31.2937, FYI: Call for Editor(s) - Journal of Language and Discrimination

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Subject: 31.2937, FYI: Call for Editor(s) - Journal of Language and Discrimination

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Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2020 05:49:23
From: Isabelle van der Bom [Isabelle.vanderbom at phil.tu-chemnitz.de]
Subject: Call for Editor(s) - Journal of Language and Discrimination

 
The Journal of Language and Discrimination is inviting applications for a new
Editor(s). After a five-year term, the current editors - Laura Paterson and
Isabelle van der Bom - are stepping down. We welcome applications from
individual candidates, but would also consider joint applications where two
people would like to co-edit together. 

The Journal of Language and Discrimination was established in 2016 and is
published by Equinox. It is an interdisciplinary journal publishing
peer-reviewed papers, short research notes, book reviews, and interviews from
across a broad spectrum. The journal focuses on the shaping effect of language
in situations of discrimination, but  also includes research on language
ideology and language-focused discrimination; i.e. discrimination towards a
language, or towards users of a particular language variety. The journal
provides a unique platform to broadcast the diversity and interdisciplinarity
of research on language and discrimination, whilst maintaining a unifying
focus. As such, it supports the development of new understandings and new
approaches to the study of language and discrimination. For further
information on the journal, please see
https://journals.equinoxpub.com/JLD/index. 

The position of Editor will be available from January 2021 and it is expected
that the incoming postholder will take this role for a five year period. The
current editors will step down in December 2020, but will provide a handover. 

Job description:

Strategic
- Compiling a five year plan for the term of office
- Promotion of the journal at academic events and via mailing lists
- Encouraging the submission of special issues
- Inviting papers from key scholars working in Language and Discrimination
- Liaising with the Book Reviews Editor
- Promoting new issues of the journal upon publication via social media
- Increasing circulation/visibility/citations of the Journal

Operational
- Day to day management of journal activities
- Evaluating special issue proposals
- Deciding whether or not to send submissions to review
- Identifying appropriate reviewers 
- Liaising with reviewers to ensure timely reviews
- Writing decision letters based on reviewers’ feedback
- Allocating accepted papers to forthcoming issues
- Sending issues for typesetting and copy editing
- Liaising with authors re proofs
- Writing an editorial for each issue (excl. special issues)
- Giving final approval for page proofs

Selection criteria:

Essential
- Knowledge and experience of research in an area of Language and
Discrimination
- Good organisation skills, time management
- Experience of project management (within a research, teaching, or
administrative context)
- An understanding of the aims of the Jounal of Language and Discrimination
- A commitment to expanding the Journal and building upon its first five years
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills; ability to work with
others
- A clear plan for the future of the Journal

Desirable
- Experience of journal management 
- Experience which would be valuable to the post (e.g. editorial board member)
- Fit with a potential co-editor

Application Process:
Interested candidates should send their CV (two pages) and a statement of
interest, which includes a five-year plan for the Journal (1 page) to Isabelle
van der Bom (isabelle.vanderbom at phil-tu-chemnitz.de), by 30 October 2020.
Please put ‘Application Editor JLD’ as the subject header.
 



Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics
                     Philosophy of Language
                     Psycholinguistics
                     Sociolinguistics





 



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