American Studies (journal)

American Studies (AMSJ) is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal which covers issues broadly concerning American culture, history, literature, and politics through international perspectives. The journal is sponsored by the Mid-America American Studies Association, the University of Kansas, and the University of Minnesota. The American Studies editorial board is made up of 46 members from 38 institutions in 7 countries.

History
The American Studies journal was first published in 1959 under its original name, the Journal of the Central Mississippi Valley American Studies Association. In 1962, it became known as the Midcontinent American Studies Journal. Since 1971, the journal has been called American Studies and has been published by the ASA's regional chapter, the Mid-America American Studies Association. In 2005, the tri-annual journal became a quarterly publication. This was in part due to a merger with American Studies International (ASI), which ceased publication in 2004, and marked a commitment to internationalizing the editorial board and increasing the presence of scholarship produced outside the United States, as well as a commitment to continue the teaching-focused features that had been sustained by ASI.

In 2005, the journal merged with American Studies International. In 2022, a partnership with the Department of American Studies at the University of Minnesota was formed. The editorial staff includes: editors-in-chief Sherrie Tucker and Christopher Perreira. In 2020, American Studies revamped the journal's blog as Dialogues: Blog of the American Studies Journal, which has been edited by Nishani Frazier since 2022.

American Studies is one of the top journals in the field, with a U.S. circulation of roughly 1,200 and an international circulation averaging around 500. The journal is available open-source, with a rolling embargo of 3 years. The journal is available in full text through the following databases: JSTOR, Project Muse, ProQuest, and EBSCO. American Studies uses a double-anonymous peer-review process. Each submission that moves through the process is typically sent to three readers: two from the editorial board and one specialist. AMSJ acceptance rate is approximately 25%.

Special Issues
Each year, American Studies publishes a special issue that concerns a single theme of interest in the field and is managed by a guest editor or a team of editors.

Editorship Timeline
* includes years as associate status or guest editor

 ** associate from 1979 - 1988

American Studies Editorial Board

 * Crystal Anderson, George Mason University
 * Fernando Armstrong-Fumero, Smith College
 * Thomas Augst, New York University
 * Davarian Baldwin, Trinity College
 * Astrid Böger, University of Hamburg, Germany
 * Edward Chan, Waseda University, Japan
 * Dawn Coleman, University of Tennessee
 * Clare Corbould, Deakin University, Australia
 * Todd Decker, Washington University in St. Louis
 * Dennis Domer, University of Kansas
 * Phillip Drake, University of Kansas
 * Gerald Early, Washington University in St. Louis
 * Keith Eggener, University of Oregon
 * Nan Enstad, University of Wisconsin-Madison
 * Daniele Fiorentino, University Roma Tre(Università Roma Tre),Italy
 * Stephanie Fitzgerald, Arizona State University
 * Randall Fuller, University of Kansas
 * John Gennari, University of Vermont
 * Tanya Golash-Boza, University of California, Merced
 * William Graebner, State University of New York at Fredonia
 * Douglas Hartmann, University of Minnesota
 * Udo Hebel, University of Regensburg, Germany
 * Rebecca Hill, Kennesaw State University
 * Mark Hulsether, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
 * Serenity Joo, University of Manitoba, Canada
 * L.S. Kim, University of California, Santa Cruz
 * Brian Leech, Augustana College
 * Cheryl Lester, University of Kansas
 * Tiffany Ana López, University of California, Irvine
 * Emily Lordi, Vanderbilt University
 * Nicola Mann, Richmond University, London
 * Carol Mason, University of Kentucky
 * Fiona Ngô, University of Virginia
 * Eric Porter, University of California, Santa Cruz
 * Sonnet Retman, University of Washington
 * David Roediger, University of Kansas
 * Wilfried Raussert, Bielefeld University, Germany
 * Eric Sandeen, University of Wyoming
 * Alex Seago, Richmond University, London
 * David Serlin, University of California, San Diego
 * Jane Simonsen, Augustana College
 * Carolyn Thomas, California State University, Fullerton
 * Deborah Vargas, Yale University
 * Travis Vogan, University of Iowa
 * Shirley Wajda, Michigan State University Museum
 * Psyche Williams-Forson, University of Maryland