Call for Nominations:

Feminist Formations Editorship

2026-2031

Feminist Formations (http://www.feministformations.org/) is seeking a new editor or editorial team and a new home for a five-year commitment to begin fall 2026. Feminist Formations, currently edited by Patti Duncan and housed in the Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program at Oregon State University, cultivates a forum where feminist scholars, artists, and activists from around the world interrogate research, theory, activism, teaching, and learning, showcasing new feminist formations. An interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed journal, Feminist Formations publishes innovative work by scholars, activists, and practitioners in feminist, gender, and sexuality studies. Our subject matter includes national, global, and transnational feminist thought and practice; the cultural and social politics of genders and sexualities; and historical and contemporary studies of gendered experience. The journal values established and emerging lines of inquiry and intersectional feminist methods and frameworks that engage the complexities of gender as implicated in forms of power such as race, ethnicity, class, nation, migration, ability, and religion. Feminist Formations was originally founded in 1988 as The NWSA Journal and is published three times a year by Johns Hopkins University Press (JHUP), an organization with a long record in the publication of distinguished scholarship. The journal is available both in print and on Project MUSE. Feminist Formations has developed a strong collaborative relationship with JHUP. Through that relationship, JHUP has proven supportive, professional, and innovative as the publisher of Feminist Formations and is prepared to support a new editor or editorial team to continue to promote the journal and attract a broad readership. JHUP’s financial support also enables employment of a managing editor or editorial assistant to assist the editor with everyday operations. Former host institutions include University of Arizona, University of Minnesota, The Ohio State University, University of New Hampshire, Appalachian State University, Iowa State University, and Louisiana State University. Feminist Formations is independently incorporated and is supported both by publication revenue and the host institution. The Editorial Board of Feminist Formations is excited about the future with good reason. The journal is in a strong financial position with outstanding intellectual health. Its reputation is growing, resulting in greater submissions and higher quality publications. The current editor is committed to supporting both the transition process and the on-going success of the journal. We are undertaking a two-step process in securing a new editor: (1) Nominations, and (2) Full Proposals.

This call will remain open until the position is filled. We welcome self-nominations from feminist scholars interested in assuming the editorship. Please submit a letter of interest and CV to Feminist Formations Editorial Team (feministformations@oregonstate.edu). Letters of interest should be no longer than one page and indicate why the potential editor/editorial team would like to house the journal at their institution. Nominees should be tenured faculty either housed in or affiliated with women’s and/or gender and sexuality studies or in a related field. They should have interdisciplinary expertise in feminist studies and be committed to the mission of the journal. (https://www.feministformations.org/about)

We also welcome nominations of other feminist scholars whom nominees think we should invite to apply. Please send an email to Feminist Formations Editorial Team (feministformations@oregonstate.edu), with contact information for the nominee, indicating why this person would make a strong editor of Feminist Formations.

The selection committee, comprised of members of the editorial board and editorial staff, will review the nomination letters. A short list of candidates will be invited to submit a full proposal.

Full proposals should include a budget and indicate support from the host institution for resources such as course releases and office space. A successful proposal must demonstrate institutional and administrative support (including both financial and in-kind resources) as well as substantial faculty commitment to publishing the journal. We are also interested in possible graduate student involvement with Feminist Formations.

Proposals for the editorship must reflect an understanding of, and commitment to, the field of interdisciplinary feminist scholarship and the contributions that Feminist Formations has made shaping that field. Each proposal must also articulate a vision for the journal’s future. In addition, each proposal will be evaluated in terms of the proposed editor’s (or co-editors’) academic qualifications, publishing experience, and overall abilities to work with a diverse group of interdisciplinary and discipline-based scholars across the humanities, social sciences, and feminist science studies.

Queries for more specific information are encouraged to the editor, Patti Duncan (patti.duncan@oregonstate.edu) or Feminist Formations Editorial Team (feministformations@oregonstate.edu). Members of the selection committee will review the proposals and conduct interviews and expect to select the new editor(s) by late 2025 or early 2026.