[Commlist] Call for papers: Academic Life in the Pandemic / Special Forum for Communication, Culture, and Critique

Academic Life in the Pandemic
Special Forum for Communication, Culture, and Critique
June 2021: Volume 14, Issue 2
Deadline: March 1, 2021
Length: 1000-1500 words, inclusive of notes and references
No payment from authors required

The forum section in Communication, Culture & Critique publishes short, 
timely commentary pieces exploring contemporary issues in communication, 
media, and cultural studies for an international readership. COVID-19 is 
the focus of this forum, which is designed to gather narratives and 
commentaries from around the world, sharing situated and personal 
accounts of the pandemic’s many impacts on academic life. The forum’s 
essays will provide a critical perspective on academic life during the 
pandemic, with a focus on themes of power, inequality, and injustice. 
What opportunities and challenges have emerged from our amended work 
lives? How have existing inequalities been exacerbated or improved by 
the adaptations we have made to the ways we work? How have remote work 
practices affected the power dynamics in classrooms and academic 
departments? From reconciling homelife pressures while teaching/learning 
from home to adapting research projects and methods to accommodate the 
necessity of working remotely, these essays will explore how academics 
responded to COVID-19 in the 2019-2020 academic year.

Submissions should be narratives and commentaries, not research reports. 
Authors are encouraged to write in creative and/or experimental formats. 
While burnout and frustration are likely to shape some perspectives, we 
also seek submissions focused on humor and positive outcomes. 
Co-authored (or multi-authored) submissions are welcome. Forum topics 
may include:

  * Precarious employment
  * Work/life balance
  * Connection and solidarity
  * Inequality and injustice
  * Travel and citizenship
  * Coping habits and strategies
  * Promotion and tenure
  * Online teaching
  * Childcare
  * Enrollment and budgeting
  * Graduate life
  * Research and methods
  * Digital pedagogy
  * Service commitments
  * Online conferences
  * Advising
  * Job searches
  * Faculty meetings
  * Mental health
  * University schedules, policies, and practices
  * Grants and funding
  * Publishing

Submission procedures: Submissions should be received by March 1, 2021 
in Word format (.doc extension), following the 6th edition (2nd 
printing) APA style. Please submit your entry to Melissa Click at 
(click /at/ gonzaga.edu). Turnaround time will be swift to publish this forum 
section in a timely manner.

Inquiries and questions are welcome; please address them to Melissa 
Click at (click /at/ gonzaga.edu).

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