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The AAUP Journal of Academic Freedom publishes scholarship on academic freedom and on its relation to shared governance, tenure, and collective bargaining. The journal, published by the organization most responsible for defining academic freedom, appears annually in an online-only format. See our editorial policy for general guidelines about submissions. We release a call for papers each fall.
2021–23 (Volumes 13–14): Michael Dreiling and Pedro García-Caro, University of Oregon
2020–21 (Volume 12): Rachel Ida Buff, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, and S. Ani Mukherji, Hobart and William Smith Colleges
2017–20 (Volume 9–11): Rachel Ida Buff, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
2015–17 (Volumes 7–8): Jennifer H. Ruth, Portland State University
2014–15 (Volume 6): Michael Bérubé, Pennsylvania State University
2013-14 (Volumes 4–5): Ashley Dawson, the Graduate Center, City University of New York
2010-13 (Volumes 1–3): Cary Nelson, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
Kelly Hand
Sarah Mink
Contact us at [email protected].
Cary Nelson
University of Illinois
Founding Editor
Ernst Benjamin
Past AAUP General Secretary
Anita Levy
AAUP Associate Secretary
Henry Reichman
California State University, East Bay
Ellen Schrecker
Yeshiva University
Submission of an essay (including by invitation) does not guarantee its acceptance; the Journal of Academic Freedom is under no requirement to accept any submission. Submissions should not include defamatory statements or raise other significant legal concerns. Promotion or criticism of candidates running for office within the AAUP or in local, state, or national elections is not allowed in the journal; neither is misrepresentation of AAUP policy.
The Journal of Academic Freedom discourages the following:
The Journal uses the seventeenth edition of the Chicago Manual of Style. Authors should anticipate that accepted articles will need to use citations following Chicago's "author-date" system.*
Electronic submissions of no more than 6,000 words should be sent by the submissions deadline for each call for papers to [email protected] and must include an abstract of about 150 words. Submissions sent to other email addresses, including those for the staff and faculty editors, will not be considered formal submissions. Review details of the current call for papers and submission guidelines prior to sending articles for consideration.
The journal's ISSN number is 2153-8492.
*We are transitioning to this citation system for volume 13 and subsequent volumes. We had previously noted a preference for the "notes and bibliography" style, and the first twelve volumes of the Journal include articles that use both systems.