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Studies in Working-Class History
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Current Volume: 23
Frequency: Quarterly
Academic Editor: Julie Greene
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Editor:
Julie Greene, University of Maryland at College Park
Senior Associate Editors:
Shennette Garrett-Scott, Tulane University
Jessica Wilkerson, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Book Reviews Editor:
Vanessa May, Hunter College
Founding Editor:
Leon Fink, University of Illinois, Chicago
Associate Editors:
The Common Verse
Susan Eisenberg, Independent Scholar
Up for Debate
William Jones, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Arts and Media
Kathy M. Newman, Carnegie Mellon University
LaborOnline
Rosemary Feurer, Northern Illinois University
Contemporary Affairs
Gabriel Winant, University of Chicago
Editorial Committee:
Margot Canaday, Princeton University
Shane Dillingham, Arizona State University
Erik Gellman, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Janine Giordano Drake, Indiana University, Bloomington
Verónica Martínez-Matsuda, University of California, San Diego
Tamika Nunley, Cornell University
Kim Phillips-Fein, Columbia University
Seth Rockman, Brown University
Online Editors:
Chad Pearson, University of North Texas
Ian Rocksborough-Smith, University of the Fraser Valley
Contributing Editors:
Emma Amador, University of Connecticut
Eric Arnesen, George Washington University
Megan Asaka, University of California, Riverside
Alexander Aviña, Arizona State University
James Barrett, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Jakub Benes, University College London
Stefan Berger, Ruhr University Bochum
Eileen Boris, University of California, Santa Barbara
Kornel Chang, Rutgers University, Newark
Alexandra Finley, University of Pittsburgh
Brodie Fischer, University of Chicago
Joan Flores-Villalobos, University of Southern California
Paulo Fontes, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Hannah Forsyth, Independent Scholar
Matt Garcia, Dartmouth College
Keith Gildart, University of Wolverhampton
Sergio González, Marquette University
James Gregory, University of Washington
Trevor Griffey, University of California, Los Angeles and Irvine
Cindy Hahamovitch, University of Georgia
Mary Hicks, University of Chicago
Justin Jackson, Bard's College at Simon's Rock
Greg Kealey, University of New Brunswick
Alice Kessler-Harris, Columbia University
Mary Klann, University of California San Diego
Max Krochmal, University of New Orleans
Paul R. D. Lawrie, York University
Yujie Li, University of Maryland, College Park
Alex Lichtenstein, Indiana University, Bloomington
Nelson Lichtenstein, University of California, Santa Barbara
Jana Lipman, Tulane University
Aimee Loiselle, Central Connecticut State University
Naina Manjrekar, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Lou Martin, Chatham University
Joseph McCartin, Georgetown University
Sarah McNamara, Texas A&M University
Crystal Moten, Obama Presidential Center Museum
Michelle Moyd, Michigan State University
Katrina Navickas, University of Hertfordshire
Colleen O'Neill, Utah State University
Liesl Miller Orenic, Dominican University
Annelise Orleck, Dartmouth College
Paul Ortiz, Cornell University
Lara Putnam, University of Pittsburgh
Jacob Remes, New York University
Jason Resnikoff, University of Groningen
Jarod Roll, University of Mississippi
Calvin Schermerhorn, Arizona State University
Jon Shelton, University of Wisconsin, Green Bay
Elizabeth Tandy Shermer, Loyola University Chicago
LaKisha Simmons, University of Michigan
Stacey Smith, Oregon State University
Shelton Stromquist, University of Iowa
Emma Teitelman, Cornell University
Heidi Tinsman, University of California, Irvine
Katherine Turk, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Lara Vapnek, St. John's University
Naomi R. Williams, Rutgers University-New Brunswick
Lane Windham, Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor, Georgetown University
Colleen Woods, University of Maryland, College Park
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Labor does not typically accept manuscripts for publication that exceed 10,000 words, including notes and the reference list. Anonymize and submit your manuscript as a Microsoft Word doc in Times New Roman, double-spaced, 12-point font.
Submit images and tables as separate files. Full guidelines about art preparation, including supplying alt text for all interior images, are available in Duke University Press’s Submission Guidelines.
Labor conducts a triple-blind peer review process. We aim to return manuscripts to authors with a decision within three months of their initial submission. The editor is responsible for the final selection of content for the journal and reserves the right to reject any material deemed inappropriate for publication. Responsibility for opinions expressed and the accuracy of facts published in articles and reviews rests solely with the individual authors.
Labor reviews monographs, anthologies, films, textbooks, TV shows, and permanent museum exhibits about labor and working-class history. We do not review new editions of books, document readers, memoirs, or temporary exhibits, and we do not accept unsolicited reviews. To volunteer, email laborreviews@gmail.com, listing your fields of expertise and attaching a copy of your CV. Please note, though, that, except under exceptional circumstances, we do not permit people to suggest the books they want to review, and we do not publish reviews by graduate students.
While the scholarly article and book review serve as the foundation of Labor, the journal contains sections designed to broaden its reach and purpose. The “Contemporary Affairs” section offers labor historians concerned with the search for “a usable past” a platform to address contemporary problems of workers and their unions. “Up for Debate” allows for a focused argument by several scholars on an important theme. “The Common Verse” displays a diversity of poems that give voice to American workers. “Arts and Media" explores themes and representations of labor and working-class culture, both historical and contemporary. A new section, “Going Public,” explores the current state of public history. If you would like to propose a special feature, please contact the editorial office.
Any questions concerning submissions should be directed to labor@umd.edu.
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