In 2026, Feminist Studies is inviting submissions for our News and Views section. This dynamic forum showcases concise, incisive feminist reflections that intervene in the urgent debates shaping our current moment.

We seek short pieces (up to 1,500 words) for online and/or print publication that bring distinctly feminist analysis to pressing social, political, cultural, and technological issues, including:

• Surveillance culture and technology
• Artificial intelligence and algorithmic power
• Climate change and environmental justice
• Fake news, misinformation, and disinformation
• Censorship and freedom of speech
• Reproductive justice
• Racial and gender inequalities
• Indigenous rights and sovereignty
• Sexual violence and institutional complicity (e.g., the Epstein files)
• Me Too/#MeToo and its afterlives

News and Views welcomes timely, accessible, and theoretically informed writing that speaks across disciplines and audiences. We especially encourage submissions that illuminate how feminist perspectives unsettle dominant narratives, challenge systems of power, and imagine more just futures.

Topics beyond those listed are welcome, provided they clearly articulate a feminist approach.

Please submit your reflections to submit@feministstudies.org.
Submissions should be in the form of an anonymized Word document that does not exceed 1,500 words and follow The Chicago Manual of Style.

Feminist Studies, the first scholarly journal in women’s studies, seeks a full-time Managing Editor to oversee the day-to-day operations of the journal and to manage its content production. The person in this role is responsible for maintaining the journal’s schedule and production deadlines, and for overseeing the editorial process to prepare issues for production in a timely fashion (e.g., copyediting, proofreading, securing permissions as necessary, assisting in determining content of issues, etc.). The Managing Editor supervises the Designer, Copy Editor, and Submissions Editor, while working collaboratively with the journal’s Editorial Director and Business Manager. Our staff takes the journal’s mission seriously, and we seek a Managing Director who shares our commitment to publishing feminist scholarly and creative work.

Issue Production
• Working closely with the Submissions Editor and Copy Editor to move articles from acceptance to publication
• Ensuring that publication processes and deadlines are met
• Planning editorial calendars
• Communicating regularly with authors
• Collaborating with Copy Editor on proofreading
• Coordinating with Designer to ensure issue and abstracts are sent to online content provider
• Monitoring journal performance indicators such as turnaround time, reviewer engagement, and publication health
• Obtaining copyrights, art permissions, and print lists
• Overseeing the production of front and back matter for the issue

Journal Promotion
• Attending and staffing a booth at the annual National Women’s Studies Association Conference and preparing all promotional materials for the Conference
• Coordinating annual panel presentation on journal publishing at the National Women’s Studies Association Conference
• Assisting in planning and executing tri-annual editorial collective meetings
• Coordinating social media promotion of the journal
• Coordinating and promoting the journal’s annual awards, including reviewing candidates and issuing awards
• Updating journal website regularly
• Representing the journal effectively with authors and in external interactions

Qualifications
• Strong organizational, time management, and communication skills
• Proven capacity to work collaboratively in a team
• Ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines simultaneously
• Attention to detail and deadlines

• Good judgment, a deep sense of integrity, and a high standard of professionalism.
• The ideal candidate has 3-5 years of editorial or publishing experience, with a strong preference for scholarly editorial or publishing experience.

The position is fully remote, except for an annual in-person board meeting and participation in select academic conferences. The starting salary range for the position is $75,000-$80,000.

Submit your cover letter and resume to Jennifer Nash, Editorial Director: jennifer.nash@duke.edu

Review of applications will begin on April 15, 2026.