Call for Editor of Women & Language

The Organization for the Study of Communication and Language (OSCLG) is seeking its next journal editor for Women & Language. The editor will serve a three-year term beginning January 1, 2027, and ending December 31, 2029. The newly selected editor will release their first issue in 2027. Transition work as editor-select will begin in summer 2026.

The newly appointed editor will be responsible for ensuring two issues of the journal are produced annually. Those responsibilities include:

* Authoring a call for manuscript submissions (and/or special issues) and distributing it through appropriate outlets

* Assembling an editorial board for the journal that includes members of the association

* Facilitating the peer-review process

* Issuing timely decisions to authors

* Preparing manuscripts to fit the journal style

* Mailing and/or delivering print and digital issues to subscribers

* Announcing new issues as they are made available

* Managing the subscription process including contract subscriptions, pricing, and keeping the mailing list up to date

* Managing the journal’s budget to track yearly expenses and income

* Making an annual report to the OSCLG Board and at the OSCLG business lunch.

* Maintaining Women & Language Online

* Maintaining the journal website (www.osclg.org) and an online submission system

* Managing the contractual relationships with the database and the printer

* Arranging for publicity and marketing by contracting for display of the journal either digitally or physically at conferences and designing and producing marketing materials (flyers, brochures, mailers, etc.)

* Supervising editorial assistants (and section editors, if desired)

* Overseeing the journal layout and all page content (front and back matter including policies and notices)

* Facilitating the Organization’s annual Patty Sotirin Award

The Organization for the Study of Communication, Language, and Gender provides a forum for professional discussion, presentation of research and demonstration of creative projects in the areas of communication, language, and gender, and to promote recognition of those doing work in this area. Members of OSCLG believe that interaction across a wide spectrum of disciplines is needed to foster more insightful discussion of the issues of language, gender and communication. Similarly, OSCLG seeks to include contributions from teachers, consultants and practitioners as well as researchers. The journal is an important part of the organization, and it has featured the work of some of the discipline’s most talented scholars over the past several decades.

To apply for consideration, please send a letter stating your interest and skills in editing our journal. The letter should include details about institutional support, if available. The letter should be accompanied by a full curriculum vita and a document listing the name, institutional affiliation, email address, and phone number for three references who can attest to the applicant’s abilities as editor. These three documents should be emailed to OSCLG President Leland G. Spencer (spencelg@sc.edu) by March 20, 2026.

The OSCLG Vice President, President, and Past President will meet with individuals interested in the position virtually in March or April 2026. Inquiries may be directed to Leland Spencer (spencelg@sc.edu) or the current editor, Shauna MacDonald (editorwomenandlanguage@gmail.com).