As mentioned on the syllabus, our major class project this semester will be the compilation of a peer-reviewed class journal. Here are the important deadlines that will need to be observed, if this ambitious endeavor is to be completed on schedule.

February 18 - Selection of journal editor or co-editors (see below).

February 25 - Authors select target articles and provide photocopies to the editor and to me.

March 4 - Editor distributes list of target articles to reviewers (that's everyone).

March 11 - Reviewers communicate to the editor the target articles on which they'd prefer to review submissions. Editor begins to arrange reviewers for journal submissions, so that reviewers can prepare themselves. (Please bear in mind that no one may review their own submission and that reviewers should try to avoid revealing their identities to authors.

April 1 (first day back from spring break) - Submissions of journal contributions (3 paper copies) due to the editor.

April 3 - Editor distributes submissions to reviewers (two reviewers for each submitted paper).

April 13 - Reviewer reports due back to editor.

April 15 - Editor sends reviewer reports to authors, along with editorial suggestions.

April 26 - Author revisions due back to editor (one electronic and one paper).

May 6 - Editor sends page proofs back to authors.

May 10 - Proofs due back to editor.

Finals Week (May 13-17) - Journal is bound and released!!

* If there is a single editor, he or she will not be required to submit their own work to the journal. Instead, that person WILL be expected to write a short editorial remark, which introduces the contents of the journal as a whole.

The editorship is not a job to be taken lightly. Not only must the editor take on the considerable task of coordinating submissions and reviews, he or she is also responsible for how the journal is laid out and organized. Thus the editor must see to the construction of an appropriate cover and table of contents, which means that he or she will need to possess the appropriate word-processing skills. Moreover, should the editor wish to include any additional material (invited submissions or reviews, perhaps even a call for papers), that is their prerogative. But it is then incumbent upon them to see to the timely collection and review of such materials. As one can see, editorship is not for the fainthearted!!