[ATTW-L] RFP for Guest Editorship of Special Issue on Enacting Social Justice

[George Hayhoe]

Request for Proposals for Guest Editorship
Special Issue on Enacting Social Justice in Professional Communication
IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication
March 2022 Issue

The March and June issues of the IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication published reviews of Engineering Justice (Leydens & Lucena, 2018) and Technical Communication After the Social Justice Turn (Walton, Moore, & Jones, 2019). The past few weeks have brought the issue of social justice into even greater prominence. People in the US and throughout the world are beginning to realize the urgency of enacting social justice in our communities and workplaces. So what are the ways that professional communicators are doing (and can do) this critical work?

To address this question, the Transactions requests proposals for guest editorship of a special issue on Enacting Social Justice in Professional Communication for the March 2022 issue. Potential guest editors are encouraged to define the specific scope of the special issue however they choose, so long as the proposed topics center on enacting social justice in professional communication and not solely presenting theoretical discussions about social justice or its significance.


  *   Anyone may apply for guest editor status. Guest editors need not be members of the IEEE Professional Communication Society.
  *   The proposed guest editor may be a single person or a group of 2 or 3 people.
  *   The proposed guest editor(s) should have demonstrated expertise on the topic being proposed. That expertise may be demonstrated through publications, courses taught, or workplace or community experience.
  *   The proposal should consist of the following elements:
     *   A cover letter identifying the guest editor(s), summarizing the approach that the proposed issue will take, and (if a group of co-editors is proposed) describing their experience working together and indicating how the work will be divided
     *   A resume/CV for each proposed guest editor
     *   A draft call for submissions for the special issue (see the attachment to this message for an example)


Responsibilities of Guest Editor

The guest editor’s responsibilities include the following:


  *   Coordinate regularly with the editor-in-chief to ensure that all tasks and activities are on schedule.
  *   Revise the proposed call for submissions with the input of the editor-in-chief.
  *   Publicize the call for submissions through appropriate listservs and personal networks.
  *   Recruit subject matter experts (both academics and industry practitioners) to serve as peer reviewers.
  *   Coordinate double-anonymized peer review of abstracts and drafts of proposed articles.
  *   Correspond regularly with authors to notify them that their abstracts and drafts have been accepted, and to ensure that they are on track to submit their complete drafts and revisions on schedule.
  *   Correspond with peer reviewers to ensure that reviews are submitted on schedule.
  *   Edit final drafts and submit the edited final drafts to the editor-in-chief.


Timeline for Guest Editorship Proposals

Interested parties are encouraged to correspond with George Hayhoe, editor-in-chief (Hayhoe_G at Mercer.edu)<mailto:Hayhoe_G at Mercer.edu)>, prior to submitting a proposal.

Proposals should be submitted by email to the editor-in-chief (Hayhoe_G at Mercer.edu<mailto:Hayhoe_G at Mercer.edu>) no later than August 1, 2020.

Proposals will be reviewed by the editor-in-chief and associate editors, and proposers will be notified of their decision no later than August 15, 2020.

Schedule for March 2022 Special Issue

Publication of call for proposals

September 1, 2020

Abstract submission deadline

October 15, 2020

Notification of authors

November 15, 2020

Submission of complete drafts

March 15, 2021

Reviews returned to authors

June 1, 2021

Revised drafts submitted for second review

August 1, 2021

Reviews returned to authors

September 15, 2021

Final and complete articles submitted

November 1, 2021

Editing of articles completed by guest editor(s)

December 1, 2021

Correction of proofs by article authors

January/February 2022

Special issue published

March 1, 2022


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