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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><b class="">Request for Proposals for Guest Editorship<br class="">
Special Issue on Enacting Social Justice in Professional Communication<br class="">
<i class="">IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication<br class="">
</i>March 2022 Issue</b></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span class="" style="">The March and June issues of the <i class="">
IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication</i> published reviews of <i class="">
Engineering Justice</i> (Leydens & Lucena, 2018) and <i class="">Technical Communication After the Social Justice Turn</i> (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 </span>
<span class="" style="color:black">social justice in our communities and workplaces. So what are the ways that professional communicators are doing (and can do) this critical work?</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal">To address this question, the <i class="" style="">Transactions
</i>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 <i class="">enacting</i> social justice in professional communication and not solely presenting theoretical discussions about social justice or its significance.</p>
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<li class="">Anyone may apply for guest editor status. Guest editors need not be members of the IEEE Professional Communication Society.</li><li class="">The proposed guest editor may be a single person or a group of 2 or 3 people.</li><li class="">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.</li><li class="">The proposal should consist of the following elements:</li><ul class="">
<li class="">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</li><li class="">A resume/CV for each proposed guest editor</li><li class="">A draft call for submissions for the special issue (see the attachment to this message for an example)</li></ul>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><b class="">Responsibilities of Guest Editor</b></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal">The guest editor’s responsibilities include the following: </p>
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<li class="">Coordinate regularly with the editor-in-chief to ensure that all tasks and activities are on schedule.</li><li class="">Revise the proposed call for submissions with the input of the editor-in-chief.</li><li class="">Publicize the call for submissions through appropriate listservs and personal networks.</li><li class="">Recruit subject matter experts (both academics and industry practitioners) to serve as peer reviewers.</li><li class="">Coordinate double-anonymized peer review of abstracts and drafts of proposed articles.</li><li class="">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.</li><li class="">Correspond with peer reviewers to ensure that reviews are submitted on schedule.</li><li class="">Edit final drafts and submit the edited final drafts to the editor-in-chief.</li></ul>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><b class="">Timeline for Guest Editorship Proposals</b></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal">Interested parties are encouraged to correspond with George Hayhoe, editor-in-chief (<a href="mailto:Hayhoe_G@Mercer.edu)" class="">Hayhoe_G@Mercer.edu)</a>, prior to submitting a proposal.</p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal">Proposals should be submitted by email to the editor-in-chief (<a href="mailto:Hayhoe_G@Mercer.edu" class="">Hayhoe_G@Mercer.edu</a>) no later than August 1, 2020.</p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal">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.</p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><b class="">Schedule for March 2022 Special Issue</b></p>
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