American Studies (journal)
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| Discipline | American studies |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Edited by | Sherrie Tucker, Christopher Perreira |
| Publication details | |
| History | 1960–present |
| Publisher | |
| Frequency | Quarterly |
| Standard abbreviations | |
| ISO 4 | Am. Stud. |
| Indexing | |
| ISSN | 0026-3079 (print) 2153-6856 (web) |
| LCCN | 72620984 |
| JSTOR | 00263079 |
| OCLC no. | 00818197 |
| Links | |
American Studies (AMSJ) is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering issues broadly concerning American culture, society, as well as international perspectives. The journal is sponsored by the Mid-America American Studies Association, the University of Kansas, and the University of Minnesota.[1] In 2005, the journal merged with American Studies International and, in 2022, partnered with the Department of American Studies at University of Minnesota. The editorial staff includes: editors-in-chief Sherrie Tucker and Christopher Perreira; associate editor Nishani Frazier; senior book review editor David Karjanen; assistant editor Lydia Epp Schmidt; book review assistant editor Demiliza Saramosing; and media assistant Maddie Pieropan. In 2020, American Studies revamped the journal's blog as Dialogues: Blog of the American Studies Journal, edited by Nishani Frazier since 2022. The American Studies editorial board is made up of 46 members from 38 institutions in 7 countries.
History
American Studies became a major journal in 1959, when it was first known as the Journal of the Central Mississippi Valley American Studies Association and later as the Midcontinent American Studies Journal. Since 1971, it has been called American Studies and has been published by the ASA’s regional chapter, the Mid-America American Studies Association. In 2005, the triannual journal became a quarterly. A merger with American Studies International (ASI), which ceased publication in 2004, marked a commitment to internationalizing the editorial board and increasing the presence of scholarship produced outside the U.S., as well as a commitment to continue the teaching-focused features that had been sustained by ASI.
American Studies is one of the top journals in the field, with a U.S. circulation of roughly 1,200 and an international circulation averaging around 500. The journal is available open-source with a rolling embargo of 3 years and is available full-text through the following databases: JSTOR, Project Muse, ProQuest, and EBSCO. American Studies uses a double-anonymous peer-review process. Each submission that moves through the process is typically sent to three readers, two from the editorial board and one specialist. AMSJ's acceptance rate is approximately 25%.
Special Issues
Each year, American Studies publishes a special issue that concerns a single theme of interest in the field and is managed by a guest editor or a team of editors. They are the primarily arbiter of proposals, acceptances and revisions, but the final decisions rest with the editors of American Studies.
2022 - Across Global Souths: Asian Migrations through the U.S. South and the Circum-Caribbean
Guest Edited by Joo Ok Kim (UC San Diego) and Giselle Liza Anatol (University of Kansas)
Guest Edited by Michelle Yates (Columbia College Chicago), Timo Müller (University of Konstanz, Germany), Pacharee Sudhinaraset (New York University), and Hee-Jung Serenity Joo (University of Manitoba, Canada)
Guest Editors: Kristen Turner (North Carolina State University) and Lucy Caplan (Harvard University)
Guest Editors: Kalenda Eaton (University of Oklahoma), Michael K. Johnson (University of Maine at Farmington), and Jeanette Eileen Jones (university of Nebraska - Lincoln)
2018 - The Food Issue
Guest Editor: Lauren Rabinovitz (University of Iowa)
Guest Editors: Norma E. Cantú (Trinity University) and Valerie M. Mendoza (Avila University)
2016 - Sports in the University
Guest Editors: Noah Cohan (Washington University in St. Louis), Daniel A. Gilbert (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), Theresa Runstedtler (American University), Tyran Kai Steward (University of Michigan), and Lucio Trimbur (City University of New York)
2015 - The Ralph Ellison Issue
Guest Editors: Matthew Calihman (Missouri State University), Tracy Floreani (Oklahoma City University), and A. Yęmisi Jimoh (University of Massachusetts-Amherst)
2013 - The Funk Issue
Guest Editor: Tony Bolden (University of Kansas)
Editorship Timeline
| Name | Institution | Year | First Issue | Year | Last Issue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stuart Levine | University of Kansas | 1960 | Vol. 1, No.1 | 1989 | Vol. 30, No.2 |
| Elizabeth Schultz* | University of Kansas | 1979 | Vol. 20, No. 1 | 1980 | Vol. 20, No.2 |
| Timothy Miller* | University of Kansas | 1982 | Vol. 23, No.2 | 1985 | Vol. 26, No.1 |
| William Graebner* | State University of New York, Fredonia | 1995 | Vol. 36, No.2 | 2004 | Vol. 45, No.3 |
| Norman R. Yetman | University of Kansas | 1991 | Vol. 32, No.2 | 2009 | Vol. 50, No.3-4 |
| David M. Katzman** | University of Kansas | 1979 | Vol. 20, No.1 | 2010 | Vol. 51, No.3-4 |
| Sherrie Tucker | University of Kansas | 2006 | Vol. 47, No.1 | N/A | N/A |
| Randal Maurice Jelks | University of Kansas | 2008 | Vol. 49, No.1-2 | 2022 | Vol. 61, No.1 |
| Christopher Perreira* | University of Kansas/University of California, San Diego | 2020 | Vol. 59, No.2 | N/A | N/A |
* includes years as associate status or guest editor
**associate from 1979 - 1988
American Studies Editorial Board
Crystal Anderson, George Mason University
Fernando Armstrong-Fumero, Smith College
Thomas Augst, New York University
Davarian Baldwin, Trinity College
Astrid Böger, University of Hamburg, Germany
Edward Chan, Waseda University, Japan
Dawn Coleman, University of Tennessee
Clare Corbould, Deakin University, Australia
Todd Decker, Washington University in St. Louis
Dennis Domer, University of Kansas
Phillip Drake, University of Kansas
Gerald Early, Washington University in St. Louis
Keith Eggener, University of Oregon
Nan Enstad, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Daniele Fiorentino, Università Roma Tre, Italy
Stephanie Fitzgerald, Arizona State University
Randall Fuller, University of Kansas
John Gennari, University of Vermont
Tanya Golash-Boza, University of California, Merced
William Graebner, State University of New York at Fredonia
Douglas Hartmann, University of Minnesota
Udo Hebel, University of Regensburg, Germany
Rebecca Hill, Kennesaw State University
Mark Hulsether, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Serenity Joo, University of Manitoba, Canada
L.S. Kim, University of California, Santa Cruz
Brian Leech, Augustana College
Cheryl Lester, University of Kansas
Tiffany Ana López, University of California, Irvine
Emily Lordi, Vanderbilt University
Nicola Mann, Richmond University, London
Carol Mason, University of Kentucky
Fiona Ngô, University of Virginia
Eric Porter, University of California, Santa Cruz
Sonnet Retman, University of Washington
David Roediger, University of Kansas
Wilfried Raussert, Bielefeld University, Germany
Eric Sandeen, University of Wyoming
Alex Seago, Richmond University, London
David Serlin, University of California, San Diego
Jane Simonsen, Augustana College
Carolyn Thomas, California State University, Fullerton
Deborah Vargas, Yale University
Travis Vogan, University of Iowa
Shirley Wajda, Michigan State University Museum
Psyche Williams-Forson, University of Maryland
References
- ^ "Journal Sponsorship". American Studies. University of Kansas. Archived from the original on 2011-10-03. Retrieved 2011-07-24.