Publishing in NASPA's Scholarly Journals: NASPA Journal About Women in Higher Education

1. Publishing in NASPA's Scholarly Journals: NASPA Journal About Women in Higher Education March 14, 2011/10:45-12:00 Marilyn J. Amey

3. NJAWHEfocuses on issues affecting all women in higher education: students; student affairs staff; faculty; and other administrative groups. It is intended for both practitioners and researchers. Articles focus on empirical research, pedagogy, and administrative practice. NJAWHE offers research reflecting a variety of paradigms and issues affecting women in higher education, in all their diversity.

4. Types of Manuscripts • Articles (all blind reviewed) • Research Paper • Practice Paper • Scholarly Essay • Literature Review • Program Descriptions • Book Reviews

5. Research Papers • Manuscripts that use empirical methods to answer a significant question about women students, administrators, or faculty. • Quantitative, qualitative, or mixed-methods research; pedagogy; student, faculty and administrator experiences. • Evaluation: • use of theory and the available literature; • design, sampling, and data gathering procedures; • appropriateness of method for the question; • treatment and interpretation of data; • importance of results; • practical and substantive implications of results.

6. Professional Practice Paper • Manuscript length description and evaluation of a novel issue, program or approach to professional practice in postsecondary education. • Evaluation: • validity of the problem’s description and its context; • clarity of assumptions; • discussion of alternative solutions; • defense of the chosen course of action; • practical or theoretical implications.

7. Scholarly Essays • Addresses an important problem related to women in the academy. • May also critique existing ideas or practices. Such an essay will evaluated based on its importance and logical development. • Evaluation: • importance of the problem; • thoroughness of coverage of relevant literature; • logical development of the essay.

8. Literature Reviews • Should provide syntheses of previously unsynthesized research and scholarship on a question or topic of importance to the field. • Evaluation: • scope, coherence, and impartiality; • development of meaningful insights for the practitioner; • suggestions for necessary scholarship.

9. Program Descriptions Program descriptions are brief 500 word descriptions of innovative or particularly effective programs serving women in higher education. Program descriptions typically undergo editorial review but may be sent for blind peer review at the discretion of the editors.

10. Book Reviews Commissioned by the editors, book reviews undergo editorial but not peer review. Unsolicited book reviews may be submitted with prior approval from the editor.

11. How to Submit a Manuscript Author guidelines can be found at: http://journals.naspa.org/njawhe/forauthors.html Submit online via “How to Submit” section of the site Rolling submission schedule

12. Review Decisions Accept Accept Pending Minor Revisions Major Revisions Required Reject

13. Timeline • Approximately 4-6 weeks for initial decision • if accepted, 2 – 3 weeks for technical editing • Hard copy publication twice a year (March and September) • Potential exists for immediate publishing once accepted

14. Advice for Submitting Work Be sure you follow the Author’s Guidelines. Have a colleague read your manuscript before you submit it; if the person is well-published, even better! Write for the NJAWHE audience and remember the aims and purposes of this journal. Read current or past issue of NJAWHE to get a sense of the sorts of work we publish. Write about problems in practice, topics, ideas and practices you believe are important to women in higher education. Edit, edit, edit. Ask questions of the editorial members. Submit your highest quality work. Believe what you have to say is important to women in the field, and therefore, important to everyone in the field.

15. Editorial Board Members Anne Blackhurst, Minnesota State University Jill Carnaghi, Washington U. St. Louis Johnetta Cross Brazzell, University of Arkansas – Fayetteville Gail Hanson, American University Jeni Hart, University of Missouri-Columbia Susan Jones, University of Maryland Sarah Marie Marshall, Central Michigan University Sharon A. McDade, American Council on Education Laura Perna, University of Pennsylvania Robert Schwartz, Florida State University Bette Simmons, County College of Morris Kathryn Nemeth Tuttle, University of Kansas Edward G. Whipple, Bowling Green State University

16. Questions? Marilyn Amey, Editor, Michigan State University mjamey@msu.edu Regina Garza Mitchell, Associate Editor, Central Michigan University regina.l.garzamitchell@gmail.com Leanne Perry, Managing Editor, Michigan State University perrylea@msu.edu