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The American Catholic Philosophical
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Call for Nominations
for the Editorship of the American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly
The
ACPA is now accepting applications and nominations for the Editorship of its
journal, the American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly. The term is for three years and is renewable. A decision will be made during the annual
Conference in
The
requirements and duties are listed below.
If you have any questions, please contact Thomas Osborne (National Secretary) at osborne@acpaweb.org. Please send any applications to the same
e-mail address.
I.
The main tasks of the editorial office are:
(1) corresponding with contributors,
(2) receiving article submissions and assigning them to members of the editorial board for assessment,
(3) managing the peer review process,
(4) commissioning book reviews,
(5) planning special issues and recruiting guest editors,
(6) copyediting articles and book reviews accepted for publication,
(7) overseeing the typesetting of the journal and collating authors' corrections into a final set of proofs,
(8) producing offprints and sending them to contributors.
II.
The ACPQ needs the following support from any institution
interested in housing the editorial office:
(1) a part-time administrative assistant,
(2) office space to store the files and archives of the journal and to keep the books received for review,
(3) a course reduction for the editor,
(4) funding for a professional copyeditor (unless the editor takes over this task him- or herself).