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Publications
Duties:
The publications committee is charged with oversight of all SWS publications, in terms of both
process and final products. This means that this committee takes responsibility for everything
from budgets to staffing to distribution. Specifically, the list of duties for which members of the
Publications Committee are responsible include (but are not limited to):
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Negotiating and approving a contract for the SWS journal, Gender & Society, with a
publisher. While Publications is responsible for this process, the role may involve
chairing, partially staffing, but most of all appointing and convening a subcommittee to
accomplish this task.
- The search and selection process for the editor for Gender & Society Again, while
Publications is responsible for this process, the role may involve chairing, partially
staffing, but most of all appointing and convening a subcommittee to accomplish this
task.
- Based on the editor ’s recommendation, selecting editorial members for Gender &
Society; thanking editorial board members completing their terms (annually).
- Reviewing requests and dis/approving special issues for Gender & Society.
- Reviewing and dis/approving the budget for Gender & Society (annually); this includes
reviewing and dis/approving the budget for the Book Review editor of Gender & Society,
which is under the purview of the Gender & Society office.
- Devising contracts for the editors of Gender & Society, Network News, and the Book
Review editor of Gender & Society.
- Reviewing old/setting new policies for Gender & Society.
- The search and selection process for the Book Review editor for Gender & Society.
- The search and selection process for the editor of Network News.
- Reviewing and dis/approving the budget for Network News (bi-annually).
- Provide oversight to the editorial offices of Gender & Society and Network News. This
includes reviewing reports submitted by these offices concerning the progress of these
publications (e.g., how many manuscripts are submitted to Gender & Society, how they
are managed, the timely publication of articles, how book reviews are managed and
published, etc.; how often Network News is published and when; etc.) (bi-annually).
- Overseeing Fact Sheets, in terms of giving permission to reprint, etc.
- Responding to various inquiries concerning permissions to use or edit material appearing
in to the journal as well as other SWS publications.
Committee expectations:
All members of SWS committees are expected to regularly attend
meetings. Given the scope and level of responsibility of the publications committee, the
expectation concerning meeting attendance at both the annual and midyear meetings is especially
important. Agreeing to serve on this committee constitutes an understanding of and agreement
with this expectation. In addition, committee co-chairs are elected from the membership of this
committee, based on cohort membership (two persons from the general SWS membership are
elected per year); thus committee members realize that in agreeing to serve on this committee,
they have a good likelihood of serving as co-chair, overseeing the above activities. The ideal
candidate/committee member would have considerable experience in journal publishing
and/or have been a member of a journal's editorial board.
Chair Expectations: In addition to overseeing all of the activities listed above, the co-chairs are
responsible for running the bi-annual meetings, including setting agendas and filing and
presenting reports to the business meeting; co-chairs are also the ones to respond to various
permissions requests and the like. In addition, co-chairs run all searches. Perhaps most
importantly, co-chairs will be responsible for negotiating contracts with publishers for Gender &
Society, the publication that represents the financial basis for the continued viability of SWS. The
Publications Committee co-chair also serves on the committee that provides oversight to the
Executive Officer.
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