Critical Race and Whiteness Studies (formerly the Australian Critical Race and Whiteness Studies Association [ACRAWSA] e-journal) is a peer-reviewed publication. The journal's ISSN is: 1838-8310. It is published by ACRAWSA and was established by ACRAWSA's founding members: Aileen Moreton-Robinson, Jane Haggis and Fiona Nicoll. It is published once a year (in January), with new papers and special features incorporated into each yearly volume on a continuing basis. As such, Critical Race and Whiteness Studies combines the quality of a scholarly journal with the speed and accessibility of online publishing.
We welcome submissions of articles and review essays. As an online journal, we are also keen to accept submissions that utilise new media such as photography and film (please refer to Copyright Requirements). The journal seeks to showcase innovative scholarship in the area of critical race and whiteness studies. The journal is multi-disciplinary in its approach and accepts papers from a wide range of areas in the Humanities, Social Sciences, Education and Law, including:
- Indigenous and Native American Studies
- Asian Studies
- African and African American Studies
- Race and Ethnic Studies
- History and Historiography
- Museum Studies
- Tourism and Heritage Studies
- Post-colonial Studies
- Critical legal Studies
- Literary Studies and Comparative Literature
- Cultural Studies and Media and Communication Studies
- Psychology
- Sociology and Boundary Studies
- Anthropology
- Women's Studies, Gender Studies, Disability Studies and Queer Studies
- Social Theory and Political Science
- Drama and Performing Arts
- Visual and Design Studies
Articles between 4000-8000 words (double spaced pages) including tables, notes and references, are accepted for review. The Editors reserve the right to return papers to authors where they exceed this word limit.
On receipt of an article for consideration, the Editorial Collective will make an initial decision on whether the article is relevant to Critical Race and Whiteness Studies. Once accepted for consideration, the manuscript will be sent to two referees (in the case of articles and reviews essays) or edited by the journal’s book review editors. At that point, we request that the work not be submitted to another publication.
Submission of a manuscript to another journal whilst under review with the journal is considered unethical. Breach of this principle will result in a paper being removed from consideration for publication in the journal. As such, all submissions accepted for review must be accompanied by a declaration that the article has not been submitted elsewhere before it is sent out for review (a form can be downloaded here). This form can be completed electronically either with an electronic signature or simply by being completed with the name and details of the author(s) and can be mailed with the submission to: acrawsaejournal{at}acrawsa.org.au
Upon the receipt of referees’ comments a decision will be made about publication, and authors will be contacted about any proposed revisions. Discretion to publish will remain with the editorial collective, although the referees’ comments will be strongly relied upon as a guide. Critical Race and Whiteness Studies encourages referees to provide incisive, reasoned and helpful feedback to authors.
