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Editor's Annual Report, 2005–2006
| I assumed responsibilities as editor of the Journal of American History on August 1, 2005, and these first months have been exciting, humbling, intense, and challenging. I give thanks every day for the best staff anyone could hope to work with. The group somehow, every quarter, conjures up the excellent journal we have all come to expect. I offer thanks to all of them for making the office a warm and welcoming place in which to spend my days. |
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I especially want to thank David Nord, who will be returning to the Indiana University School of Journalism after helping me in more ways than I can think of this year. I will miss him a great deal, but he is already on notice that I know where to find him next year! We all owe a debt of thanks to our Editorial Board and to our contributing editors, both here and around the world. They enrich the JAH in many ways. I also wish to thank the colleagues who have given their time to offer thoughtful critiques of article submissions, those who have agreed to write book reviews, and those who have signed on for special projects. |
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As their terms expired, three members of the Editorial Board left, leaving the Journal in their debt. We thank Mia E. Bay, Rutgers University, New Brunswick; Gordon Chang, Stanford University; and Elaine Tyler May, University of Minnesota, for their help in refereeing articles and their wise counsel as we evaluated future JAH projects. The new members of the Editorial Board are Nancy Bristow, Department of History, University of Puget Sound; Leslie Harris, Department of African American Studies, Emory University; Dwight Pitcaithley, Department of History, New Mexico State University; and Judy Tzu-Chun Wu, Department of History, Ohio State University. |
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There have been changes on the two committees charged with evaluating articles being considered for prizes that involve eventual publication in the JAH. The Pelzer Prize Committee selects the best article by a graduate student. We thank John Dittmer, DePauw University, for his service on the committee and welcome Stephen Kercher, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh. The Thelen Prize Committee selects the best article on American history originally published in a language other than English. We thank Rob Kroes, America Institute, Amsterdam, Netherlands; and Mauricio Tenorio Trillo, University of Texas, as we welcome Kate Delaney, Literature and Writing Program, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; and Udo Hebel, English and American Studies, University of Regensburg, Germany. |
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In the past year (volume 92, comprising the issues from June 2005 to March 2006), the JAH published 15 regular articles, 4 articles in a special round table, 1 presidential address, 1 special essay, 1 "Interchange" conversation, 2 essays on textbooks and teaching, 16 exhibition reviews, 21 Web site reviews covering 23 sites, 26 movie reviews covering 27 movies, and 611 book reviews covering 698 books. |
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One article from volume 92 provided the basis for an installment of "Teaching the JAH," our online effort to bring JAH scholarship into college and high school classrooms. The March 2006 installment built on Laura McEnaney's article, "Nightmares on Elm Street: Demobilizing in Chicago, 1945–1953." |
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During the calendar year 2005, we received 129 manuscripts, which included 23 revised resubmissions. Of the 129, we accepted 14, rejected 84, and invited 22 resubmissions. Four were withdrawn, and 5 are still awaiting a decision. The favorite historical era for authors during 2005 was the early twentieth century. The favorite subject areas, in descending order, are political, social, cultural, African American, labor and working-class, American Indian, and race. |
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