Dear Members of Society for Disability Studies and the Disability Studies
Community:SDS is currently going through a number of major transitions and,
chief among them, is a transition of editorial leadership at the field's
flagship journal, Disability Studies Quarterly (DSQ). Over the summer, the
current editorial team, which had been serving in this capacity since 2018
with a term of three to five years, tendered their resignation and the SDS
Board of Directors accepted it. As stated in their contract, this
resignation took full effect after 90 days, which was the beginning of
November. As such, there is currently no Editor-in-Chief of the journal
and SDS recognizes that the resulting delay in publication of new DSQ
issues is non-ideal and we ask for your patience as we seek a new Editor to
lead the journal.Of course, let us begin by asking you to please join us
in thanking the outgoing Co-Editors-in-Chief Elizabeth Brewer and Brenda
Brueggemann and Assistant Editor Kelsey Henry for the outstanding work they
have done shepherding DSQ through one of the most tumultuous periods in
modern history and maintaining its status as the premier source of top
quality scholarship in Disability Studies. We all owe them a tremendous
debt of gratitude for the enormous contribution they made to the field with
this work.This means that we must now find someone to step into their very
large shoes and continue stewarding DSQ as a leading journal. To that end,
please see the attached Call for Applications to be the next Editor of
Disability Studies Quarterly. We are eager to identify this person or these
people quickly, so that the transition can proceed smoothly and there is
minimal interruption in the process of publishing DSQ. To that end, we
will begin considering candidates on January 23, 2023. We look forward to
receiving your application materials and are happy to answer any questions
you may have about this process.Sincerely,The SDS Board of Directors
admin@disstudies.org
[Website https://disstudies.org/] [Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/SocietyforDisabilityStudies/]