The University of Illinois Press will publish the new Journal of Civil and Human Rights, beginning in 2015.
The mission statement for the Journal of Civil and Human Rights is: “Founded in 2014, the Journal of Civil and Human Rights is a peer-reviewed, interdisciplinary, academic journal dedicated to preserving the histories of modern U.S.-based social justice movements and freedom struggles and their antecedents, influence, and legacies. The journal features research-based articles, interviews, editorials, and reviews of books, films, museum exhibits, and Web sites.”
The Journal of Civil and Human Rights requests rigorously researched, engagingly written, original articles of 8,000-12,000 words from all relevant fields, orientations, and disciplines. The journal also welcomes reviews and review essays. Reviews are 500-1,000 words. Review essays are 3,000-6,000 words. The deadline is rolling, although date of submission will correlate with date of publication.
The Journal of Civil and Human Rights editorial board members are:
Brian Behnken, Iowa State University
Clayborne Carson, Stanford University
Daniel Cobb, University of North Carolina
Simon Hall, University of Leeds
Hasan Jeffries, The Ohio State University
William Jones, University of Wisconsin
Peniel Joseph, Tufts University
Tracy K’Meyer, University of Louisville
Clarence Lang, University of Kansas
Steven Lawson, Rutgers University
Daryl Maeda, University of Colorado
Danielle McGuire, Wayne State University
Susan Mezey, Loyola University Chicago
David Montejano, University of California, Berkeley
Aldon Morris, Northwestern University
Donna Murch, Rutgers University
Premilla Nadasen, Queens College, CUNY
Kim Nielsen, University of Toledo
Cynthia Orozco, Eastern New Mexico University
Sherry Smith, Southern Methodist University
Marc Stein, York University
Christopher Strain, Florida Atlantic University
Jeanne Theoharis, Brooklyn College, CUNY
Heather Thompson, Temple University
Zaragosa Vargas, University of North Carolina
Rhonda Williams, Case Western Reserve University
Yohuru Williams, Fairfield University
Komozi Woodard, Sarah Lawrence College
Please email your completed pieces and your CV, or any other correspondence to: Michael Ezra, Professor of American Multicultural Studies, Sonoma State University, Founding Editor, Journal of Civil and Human Rights, ezra@sonoma.edu