Many faculty members in the MTSU English Department conduct research and publish articles and books on a wide range of topics within our discipline -- from literature and film to rhetoric and linguistics. We also engage in editorial work for diverse academic journals, an important form of scholarly service. Below is an overview of the journals we contribute to.

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Victorians Institute Journal 

The Victorians Institute Journal is an award-winning, international refereed scholarly journal that publishes articles, reviews, and newly edited texts of interest to scholars in nineteenth-century cultural studies. MTSU English's Dr. Maria Bachman is co-editor of the journal along with Dr. Richard Cox at UTK. The journal is currently supported by the Department of English at Middle Tennessee State University and the Department of English and the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Tennessee. Victorians Institute Journal is available online through EBSCO International Journals Complete.

Read more about the Victorians Institute Journal

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Faculty Roles in Academic Journals

 

• Dr. Poushali Bhadury: Cofounder and Editorial Board Member, Research on Diversity in Youth Literature; Editorial Board Member, Journal of L.M. Montgomery Studies

• Dr. Eric Detweiler: Editorial Board Member, Rhetoric Society Quarterly; Assistant Editor, Intermezzo; Sonic Projects Editor, enculturation: a journal of rhetoric, writing, and culture

• Dr. James Hamby: Book Reviews Associate Editor, Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts; Reviewer, Southern Discourse in the Center: A Journal of Multiliteracy and Innovation, Praxis: A Writing Center Journal, and WLN: A Journal of Writing Center Scholarship
  

• Dr. Elyce Rae Helford: Editorial Board Member and Reviews Editor, Jewish Film and New Media; Editorial Board Member, Journal of Science Fiction Film and Television; Reader, Journal of Homosexuality

• Dr. Mark Allan Jackson: Editorial Board Member, The Woody Guthrie Annual
  

• Dr. Jennifer Kates: Editor, SHIFT: A Publication of MTSU Write
  

• Dr. Shane A. McCoy: Reviewer, Journal of American Culture

• Dr. Philip E. Phillips: Editorial Board Member, The Edgar Allan Poe Review