Journal of Social Equity and Public Administration

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.

• You must be the author or the authorized agent of the author(s) and the copyright holder.
• If different from the author(s): the author(s) must have approved the work for publication, agreed to submit the article to the Journal, and accepted full responsibility for the article’s content.
• If Journal of Social Equity and Public Administration agrees to publish the Article, you hereby agree that it will be distributed with a Creative Commons Attribution license (CC BY 4.0).
• The article must be the author(s) original work. It must not contain any libelous or unlawful statements or infringe on the rights or privacy of others, or contain material or instructions that might cause harm or injury.
• The article must not have been previously published, is not pending review elsewhere, and will not be submitted for review elsewhere pending the completion of the editorial decision process at the Journal.
• The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines and includes the required title page.

Authors should review and follow the full Author Guidlines when preparing their submission. We strongly suggest authors reviewing the mission and aims/scope of JSEPA to assist you in crafting research that is an appropriate fit for our journal.

Manuscripts are invited that explore, extend, and/or refine the field’s understanding of the causes and effects of inequities and strategies for improving equity and achieving social justice. All methods of inquiry are welcome, including qualitative and quantitative designs, case studies, commentary, theoretical arguments, and point/counterpoint debates. 

Tips for an expedited submission process:

• Make sure to read the author guidelines. They are provided to try and help facilitate the submission process and increase your chances of success.
• Make sure to submit a "blinded" main manuscript (and any additional files with tables/figures) - this means all materials that would need to be sent to reviewers should be created with no identifying information on the author(s).
• Upload a separate title page document that includes contact information for ALL authors (manuscript title, author names, affiliations, emails, and full contact information for at least the corresponding author).
• Make sure that your subject matter and approach to your topic fits with the JSEPA mission and aims (such as social equity and public administration). That is a consistent comment made by a wide range of reviewers - to improve your chances, make sure you make the connections clear to the reader.

Research Manuscripts: Full-length manuscripts may be up to 9,000 words.

Racial Healing and Promoting Social Justice sections: These are frequently shorter submissions (@6,000 words) that are intended to help bridge the research-practice gap. Submissions to either section may include original research, conceptual papers, commentaries, or essays.

• Racial Healing - submissions should explore racial healing as it pertains to strategies, processes, and practices in public management and public policy. Manuscripts that address issues of race and racism (as well as their intersections with other systems of oppression) with a focus on pathways to healing are invited. Explorations that expose and address mythical narratives of a dominant, racial hierarchy are also appropriate. The path to racial reckoning is grounded in racial healing.                                                                                                                             
• Promoting Social Justice - submissions should reflect the obstacles and opportunities to operationalizing social equity and social justice. It is a dedicated space for contributors to discuss trends (both current and past) and promising strategies. From seeing something and saying something to doing something, examples of subject areas range from police brutality to environmental justice to educational inequity to combatting racial injustice to economic disparities, and more. Intended to be thought provoking, this section uses innovative formats to advance dialogue. Scholar – practitioner pairings are encouraged in order to offer different perspectives on the same issue, or point/counterpoint debates, or case studies of equity and justice in action. Voices are sought in the form of notes from the field, best practices, lessons learned, and debates, among other formats. 

'Those Other Publications'" - Additionally, reviews of books, media, and those other publications (TOPS), such as government documents, are welcome, as are reviews of how social equity is depicted in depicted in popular culture via videos, films, music, toys, podcasts and other artifacts. The recommended length of review manuscripts should be approximately 2,000 words. Review articles that bring together a number of books, TOPS, and other artifacts are encouraged. Anyone interested in submitting a review or suggesting a topic for review should contact:

• Book Reviews - TBD, contact Michelle D. Evans or Hillary J. Knepper
• Pop Culture (videos, films, music, etc) - TBD, contact Michelle D. Evans or Hillary J. Knepper
• Other ideas - Michelle D. Evans, michelle-evans@utc.edu

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