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RACE, GENDER & CLASS

An interdisciplinary and multicultural journal

Founder-Editor Jean Ait Belkhir, 1993-Present

Managing Editor: Christiane Charlemaine

A Joint Publication of the

University of New Orleans

Southern University at New Orleans

Housed in the Department

of Sociology at University of New Orleans

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To subscribe or order Race, Gender & Class: on line or write, call, fax or email to: Jean Ait Belkhir, Founder-Editor at

University of New Orleans, Department of Sociology, Lakefront Campus, New Orleans, LA 701480

Ph: (504) 280 5468, Fax: (504) 280 6302, Email: jbelkhir@uno.edu or

Department of Social Sciences, Southern University at New Orleans, 6801 Press Drive, North Campus, New Orleans, LA 70126

E-mail: jbelkhir@suno.edu

AUTHOR GUIDELINES

Address editorial correspondence, including manuscripts for publication, to Jean Ait Belkhir, Race, Gender & Class Journal, Southern University at New Orleans, Department of Social Sciences, 6801 Press Drive, North Campus, New Orleans, LA 70126. Manuscripts are accepted for consideration with the understanding that they are original material and are not under consideration for publication elsewhere.

Five hard copies and one diskette copy of the manuscript should be submitted. The diskette copy should be on a 3.5" disk and in WordPerfect and/or Word IBM-compatible word processor format. Author's name, affiliation, e-mail address, and telephone/fax numbers should be on a separate cover page, and only on this page. An abstract of 100-120 words and keywords should be on a separate page. All figures must be camera ready. Manuscripts that do not conform to these specifications will be returned to the author for proper style change. The review process normally takes 3-6 months.

Submissions must be in plain text and bibliography and citations must be consistent with the American Psychological Association style.

For example, (1) Journal article: Belkhir, J.A. (1995). Multicultural education: Race, gender & class. Rethinking the introductory textbook in the academic disciplines. Race, Gender & Class, 2(2):11-37; (2) Book: Sleeter, C.E., & Grant, C.A. (1994). Making choices for multicultural education: Fives approaches to race, class, and gender. NY: Macmillan Publishing Company; (3) Article or chapter in an edited book: Belkhir, J.A. (1997). Race, gender, and class definition. In C. Grant and G. Ladson-Billings (Eds.). Dictionary of multicultural education, pp.... The Oryx Press.

Race, Gender & Class publishes articles of 15-25 pages, notes of 5-10 pages, review essays on books or films, autobiographies, essays, data sets, theories, stories, field work studies, and letters to the journal promoting interdisciplinary and multicultural studies focusing on race, gender and class intersection issues in society.

A basic standard for publications in Race, Gender & Class is that a paper should have practical implications, direct or indirect, for education.

We are interested by papers without footnotes, and which cut through the technical jargon commonly used in academic writing, and promoting interdisciplinary understanding. Three members or non-members of the journal Race, Gender & Class will review manuscripts. Reviewer are given the option of signing their comments, but the author's name will not be revealed to the reviewer. Reviewers are asked to approach their task in a helpful and supportive way working with the author to produce a publishable article if at all possible.

No written or oral permission is necessary to reproduce a table, a figure, or an excerpt of fewer than 500 words from this journal or to make photocopies for classroom use. Authors are granted permission, without fee, to photocopy their own material. Copies must include a full and accurate bibliographic citation and the following credit line: "Copyright [year] by Race, Gender & Class, reproduced with permission from the publisher." Written permission must be obtained to reproduce or reprint material in circumstance other than those just described. Please direct requests for permission or for further information on policies and fees to the Race, Gender & Class Editor.

forthcoming 2007-2008

1) Race, Gender, Sexuality and War. Guest-Edited by Joane Nagel, University of Kansas, Department of Sociology. Contact information: Ph: (785) 864-4111 (sociology), (785) 864-4114 (voice), Fax: (785) 864-5280, Email: nagel@ku.edu. Ready to go.

2) Race, Gender, Class and Capitalism. Guest edited by Fred L. Pincus and Natalie J. Sokoloff. Contact Information: Fred Pincus, Dept of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Maryland Baltimore County, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, MD 21250, Email: Fred Pincus, pincus@umbc.edu, or Natalie Sokoloff, nsokolof@jjay.cuny.edu. Ready to go.

3) Is prison the New Plantation? Race, Gender & Class in the American Criminal Justice System. Guest-edited by Edward Johnson and Peter Scharf. Contact information: Edward Johnson, Dept of Philosophy, University of New Orleans, 2000 Lakeshore Drive, New Orleans, LA 70148, Email: erjohns12@uno.edu Submission deadline February 1, 2008.

4) Presidential Election Processes and Politics in the United States. Guest edited by George Amedee (Southern University at New Orleans) and Alma Thornton (Southern University at Baton Rouge). Contact Information: George Amedee, gamedee@suno.edu, or Alma Thornton, alma_thornon@subr.edu. Paper submission deadline May 12, 2008.

5) The Democratization Process in Central and East Europeans Newly Independent Countries and Ethnic, Gender, and Social Groups Issues. Guest Edited by Alla Rosca, Department of Political Science, University of New Orleans, 2000 Lakeshore Drive, New Orleans, LA 70148. Final paper submission deadline May /June, 2008. Contact Information: Alla Rosca arosca@uno.edu.

6) Socio-cultural and Economic Influences on Nutrition and Health Status. Guest Edited by Alma Thornton, Bernestine McGee, Glenda Johnson, Henri Nuss, Southern University at Baton Rouge. Abstracts (500 words) should be sent by February 15, 2008 to the email address below. The deadline for submission of final papers (8000 words) will be June 15, 2008. For further information or submission of abstracts, please contact by email: Alma Thornton, alma_thornton@subr.edu ; Bernestine McGee, Bernestine_mcgee@subr.edu; Glenda Johnson, glenda_johnson@suagcenter.com; or Henry Nuss, hnuss@spa.ars.usda.gov. Southern University and A&M College , Baton Rouge , LA .