American Studies
DisciplineAmerican studies
LanguageEnglish
Edited bySherrie Tucker, Christopher Perreira
Publication details
History1960–present
Publisher
FrequencyQuarterly
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4Am. Stud.
Indexing
ISSN0026-3079 (print)
2153-6856 (web)
LCCN72620984
JSTOR00263079
OCLC no.00818197
Links

American Studies (AMSJ) is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering issues broadly concerning American culture, society, as well as international perspectives.[1] The journal is sponsored by the Mid-America American Studies Association, the University of Kansas, and the University of Minnesota.[2] The American Studies editorial board is made up of 46 members from 38 institutions in 7 countries.

History

American Studies became a major journal in 1959, when it was first known as the Journal of the Central Mississippi Valley American Studies Association and later as the Midcontinent American Studies Journal. Since 1971, it has been called American Studies and has been published by the ASA's regional chapter, the Mid-America American Studies Association. In 2005, the tri-annual journal became a quarterly. A merger with American Studies International (ASI), which ceased publication in 2004, marked a commitment to internationalizing the editorial board and increasing the presence of scholarship produced outside the U.S., as well as a commitment to continue the teaching-focused features that had been sustained by ASI.

In 2005, the journal merged with American Studies International.[3] In 2022, it partnered with the Department of American Studies at University of Minnesota. The editorial staff includes: editors-in-chief Sherrie Tucker and Christopher Perreira. In 2020, American Studies revamped the journal's blog as Dialogues: Blog of the American Studies Journal, which has been edited by Nishani Frazier since 2022.

American Studies is one of the top journals in the field, with a U.S. circulation of roughly 1,200 and an international circulation averaging around 500. The journal is available open-source, with a rolling embargo of 3 years. The journal is available full-text through the following databases: JSTOR, Project Muse, ProQuest, and EBSCO. American Studies uses a double-anonymous peer-review process. Each submission that moves through the process is typically sent to three readers, two from the editorial board and one specialist. AMSJ's acceptance rate is approximately 25%.

Special Issues

Each year, American Studies publishes a special issue that concerns a single theme of interest in the field and is managed by a guest editor or a team of editors.

Editorship Timeline

Name Institution Year First Issue Year Last Issue
Stuart Levine University of Kansas 1960 Vol. 1, No.1 1989 Vol. 30, No.2
Elizabeth Schultz* University of Kansas 1979 Vol. 20, No. 1 1980 Vol. 20, No.2
Timothy Miller* University of Kansas 1982 Vol. 23, No.2 1985 Vol. 26, No.1
William Graebner* State University of New York, Fredonia 1995 Vol. 36, No.2 2004 Vol. 45, No.3
Norman R. Yetman University of Kansas 1991 Vol. 32, No.2 2009 Vol. 50, No.3-4
David M. Katzman** University of Kansas 1979 Vol. 20, No.1 2010 Vol. 51, No.3-4
Sherrie Tucker University of Kansas 2006 Vol. 47, No.1 N/A N/A
Randal Maurice Jelks University of Kansas 2008 Vol. 49, No.1-2 2022 Vol. 61, No.1
Christopher Perreira* University of Kansas/University of California, San Diego 2020 Vol. 59, No.2 N/A N/A

* includes years as associate status or guest editor

**associate from 1979 - 1988

American Studies Editorial Board

References

  1. ↑ "Journal of American Studies | Cambridge Core". Cambridge Core. Retrieved January 14, 2024.
  2. ↑ "Journal Sponsorship". American Studies. University of Kansas. Archived from the original on October 3, 2011. Retrieved July 24, 2011.
  3. ↑ "American Studies on JSTOR". www.jstor.org. Retrieved January 14, 2024.
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