Editorial Board

The Editorial Board is comprised of scholars and researchers working in and shaping the growing field of higher education in prison, including scholars and researchers who are currently and formerly incarcerated.

Apply to Join the Editorial Board

To apply to join the Journal of Higher Education in Prison Editorial Board please click here to complete the online application form. The following information will be requested:

• First and Last Name
• Email Address (if applicable)
• Mailing address (if this is your preferred method of communication)
• Title (if applicable) 
• Professional Affiliation (if applicable)
• Professional Website (if applicable)
• a brief overview of why you want to join the Editorial Board of the Journal of Higher Education in Prison (150—200 words)
• a brief overview of why you think a journal of higher education in prison is important/relevant (150-200 words)

If invited to join the Editorial Board, please confirm that you can commit to the following:

• be available to review two manuscript submissions per year (or provide an alternative reviewer, such as a colleague or graduate student)
• provide recommendations for reviewers and future Editorial Board members (and participate in the selection process)
• contribute feedback, when promoted, to updates, special edition topic proposals, and reports provided from the journal Editor(s)
• share articles with your professional, academic, and personal networks

Information for Authors

We welcome original manuscripts that will advance the empirical, theoretical, and methodological understanding of education and learning in the context of prisons, jails, detention centers and other facilities of confinement. Submissions may come from of a wide range of perspectives, topics, contexts, and methods, including interdisciplinary, legal, interpretive, critical, historical, evaluative, analytic, and empirical analyses.

Authorship

Given the mission and values of the Journal of Higher Education in Prison, we take authorship seriously. We ask that all submitters carefully pay attention to authorship and before submitting ensure that all authors have meaningfully contributed to the creation of the manuscript and meet basic standards of authorship. Standards of authorship include: has created original content, has participated in the writing and editing process, has made a contribution to the analytical work of the piece. For example, please note the distinctions between an interview subject and an author, or a student’s permission to quote from coursework.

While the primary focus of this journal is work on the field of higher education in prison, there may be times when Institutional Review Board (IRB) approval is required. Any submission using research with human subjects must include information about IRB number, authorizing institution, and dates of research. The editor(s) reserves the right to request IRB approval notification if it is not included with the manuscript submission and the right to refuse review of a manuscript that includes research with human subjects if IRB documentation cannot be provided.

We strongly encourage submissions from currently and formerly incarcerated people, and those directly impacted by incarceration. We will accept handwritten manuscripts from currently incarcerated people and/or will work with a designated representative with a signed Designee Form to liaise. We otherwise do not accept submissions written on behalf of any individual.

Submission and Review Process

• Manuscripts are editor pre-screened before they are sent out for review by 2-3 external reviewers.
• Authors may choose a Masked or Unmasked peer review process. During an Unmasked peer review process, papers will be uploaded to a secure third-party site that allows reviewers to provide feedback on manuscripts and authors to respond (similar to Google Documents). The two types of review are described below:
• A Masked review process is an anonymous review. The author’s information and other identifying markers (e.g., title page, institutional affiliations, document meta-data) must be removed from the manuscript. The author will remain anonymous to reviewers, and reviewers will remain anonymous to the author. The author will receive comments from the editors and reviewers after conclusions of the review process.
• An Unmasked process is an open review. The author may keep all identifying information and markers in the manuscript. The author will know who is reviewing the manuscript and the reviewers will know who the author is. Both reviewers and author will have the opportunity to provide comments and discuss feedback in real-time during the review process.
• Authors should expect to hear from an editor within the first four weeks of submission to find out if the manuscript has been approved at pre-screening. If a manuscript continues to external review, the editors will contact authors within 8-12 weeks for a Masked review, after the review process has been completed. For an Unmasked review, the editors will contact authors at the beginning of the review process.
• All reviewers are expected to follow the Review Process Overview
• Submitting an article indicates your agreement with our Ethics Practices

Manuscripts must be submitted as a Microsoft Word document

• The manuscript should be no more than 30 pages, inclusive of abstract, tables, references, figures, and footnotes. Please follow the most recent Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA).
• Manuscripts should be double-spaced and use 12-point Times New Roman font. With rare exception, footnotes, references, tables, and figures are included in the 30-page limit. Manuscripts should have margins of 1inch on all the four sides and number all pages sequentially.
• The submission should include the following and be submitted in this order:

Current Issue

Schedule: The first issue (1.1) of the Journal of Higher Education in Prison is scheduled to be published in Winter 2020. We intend to publish one issue in 2020 and build to two issues per year in 2021 and maintain a biannual publication schedule.

We are currently accepting submissions for Issue 1.1

Archive Coming Soon

Contact Us:

jhep@higheredinprison.org  
Alliance for Higher Education in Prison
Attn: Journal of Higher Education in Prison
1801 N. Broadway, Suite 417
Denver, CO 80202