Worthington Games, 2012). Breakthrough: Cambrai (MMP, 2011). CSR Award-Nominated (2). Birth of a Legend: Lee and the Seven Days (ATO, 2011). CSR Award-Nominated (2). Slaughterhouse: The Soviet-German War, 1941-1942 (ATO, 2011). First run completely sold out, reprinted 2012. CSR Award-Nominated (2). Anzio/Cassino (Worthington Games, 2010). CSR Award-Nominated. Counter-Attack! Arras 1940 (Battles Issue #2, 2009). CSR Award-Nominated (2). Desert Duel (ATO, 2008). Bonus mini-game for subscribers. Not War But Murder: The Cold Harbor Campaign (ATO, 2007). ATO's best selling issue of 2007. CSR award winner Best Magazine Game. CSR award winner Best Historical Article. Shifting Sands: The Campaign for North Africa, 1940-1943 (MMP, 2006). Print run of 2,000 completely sold out. IGA and CSR Award-Nominated. Monty's Gamble: Market-Garden (MMP, 2003). Print run of 2,000 completely sold out. 10th Anniversary Reprint planned for 2013. IGA Award-Nominated.

  • Senior Acquisitions Editor at SUNY Press

    September 1999 - Present | Albany, NY

    I acquire scholarly and trade market manuscripts, primarily in political science and African American studies, along with other fields in the social sciences and humanities such as ancient Greek and Roman philosophy and military history. Specialties: Author recruitment, contract negotiations, rights and permissions arrangements, cover design, developmental editing, and marketing copy. I have acquired more than 500 published works for SUNY Press. Aggressive list-builder. Outstanding editorial fingerspitzengefühl. Stellar sales performance. I have always exceeded performance goals. Was chair of the round table panel "Getting Your Book Published" at the April 2014 MPSA meeting in Chicago. Prior talks on publishing include events at SUNY Albany, SUNY New Paltz, Siena College, and Empire State College. Future talk scheduled for the 2017 APSA meeting in San Francisco. Over a dozen award-winning titles. Most recently Sports and Labor in the United States has been long-listed for the 2016 PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sports Writing and Imagining Modern Democracy: A Habermasian Assessment of the Philippine Experiment received the "2016 Outstanding Scholarly Work Award for the School of Humanities" presented by Ateneo de Manila University

Michael A. Rinella's Education:

  • State University of New York at Albany

    1987 – 1997
    Ph. D.
    Concentration: Political Science

  • Syracuse University - Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs

    1985 – 1986
    M.A.
    Concentration: Political Science

  • State University of New York College at Purchase

    1981 – 1985
    B.A.
    Concentration: Political Science

Michael A. Rinella's Interests & Activities:

Writing, editing, game design, politics. Author of three books: Pharmakon (Lexington Books, 2010); Lee Harvey Oswald As I Knew Him (University of Kansas Press, 2014); Reporting on the Kennedy Assassination (University of Kansas Press, 2017).