American Studies Journal (AMSJ) Official Call for Bids

Tom Sarmiento Announcement
Location
United States
Subject Fields
American History / Studies, Cultural History / Studies, Immigration & Migration History / Studies, Race / Ethnic Studies, Sexuality Studies

The Mid-America American Studies Association (MAASA), a regional organization of the national American Studies Association, invites institutions within the Mid-America region (Arkansas, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, and Wisconsin) to submit a formal bid for the management and publication of the quarterly transnational, interdisciplinary journal American Studies (AMSJ) effective July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2032. Every ten years, the MAASA-sponsored journal is open to bids.

 

The bid should include the following information:

  • Vision statement for the journal (e.g., How do you see the journal contributing to the field of American Studies in the next decade? What do you envision as the journal’s brand identity? What plans do you have to engage readers with journal content beyond the print publication, including but not limited to a blog, social media, scholarly conversation series?)
  • Institutional strengths (i.e., What makes your institution well poised to manage and publish the journal? What editorial experience does the proposed staff offer?)
  • Staffing:
    • Release time, summer salary, and/or other support the institution will provide faculty editor(s)
    • Name(s) and curriculum vitae of proposed faculty editorial staff
    • Proposed graduate and/or undergraduate student support for the journal, including tuition waivers, stipends, and/or summer support included with the position the institution will provide
    • Expectations for length of service (i.e., term duration/limits)
  • Facilities:
    • Office space, furniture, computing, software, and other operations support the institution will provide
    • Storage space for print materials (Note: AMSJ currently has a third-party agreement to manage the storage and distribution of journal issues through Allen Press. The opportunity to (dis)continue an agreement of this nature can be considered at the discretion of the editor(s) and/or host institution and with approval of its financial impact by the MAASA Executive Board.)
    • Proposed printing services
    • Support for online presence
  • Budget (Note: MAASA supports a majority of the journal’s operating budget, but we expect the host institution to provide some financial support.):
    • Estimated printing cost of one volume (400 copies)
    • Estimated yearly operating budget
    • Proposed financial contributions from the institution (e.g., subventions, grants, subsidies, etc.)
  • Other information about additional support, facilities, equipment, etc. that the institution is prepared to offer

 

Bids are due May 15, 2021, and should be emailed as one PDF document to MAASA President Brian Hallstoos at BHallstoos@dbq.edu or MAASA AMSJ Bid Committee Chair Tom Sarmiento at tsarmiento@ksu.edu. The MAASA Executive Board will make a decision in early summer 2021.

 

To learn more about the journal, visit https://journals.ku.edu/amsj/.
To learn more about MAASA, visit https://www.maasa.net/.

Contact Information

Tom Sarmiento
Bid Committee Chair
At-Large Representative
Regional Representative to the American Studies Association
Mid-America American Studies Association (MAASA)

Assistant Professor of English
Kansas State University

Contact Email
tsarmiento@ksu.edu