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In partnership with Blackwell Publishing, IASPM-US publishes the Journal of Popular Music Studies (ISSN 1524-2226), a peer-reviewed journal dedicated to research on popular music throughout the world and approached from a variety of positions. Published three times a year, each issue features essays and reviews, as well as roundtables and creative works inspired by popular music.

Annual membership in IASPM-US entitles you to a subscription to the Journal of Popular Music Studies as well as the Newsletter. Subscription to the Journal is also the easiest way to become a member of IASPM-US.

For author guidelines or questions about the journal, please visit Blackwell Publishing's IASPM-US site.

JPMS
EDITING POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT

The Journal of Popular Music Studies (JPMS) is accepting applications for an editor-in-chief to begin a three-year term on July 1, 2010.

The outgoing editor-in-chief, Kevin Dettmar, has generously agreed to work closely with the new editor to ensure a smooth transition. IASPM-US is extremely grateful to Kevin for his years of hard work and dedication to the journal. Under his leadership, the journal has seen an improvement in submissions and the flow of the review process.

The Journal of Popular Music Studies is a peer-reviewed journal dedicated to research on popular music throughout the world, approached from a variety of positions. Now published four times a year, each issue features essays and reviews, as well as roundtables and creative works inspired by popular music. It is published on behalf of the United States branch of the International Association for the Study of Popular Music (IASPM-US).

Candidates interested in this position are encouraged to submit, via email, a two-page letter of interest and a C.V. to IASPM-US President Beverly Keel at by March 15, 2010.

Duties include:

1. The Editor-in-Chief monitors the e-mail drop box for new submissions; first-reads those submissions to assure that they conform, in a very general sense, to JPMS's standards and foci; acknowledges submissions, and informs authors of JPMS editorial review processes and anticipated turn-around time; prepares those submissions for blind review by the Associate Editors; tracks the progress of peer review and communicates with Assoc. Editors about "late" peer reviews; evaluates two peer reviews to make a publication decision; communicates publication decision to the author, including revise-and-resubmit advice; manages submission of final copy from author.

2. The Editor-in-Chief provides the last level of editorial and stylistic review of each article and book review before it is turned over to production.

3. The Editor-in-Chief is responsible for turnover of all content to the production team for each issue of the journal.

4. The Editor-in-Chief provides a brief Note from the Editor for each issue.

5. The Editor-in-Chief compiles Notes on Contributors; provides production with contact information for each contributor; and collects Copyright Transfer Agreements from each contributor.

6. Finally, the Editor-in-Chief is responsible for all queries from prospective authors.

Please direct all questions to Beverly Keel at , 615-898-5150.

IASPM-US also publishes a newsletter to keep members informed on news about the Branch, recent publications in popular music studies, and conference announcements. Contact for information regarding the newsletter.

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Previous newsletters:
Winter/Spring 2008
Summer/Fall 2007
Winter/Spring 2007
Summer/Fall 2006
Winter/Spring 2006
Summer/Fall 2005   

Members of IASPM-US also receive the Review of Popular Music published by the International Association and edited by .

The Woody Guthrie Book Award is presented to the best book on popular music (broadly defined) published since the most recent IASPM-US conference.

Call For Submissions

The editors of the Journal of Popular Music Studies (JPMS) — Editor-in-Chief Kevin J. H. Dettmar and Associate Editors Barbara Ching, Norma Coates, Kwame Harrison, Barry Shank, Patricia Tang, and Deborah Vargas — welcome submissions. JMPS is an interdisciplinary journal covering a wide range of approaches to popular music. Submissions are not limited to any disciplinary, methodological, or theoretical approach. Each submission is considered by specialist reviewers familiar with the specific topic of the essay, as well as the larger field of popular music studies. In every case, preference will be given to manuscripts that are challenging and original as well as clearly and persuasively written. To submit a manuscript for consideration, send an electronic copy (MS Word format) with authorship, institutional affiliation (if applicable), and address on a separate title page. Each manuscript page should be numbered and contain an abbreviated title. References should follow the most recent APA Publications Manual.

Send submissions and inquiries via email to the Journal editorial offices by clicking here:

Or, via surface mail to:

Kevin J. H. Dettmar
Journal of Popular Music Studies
Department of English
Pomona College
140 West Sixth Street
Claremont, California 91711

Tracking: Popular Music Studies (JPMS pre-1992)