WSQ: Call for New General Editors
WSQ invites proposals for new general editors for a three-year term
Beginning May 1, 2023 · Proposals due November 14, 2022
Since 1972, WSQ has been an interdisciplinary forum for the exchange of emerging perspectives on women, gender, and sexuality. Its peer-reviewed interdisciplinary thematic special issues focus on such topics as 50!, Black Love, Solidão, Precarious Work, At Sea, Solidarity, Queer Methods, Child, Debt, Activisms, The Global and the Intimate, Trans-, The Sexual Body, and Mother, combining legal, economic, queer, cultural, technological, and historical work to present the most exciting new scholarship, fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, book reviews, and visual arts on ideas that engage popular and academic readers alike. In 2007, WSQ obtained the Phoenix Award for Significant Editorial Achievement from the Council of Editors of Learned Journals. Since then, WSQ has continued to feature groundbreaking research and creative work by emerging scholars alongside new contributions by leaders in the field such as Angela Davis, Donna Haraway, Hortense Spillers, Saidiya Hartman, Farah Jasmine Griffin, Jennifer Morgan, and Judith Butler. The new editors have the opportunity to broaden WSQ’s engagement with feminist studies and to take it in new and strategic directions.
The Feminist Press at CUNY publishes WSQ twice a year, producing two guest-edited issues on themes in feminist studies per year. The journal is currently managed by general editor Red Washburn and editorial directors Dána-Ain Davis and Kendra Sullivan with the support of graduate student editorial assistants and staff at the Feminist Press at CUNY. The Center for the Study of Women in Society and the Center for the Humanities provide additional support for the production of the journal through graduate student editorial assistant fellowships, public programming, and promotion. The Feminist Press handles all production work and costs, including copyediting, typesetting, proofreading, printing, and online subscriptions.
An editorial board and an advisory board of approximately fifty scholars working in the field of women’s, gender, and sexuality studies provide guidance, peer review support, and editorial feedback to the general editors. The general editors and editorial board solicit and select guest editor proposals for each issue. The general editors and editorial assistants work with guest editors and the Feminist Press to produce each issue.
We invite proposals from prospective co-editors who will work with editorial board members to build on and expand WSQ’s intellectual scope and audience reach within and beyond the fields of women’s, gender, and sexuality studies. The incoming editorial team is encouraged to think of their work in terms of field-building and field-expanding, ensuring that WSQ accommodates increased diversity and interdisciplinarity in its governance, operations, content, and distribution. It is also an opportunity to develop strategic institutional alliances. Please contact the current general editors and the Feminist Press for a current operational overview of the journal.
Eligibility
WSQ seeks a team of two full-time faculty from a campus or campuses at the City University of New York to serve as general editors of the journal. The proposed editorial team must demonstrate a commitment to feminist scholarship and politics together with strong operational management skills. Both members of the proposed editorial team can work with their affiliated institutions for the provision of support during their tenure as general editors.
Key Dates
November 14, 2022: Full proposals are due. Proposals should be submitted electronically in PDF format. The Feminist Press and WSQ general editors will review proposals.
January 15, 2023: New general editors announced.
February 1, 2023: New general editors and current general editors will work on transition during the spring semester.
May 1, 2023: New general editors will assume editorship and begin work on the next special issue in process.
December 2023: The first special issue of WSQ under new editorship is published by the Feminist Press.
Proposal Guidelines
Proposals to serve as general editors of WSQ should include:
Editorial Mission Statement:
— An explanation of the prospective co-editors’ vision for the journal and its editorial board, including an analysis of the place of the journal in feminist scholarship.
Co-editors’ Background Information and Qualifications:
—A statement on prospective co-editors’ prior experience that demonstrates preparation to successfully guide WSQ intellectually and administratively.
—Curricula vitae for all proposed editorial team members.
Selection Process
The current WSQ general editors will collaborate with the Feminist Press to review and evaluate all proposals. WSQ and the Feminist Press welcome questions and requests for feedback as prospective co-editors develop proposals.
Contact WSQ and the Feminist Press
Please send all queries and proposals to WSQEditors@gmail.com and info@feministpress.org.