Kelley Deane McKinney

Kelley Deane McKinney is an accomplished editor and educator with extensive experience in publishing and communications. Currently serving as the Managing Editor at The Paris Review since November 2022, McKinney previously held key positions at Public Books, where responsibilities included Publisher and Managing Editor, and Columbia University as Associate Director of Communications for the Society of Fellows and the Heyman Center for the Humanities. Additional editorial roles include Editor At Large and Senior Editor at Guernica Magazine and Associate Director at Cabinet Magazine. McKinney's earlier experience includes heading operations and communications at Chromatik, a music education technology company, and instructing expository writing at UC Davis. McKinney holds a B.A. in English and American Language and Literature from Harvard University.