We will soon announce editorial changes afoot at Society and Space. We will add members to our editorial collective who share our commitment to the interdisciplinary mission of the journal and the vibrant Open Site. If you are interested in joining the collective in the role of Editor or Review Editor, please see the below call, and please forward this widely.
Editor
Society and Space Editors work collectively in all aspects of journal and Open Site work. We all read the 250+ annual submissions to the journal, collaborating on the decision to send a manuscript for review or to redirect the paper to another outlet. We determine appropriate reviewers for manuscripts entering into the peer review process (see also last year’s Open Site entry on “The problems of peer review”). While each paper has a coordinating Editor, we all weigh in on results of peer review before we write and send decision letters to authors. We also work together to adjudicate Special Issues proposals; to write journal commentaries; and to determine Open Site content.
The Editors maintain a firm commitment to the timely review of manuscripts. This means that we must maintain regular and responsive email correspondence with authors, the Editorial Manager (Kiersty Hong), the publisher’s representatives, and the other members of the editorial collective. Editors must also provide frequent, almost daily, input on new manuscripts and decisions through Manuscript Central, and we seek to communicate decisions to manuscript authors in a timely manner.
Editors also contribute steady content to the Open Site, including efforts to enrich the range of material and voices on its pages. Editors work to encourage journal authors to provide supplemental content in tandem with article publication; to communicate journal news, including highlights of Board Members’ work; to conduct and coordinate interviews with authors, theorists, and scholars of interest to our readers; to support the work of the Review Editors; to edit unsolicited submissions; and to compile other materials like virtual theme issues. Editors learn how to format entries on WordPress, the host of the Open Site.
To be considered for Editor, please submit a two page letter of interest and CV to Natalie Oswin ([email protected]) and Mary Thomas ([email protected]). This letter should address the following:
- Your overall scholarly background, including areas of interest and expertise.
- Your relationship to the journal if any, including publications, work as a reviewer, contributions to the Open Site, etc.
- Your experience with editing and reviewing academic writing.
- A brief vision statement outlining your potential contributions to the journal and Open Site.
Informal inquiries about the position can also be directed to Natalie and Mary.
We will hold Skype interviews with finalists during the weeks of May 11 or 18, so please submit your letters to us by May 7, 2015. We would like for the Editor to begin work immediately if possible, although this is negotiable. There is an honorarium for the position provided by the publisher, Pion, Ltd.
Review Editor
We will also be appointing Review Editors to the editorial team. Review Editors solicit and post content on the Open Site, primarily reviews of books, installations, and films. Review Editors also solicit and post book review forums, commentaries, author interviews, and news of interest to journal readers.
We seek Review Editors who are willing and able to keep a steady flow of content over time. The work of the Review Editors requires them to stay current on new publications across a wide range of presses and book series; to maintain regular and responsive email correspondence with the Editors and with contributors; to be willing to learn and master the WordPress format; to edit contributions, including attending to writing, formatting, grammatical, and stylistic concerns; to have an interdisciplinary commitment reflective of the range of interests published in the journal; and to work collaboratively, drawing on the Editorial Team and academic networks more generally to ensure vibrant interdisciplinarity in Open Site content.
To be considered for Review Editor, please submit a two page letter of interest and CV to Natalie Oswin ([email protected]) and Mary Thomas ([email protected]). This letter should address the following:
- Your overall scholarly background, including areas of interest and expertise.
- Your relationship to the journal if any, including publications, work as a reviewer, your contributions to the Open Site, etc.
- Your experience with editing and reviewing academic writing.
- A brief vision statement outlining your potential contributions to the Open Site.
Informal inquiries about the position can also be directed to Natalie and Mary.
We will hold Skype interviews with finalists during the weeks of May 11 or 18, so please submit your letters to us by May 7, 2015. We would like for the Review Editors to begin work immediately if possible, although this is negotiable. There is an honorarium for the position provided by the publisher, Pion, Ltd.
