Welcome to the Journal of the Professoriate!

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The Journal of the Professoriate is an international, refereed, and scholarly journal that seeks to promote lively discourse among scholars and policymakers on various issues affecting all college and university faculty in higher education in America and abroad. The primary mission of the Journal of the Professoriate is to provide an outlet for critical analysis and scholarship on issues pertaining to the pathways leading to the professoriate as well as all issues about and relevant to college and university faculty within academe and the global society. The Journal of the Professoriate is published by Stylus Publishing.

The Journal of the Professoriate is interdisciplinary in design and will offer a rich mixture of empirical research (quantitative and qualitative methodologies) as well as theoretical discussions. The Journal of the Professoriate will address many of, but not limited to, the following issues and topics: (a) the impact of faculty on student development (e.g., recruitment, retention, academic achievement, and life-long learning); (b) the role, experiences, and outcomes of faculty at two-year and four-year colleges and other postsecondary settings; (c) diversity issues that impact college faculty; (d) organizational, leadership, legal, and administration-related issues impacting college faculty; (e) issues pertaining to the utilization of technology by college and university faculty; (f) issues concerning faculty unionization, collective bargaining, academic freedom; and (g) comparative studies of faculty in America and abroad.

EDITORIAL BOARD

Editor-in-Chief

Lamont A. Flowers, University of Florida

Senior Associate Editors

Jerlando F. L. Jackson, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Brian N. Williams, University of Georgia

Managing Editor 

Lee Jones, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater

Associate Editors

Samuel Hodge, The Ohio State University
Tyrone Howard, University of California, Los Angeles
Barbara Johnson, University of New Orleans
Reitumetse Mabokela, Michigan State University
Laura Perna, University of Maryland

Consulting Editors 

Ann E. Austin, Michigan State University
Elizabeth Balbachevsky, University of São Paulo
William B. Harvey, American Council on Education
Philo Hutchenson, Georgia State University
Ming Mu, Ocean University of China
William Tierney, University of Southern California
Cornel West, Princeton University

Reviewers

Derrick Alridge, University of Georgia
Floyd Beachum, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Brian K. Bridges, George Washington University
Tony Cawthon, Clemson University
Kevin Cokley, University of Missouri-Columbia
Darryl Corey, Valdosta State University
Elizabeth G. Creamer, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
J. Vern Cromartie, Contra Costa College
Stanley Elliot, St. Augustine’s College
Donna Y. Ford, Vanderbilt University
Joy Gaston-Gayles, Florida State University
Timothy J. Glaude, Xavier University of New Orleans
Anna L. Green, Florida A&M University
Willie J. Heggins III, Washington State University
Sharon Holmes, Northern Illinois University
Kimberly L. King-Jupiter, Auburn University
Richard Massie, Shawnee Community College
H. Rich Milner, Vanderbilt University
James T. Minor, Michigan State University
E. Newton Jackson, Jr., Florida A&M University
Chance W. Lewis, Colorado State University
Stephen J. Quaye, University of Southern California
Robert D. Reason, The Pennsylvania State University
Larry Rowley, University of Michigan
Andrew Ryan, George Mason University
David Staten, South Carolina State University
Dafina Stewart, Ohio University
Roland J. Thorpe, Johns Hopkins University
Marvin A. Titus, North Carolina State University
Shawn Utsey, Virginia Commonwealth University
Frankie Keels Williams, Clemson University
Carol Camp Yeakey, Washington University

Journal Staff 

Lonnie Estes, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
David Horton Jr., University of Florida
Leon John, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
Yanmei Zhang, University of Florida

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

All submitted manuscripts should be prepared in accordance with the guidelines outlined in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (5th Edition). Your manuscript submission certifies that none of the contents are copyrighted, published, accepted for publication by another journal, under review by another journal, or submitted to another journal while under review by the Journal of the Professoriate. All manuscripts should be submitted via e-mail and printed in Times Roman (12 pt.), double-spaced on 8½ x 11 size paper and accompanied by an abstract of not more than 120 words. To protect anonymity during the review process, the title page should be the only place in the manuscript that includes the author(s) name(s) and institutional affiliation(s). All other identifying references and notes should be removed from the manuscript before it is submitted for publication consideration. Submitted manuscripts should not to exceed 7,500 words.

Figures, charts, and tables should be consecutively numbered in Arabic. The Journal of the Professoriate does not allow the use of footnotes or endnotes. References should be listed alphabetically by author at the end of the paper and referred to in the body of the text in accordance with the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (5th Edition). If the manuscript is accepted for publication, the author(s) will be asked to submit a copy of the final post-review version of the manuscript via e-mail.

Manuscripts accepted for publication are subject to copyediting. Manuscript submission indicates the author’s commitment to publish in the Journal of the Professoriate and to give the journal first publication rights. No manuscript known to be under consideration by another journal will be reviewed. Upon publication, Stylus Publishing owns all rights, including subsidiary rights. Authors retain the right to use their articles, after they have appeared in the journal, without charge in any book they write or edit. Our policy is to require the assignment of copyright on all published manuscripts. We understand that in return for publication, the journal has the nonexclusive rights to publish the contribution and the continuing unlimited right to include the contribution as part of any issue and/or volume reprint of the journal in which the contribution first appeared by any means and in any format.

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BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviews published in the Journal of the Professoriate are intended to be as engaging, insightful, and well-written as those articles that emerge from the referee process. Book reviews are also designed to provide readers with both accurate descriptions of the books being reviewed and thoughtful evaluations of their meaning, utility, and relevance for the professoriate. All book reviews reflect the diversity of interests and viewpoints found within the various fields and disciplines of college and university settings, as well as address the book’s likely contribution and value to academics and policymakers.

Our policy is to assign books to specific reviewers. Please note that assignments do not guarantee publication. We are not opposed to considering requests for unsolicited book reviews. If at any time you have a book that you would like to review, please write to Dr. Brian N. Williams (see address below) with a brief description of the book and your reasons for wanting to write a book review for the Journal of the Professoriate. The length of the book review should be between 3-5 double-spaced, typewritten pages (not to exceed 1,250 words). We encourage references outward to other books and/or relevant scholarly literature.

All book reviews are required to follow the format of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (5th Edition). All quotations from the book being reviewed should include page references in parentheses instead of full references. Citations from other sources should include a full reference.

Please forward all inquires concerning book reviews to:

Brian N. Williams
Senior Associate Editor, Journal of the Professoriate
bnwillia@uga.edu

SPECIAL THEME ISSUES

Special theme issues published in the Journal of the Professoriate will seek to address specific and particular topics of interest to postsecondary faculty. In light of the varied disciplines and organizational configurations that encompass postsecondary faculty around the world, special theme issues are intended to explore unique as well as distinct topics pertaining to college faculty.

Prospective guest editors should write and submit a 1-page proposal, to Jerlando F. L. Jackson, describing the following: (a) the specific procedures you will employ to solicit manuscripts for your special theme issue (e.g., submit call for manuscripts on a professional association's listserv); (b) a detailed timeline describing the development of your special theme issue; (c) the names of prospective authors (if appropriate); and (d) a list of individuals and/or organizations hat would be interested in your issue so that we can use the list to advertise/market your special theme issue.

All special theme issues will follow the general submission and formatting procedures and are required to follow the guidelines of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (5th Edition).

Please forward all inquiries and/or proposals regarding special theme issues to:

Jerlando F. L. Jackson
Senior Associate Editor, Journal of the Professoriate
jjackson@education.wisc.edu

FACULTY FACTS

  • In the fall of 1998, approximately 1.1 million faculty were employed in the nation’s public and private institutions.

  • 57% of all faculty were employed on a full-time basis and 43% of all faculty were employed on a part-time basis in the fall of 1988.

  • Ethnic and racial minority faculty (e.g., African American, American Indian, Asian or Pacific Islander, and Hispanic faculty) comprised approximately 15% of all faculty in the fall of 1988.

Note: Data for the Faculty Facts were obtained from the 1999 National Study of Postsecondary Faculty

RELATED WEB LINKS

American Association of University Professors
http://www.aaup.org

Chronicle of Higher Education – Faculty Section
http://chronicle.com/faculty

National Study of Postsecondary Faculty
http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/nsopf 

Stylus Publishing
http://www.styluspub.com