Author Guidelines

Publication Cost

Effective from January 2012, all published articles will be charged.  All authors will be requested to subscribe one year for publication in the journal Race, Gender & Class.Please contact the editor Jean Ait Belkhir at jbelkhir@uno.edu

Address editorial correspondence, including manuscripts for publication, to:

Jean Ait Belkhir
Race, Gender & Class Journal
The University of New Orleans
Department of Sociology
Milneburg Hall Room 170
2000 Lakeshore Drive
New Orleans, LA 70148

Manuscripts are accepted for consideration with the understanding that they are original material and are not under consideration for publication elsewhere.

One hard copy and an electronic copy should be submitted in Office type word processors like Word and Word Perfect.  Author's name, affiliation, e-mail address, and telephone/fax numbers should be on a separate cover page, and only on this page.   An abstract of 100-120 words and keywords should be on a separate page.  All figures must be camera ready.  Manuscripts that do not conform to these specifications will be returned to the author for proper style change.  The review process normally takes 3-6 months.   

Submissions must be in plain text and bibliography and citations must be consistent with the American Psychological Association style.  

For example:

1. Journal article:  Belkhir, J.A.  (1995).  Multicultural education:  Race, gender & class. Rethinking the introductory textbook in the academic disciplines. Race, Gender & Class, 2(2):11-37.

2. Book:   Sleeter, C.E., &  Grant, C.A.  (1994).  Making choices for multicultural education:  Fives approaches to race, class, and gender.  NY:  Macmillan Publishing Company; 

3. Article or chapter in an edited book:  Belkhir, J.A.  (1997).  Race, gender, and class definition.  In C. Grant and G. Ladson-Billings (Eds.), Dictionary of multicultural education.  The Oryx Press.   

Race, Gender & Class publishes articles of 15-25 pages, notes of 5-10 pages, review essays on books or films, autobiographies, essays, data sets, theories, stories, field work studies, and letters to the journal promoting interdisciplinary and multicultural studies focusing on race, gender and class intersection issues
in society.

We are interested by papers without footnotes, and which cut through the technical jargon commonly used in academic writing, and promoting interdisciplinary understanding. Three members or non-members of the journal Race, Gender & Class will review manuscripts.  Reviewer are given the option of signing their comments, but the author's name will not be revealed to the reviewer. Reviewers are asked to approach their task in a helpful and supportive way working with the author to produce a publishable article if at all possible. 

Copyright and permissions

No written or oral permission is necessary to reproduce a table, a figure, or an excerpt of fewer than 500 words from this journal or to make photocopies for classroom use.  Authors are granted permission, without fee, to photocopy their own material.  Copies must include a full and accurate bibliographic citation and the following credit line:  "Copyright [year] by Race, Gender & Class, reproduced with permission from the publisher."  Written permission must be obtained to reproduce or reprint material in circumstance other than those just described.  Please direct requests for permission or for further information on policies and fees to the Race, Gender & Class Editor.

Forthcoming 2012, 2013

Race, Gender & Class:  The Struggle for Social Justice. Guest edited by Jean Ait Belkhir, Southern University at New Orleans. For further information please contact by email:  jbelkhir@uno.edu

Race, Gender & Class 2012 Conference.  Guest edited by Jean Ait Belkhir, Southern University at New Orleans,and Christiane Charlemaine. For further information please contact by email:  jbelkhir@uno.edu

Election processes, politics, and governance in the Obama Era:  Guest edited by George Amedee, Southern University at New Orleans. Abstracts (500 words) should be sent by December 15, 2011 to the address below. Presentation at the March 2012 Race, Gender, and Class Conference is strongly encouraged. Selected authors will be notified by April 15, 2012 and the deadline for submission of the final paper (8000 words) will be June 15, 2012.  For further information or submission of abstracts, please contact by email:  George Amedee (gamedee@suno.edu or glamedee@cox.net) or Jean Belkhir (jbelknir@uno.edu), Southern University at New Orleans, Department of Social Sciences.  

1993-2011 Table of Contents

Volume 19

• Race, Gender & Class and Climate Change                                                                                 Volume 19, Number 1-2, 2012.  ISSN 1082-8354                                                                              

• Race, Gender & Class Environmental, Recolonozation, Slavery, ... Issues                       Volume 19, Number 1-2, 2012.  ISSN 1082-8354                                           

Volume 18

• Race, Gender & Class 2011 Conference                                                                                  Volume 18, Number 3-4, 2011. ISSN 1082-8354

• A) Reparations
  B) Human Rights, Sexuality, Health, Religion, Music, (Others)
  Volume 18, Number 1-2, 2011.  ISSN 1082-8354

Volume 17

• Race, Gender & Class 2010 Conference
  Volume 17, Number 3-4, 2010.  ISSN 1082-8354
  
  
• A) Multicultural Education and Race, Gender & Class
  B) Other Race, Gender, and Class Issues
  Volume 17, Number 1-2, 2010.  ISSN 1082-8354

Volume 16

• A) Socio Cultural and Economic Influences on Nutrition and Health Status
  B) Other Race, Gender, and Class Issues
  Volume 16, Number 3-4, 2009.  ISSN 1082-8354
  
• A) Socializing our Youth
  B) Others Race, Gender, and Class Issues
  Volume 16, Number 1-2, 2009.  ISSN 1082-8354

Volume 15

• A) Presidential Election Processes and Politics in the United States
  B) Others Race, Gender, and Class Issues
   Volume 15, Number 3-4, 2008.  ISSN 1082-8354

• A) Race, Class, Gender, and Capitalism
  B) Intersection Race, Gender and Class
  Volume 15, Number 1-2, 2008.  ISSN 1082-8354

Volume 14

• A) Race, Gender, Class, Sexuality, and War
  B) The Sociology of Inequality; Intersection of Race, Gender & Class
   Volume 14, Number 3-4, 2007.  ISSN 1082-8354

• A) 2007 race, Gender & Class Conference:  Hurricane Katrina
  B) Race, Gender & Class as Organizing Principle
  Volume 14, Number 1-2, 2007.  ISSN 1082-8354

Volume 13

• A) Race, Gender, and Class:  For What?
  B) Current Examples of Intersectional Approaches
  Volume 13, Number 3-4, 2006.  ISSN 1082-8354

• Race, Gender, and Class:  A Potpourri in Psychology; and Others
  Volume 13, Number 1-2, 2006.  ISSN 1082-8354

Volume 12

• Race, Gender, and Class in Public Policy, Planning, and Administration
  Volume 12, Number 3-4, 2005.  ISSN 1082-8354

• Race, Gender, and Class and Poverty:  Causes and Consequences
  Volume 12, Number 2, 2005.  ISSN 1082-8354

• Quantitative Approaches to Race, Gender and Class Analysis
  Volume 12, Number 1, 2005.  ISSN 1082-8354

Volume 11

• Social Change, Criminology, Women of Color in the Academy, Reparations for African Americans, Critical Whiteness Studies, Workfare
  Volume 11, Number 4, 2004.  ISSN 1082-8354

• Race, Gender, and Class in Education (Part III)
  Volume 11, Number 3, 2004.  ISSN 1082-8354

• Race, Gender and Class in Media (2)
  Volume 11, Number 2, 2004.  ISSN 1082-8354

• Race, Gender, Class and the 1992 L.A. "Riots"
  Volume 11, Number 1, 2004.  ISSN 1082-8354

Volume 10

• Privilege and Race, Gender, and Class
  Volume 10, Number 4, 2003.  ISSN 1082-8354

• Interdisciplinary Topics in Race, Gender and Class
  Volume 10, Number 3, 2003.  ISSN 1082-8354

• Race, Gender and Class in Social Work
  Volume 10, Number 2, 2003.  ISSN 1082-8354

• Race, Gender and Class in American Politics
  Volume 10, Number 1, 2003.  ISSN 1082-8354

Volume 9

• Race, Gender and Class in Psychology:  A Critical Approach
  Volume 9, Number 4, 2002, ISSN 1082-8354

• 2000 Race, Gender and Class Conference (Part2)
  Volume 9, Number 3, 2002, ISSN 1082-8354

• 2000 Race, Gender and Class Conference and Others
  Volume 9, Number 3, 2002, ISSN 1082-8354

• The Intersection of Race, Gender, and Class in Social Service and Social Welfare
  Volume 9, Number 1, 2002, ISSN 1082-8354

Volume 8

• Race, Gender & Class in Media
  Volume 8, Number 4, 2001  ISSN 1082-8354

• Amazigh Voices: The Berber Question
  Volume 8, Number 3, 2001  ISSN 1082-8354

• Marxism: Race, Gender & Class
  Volume 8, Number 2, 2001  ISSN 1082-8354    

• Race, Gender & Class in Education (Part 2)
  Volume 8, Number 1, 2001  ISSN 1082-8354    

Volume 7

• Race, Gender & Class in Social Work and Practice 
  Volume 7, Number 4, 2000 ISSN 1082-8354

• Race, Gender & Class in Education (Part 1)
  Volume 7 Number 3, 2000  ISSN 1082-8354  

• Race, Gender & Class Issues in Canada, Malaysia and United States
  Volume 7, Number 2, 2000 ISSN 1082-8354

• Sexuality: Toward a Race, Gender, Class Perspective
  Volume 7, Number 1, 2000 ISSN 1082-8354

Volume 6

• Race, Gender & Class: American Jewish Perspectives
  Volume 6, Number 4, 1999 ISSN 1082-8354

• Interdisciplinary Issues On Race, Gender, Class
  Volume 6, Number 3, 1999 ISSN 1082-8354

• Race, Gender & Class: African-American Perspectives
  Volume 6, Number 2, 1999 ISSN 1082-8354

• Environmentalism and Race, Gender, Class Issues (Part II)
  Volume 6, Number 1, 1998 ISSN 1082-8354

Volume 5

• A Race, Gender & Class Critique of Genetic Determinism
  Volume 5, Number 3, 1998 ISSN 1082-8354

• Race, Gender & Class Studies in Australia, Canada and U.S.
  Volume 5, Number 2, 1998 ISSN 1082-8354

• Environmentalism and Race, Gender, Class Issues  (Part I)
  Volume 5, Number 1, 1997 ISSN 1082-8354

Volume 4

• Race, Gender & Class : Asian American Voices
  Volume 4, Number 3, 1997 ISSN 1082-8354

• Race, Gender & Class: Latina/o American Voices
  Volume 4, Number 2, 1997ISSN 1082-8354

• Race, Gender & Class: Working Class Intellectual Voices
  Volume 4, Number 1, 1996 ISSN 1082-8354

Volume 3

• Volume 3, Number 3, 1996 ISSN 1082-8354

• Volume 3, Number 2, Winter 1995 ISSN 1082-8354

• Volume 3, Number 1, Fall 1995 ISSN 1082-8354

Volume 2

• Race, Gender & Class Perspective On Canadian Anti-Racism
  Volume 2, Number 3, Spring 1995 ISSN 1082-8354

• Volume 2, Number 2 Winter 1995 ISSN 1075-8925

• Volume 2, Number 1, Fall 1994 ISSN 1075-8925

Volume 1

• Volume 1, Number 2, Spring 1994 ISSN 1075-8925

• Volume 1, Number 1. Fall 1993 ISSN 1075-8925

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