History
''American Studies'' became a major journal in 1959, when it was first known as the ''Journal of the Central Mississippi Valley American Studies Association'' and later as the ''Midcontinent American Studies Journal''. Since 1971, it has been called ''American Studies'' and has been published by the ASA’s regional chapter, the Mid-America American Studies Association. In 2005, the triannual journal became a quarterly. A merger with ''American Studies International'' (''ASI''), which ceased publication in 2004, marked a commitment to internationalizing the editorial board and increasing the presence of scholarship produced outside the U.S., as well as a commitment to continue the teaching-focused features that had been sustained by ''ASI''. ''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 and is available 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''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. They are the primarily arbiter of proposals, acceptances and revisions, but the final decisions rest with the editors of ''American Studies''.
2022 - Across Global Souths: Asian Migrations through the U.S. South and the Circum-Caribbean
Guest Edited by Joo Ok Kim (UC San Diego) and Giselle Liza Anatol (University of Kansas)
2021
Guest Edited by Michelle Yates (Columbia College Chicago), Timo Müller (University of Konstanz, Germany), Pacharee Sudhinaraset (New York University), and Hee-Jung Serenity Joo (University of Manitoba, Canada)
Our Shared Planet: The Environment Issue (double issue)Guest Editors: Kristen Turner (North Carolina State University) and Lucy Caplan (Harvard University)
Guest Editors: Kalenda Eaton (University of Oklahoma), Michael K. Johnson (University of Maine at Farmington), and Jeanette Eileen Jones (university of Nebraska - Lincoln)
2018
Guest Editor: Lauren Rabinovitz (University of Iowa)
The Food Issue
Guest Editors: Norma E. Cantú (Trinity University) and Valerie M. Mendoza (Avila University)
Guest Editors: Noah Cohan (Washington University in St. Louis), Daniel A. Gilbert (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), Theresa Runstedtler (American University), Tyran Kai Steward (University of Michigan), and Lucio Trimbur (City University of New York)
Guest Editors: Matthew Calihman (Missouri State University), Tracy Floreani (Oklahoma City University), and A. Yęmisi Jimoh (University of Massachusetts-Amherst)
2013
Guest Editor: Tony Bolden (University of Kansas)
The Funk Issue
Editorship Timeline
''* includes years as associate status or guest editor'' ''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, 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 MarylandReferences
External links
* {{Official website, https://journals.ku.edu/amsj/index