Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies

1. The complete title of the Journal and the organization or university the supports/sponsors it.
Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies. Arizona State University

2. Brief (50-150 words) description of the journal's history or foundation.

Founded in 1975, Frontiers seeks to be a multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary journal of “scholarship, creative work, and personal essays” (Frontiers). The goal of Frontiers is to provide “multicultural work in language accessible to a wide audience within and without the academy” (Frontiers). It is known for its “pioneering” special issues, particularly those that involve the lives of “women of color in the American West” (Frontiers). The title signals “that the journal would push the boundaries of feminist scholarship within a national context” (Frontiers).

3. Description of the journal publication information (250-350 words).

The journal publishes three times a year in print form. It occasionally publishes themed issues, with a guest editor managing each one. The journal focuses on “the multicultural West, the borderlands within and between nations, and transnational aspects of the regional West, from the ancestral lands of Native Americans to ties with the Americas and the countries and peoples of the Pacific Rim (Frontiers). The current issue focus on stories and storytellers, and a previous special issue covers feminist epistemology and methodology. The content of the journal is multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary, and it also includes works of art and personal narratives. The journal is co-edited by Susan E. Gray and Gayle Gullett. There is also an editorial collective, which is an advisory board tied to the host institution (Frontiers).

4. Brief description of the journal audience and reception (50-150 words).

Although it is a scholarly, peer reviewed journal, it seeks a broad audience. It is a lovely thing that the content of the general is supposed to be for those inside and outside of academia. It has become known as the women's studies journal that focuses on the American West, but that was not always the case. Initially, the journal and the editorial collective resisted that title (Frontiers)

5. Description of journal submission (250 words minimum).
   Article submissions have to follow Chicago 15^th edition style citation. Submissions “must be original, not previously published in whole or in part (whether online or in print), and not in any version under consideration for publication elsewhere” (Frontiers). The review process involves the editors, editorial collective, and outside readers. This process can take up to six months. The journal is triannual, published September, June, and March. Submissions should not exceed 14,000 words.
   
   
   When submitting an article, one must mail three hard copies (word-processed, double-spaced, including endnotes, unstapled, and accompanied by a title page. The author's name should appear only on the title page of the work) and email one electronic copy (Word, WordPerfect, or rich text format). For artworks, they can either be submitted digitally as TIFF files, scanned at least 300 dpi and a minimum of 4000 x 6000 pixels. Frontiers stresses that copyright permissions must be obtained.

6. Works cited information for journal, including an active link to journal's website.

"Frontiers | SHPRS." Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies. Arizona State University. Web. 25 Sept. 2010. <http://shprs.clas.asu.edu/frontiers/>.