Humanity & Society
Humanity & Society, the official journal of the Association for Humanist Sociology, was first
published in 1977 and has been published quarterly since 1978. Humanity & Society is a peer-reviewed Sage journal with abstracts of published articles appearing in Sociological Abstracts. It features “humanist sociology,” which is broadly defined as a sociology that views people not only as products of social forces but also as agents in their lives and the world. We publish activist-oriented, public scholarship that directly applies a social justice lens. We encourage work that engages in how to advance movements and how to participate in our collective, social struggle. Please see “aims and scope” for more detailed information
This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
Please direct all general inquiries to Editor-in-Chief, Dresden Lackey, Cameron Lippard and Managing Editor, Heidi Nicholls, at humanityandsocietyjournal@gmail.com
For Pedagogy specific questions, contact Editor Dr. Myron Strong at hspedagogyeditor@gmail.com
For Book and Media Reviews inquiries and submissions, contact Editors Dr. Shaonta’ Allen at ahsbooksreviews@gmail.com
To learn more about our full editorial board, see: https://www.humanist-sociology.org/editorial-board.html
Our logo was created by Natalia Veras
Humanity & Society (H&S) publishes:
- Activist-oriented, public scholarship that directly applies a social justice lens. Work should engage in how to advance movements and how to participate in our collective, social struggle.
- Sociological work that has interdisciplinary and global perspectives, including but not limited to critical ethnic studies, women & gender studies, queer theory, history, and geography.
- Theoretical orientations that map onto or reflect a humanist agenda such as anti-imperialism, Black feminisms, decoloniality, community and social movements, critical class analyses, critical disability studies, critical race studies, indigenous studies, intersectionality, Marxist humanist theories, postcolonial theories and perspectives, settler colonialism, queer theory, and queer of color critique, and women of color feminisms.
- Methodologies can be varied and critical; novel approaches are welcome.
- Manuscripts that challenge or deviate from traditional paper organization and push the boundaries of sociological styles of writing.
Humanity & Society general paper submissions should be 8,000 - 10,000 words and may include original research, theoretical examinations, & historical analyses.
Other manuscript types include:
- Pedagogy: Manuscripts with innovative teaching approaches, either empirically and/or theoretically, that focus on social justice and social change (approx: 3500-4000 words). See below for more information.
- Book and Media Reviews: Critical essays on books and media such as television shows, films, podcasts, social media content, video and other games, and blogs/vlogs (approx: 900-1000 words). See below for more information
- Dispatches: Our new online blog, which welcomes critical commentaries, essays from activists on the ground, and brief pedagogy or media reviews (approx: 500-1500 words). https://www.humanist-sociology.org/dispatches
H&S is committed to an open, peer review process that encourages dialogue. To that end, authors and reviewers are all non-anonymous to one another. In our view, this open method of reviewing does not diminish the rigor, integrity, and validity of the peer-review process. Rather, we believe it creates a more open and honest dialogue between authors and reviewers.
Scholars who support our mission are also encouraged to register with Manuscript Central as potential reviewers.
Please direct your inquiries and ideas to: Dresden Lackey, Cameron Lippard, Editor-In-Chief, and Heidi Nicholls, Managing Editor, at humanityandsocietyjournal@gmail.com
Humanity & Society Pedagogy Section (3,500-4,000 words):
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Manuscripts that add to the scholarship by using innovative approaches, either empirically and/or theoretically, and focus on social justice, activism and social change.
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Particularly looking for pedagogical approaches that stretch the boundaries of methodologies by using nontraditional sources such as comics, blogs, social media, etc to explore social justice, activism and social change.
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Manuscripts that build pedagogical theory and reflect a humanist agenda such as anti-imperialism, Black feminisms, decoloniality, community and social movements, critical class analyses, critical disability studies, critical race studies, indigenous studies, intersectionality, Marxist humanist theories, postcolonial theories and perspectives, settler colonialism, queer theory, and queer of color critique, and women of color feminisms.
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Methodologies can be varied and critical as well as creative in the way pedagogy is researched, constructed and imagined.
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Manuscripts that challenge or deviate from traditional paper organization and push the boundaries of sociological styles of writing.
Humanity & Society Book & Media Reviews (900-1000 words)
Humanity & Society’s editorial board believes that the relationships between scholar, scholarship, and community are mutually constitutive. As the Book & Media Review Editors, we particularly recognize the power of books and other forms of media in this moment and look forward to highlighting critical and social justice-oriented work to demonstrate how sociological scholarship is relevant for understanding and responding to pressing human needs.
Humanity & Society Book and Media Reviews Section publishes:
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Book Reviews from either academic or public-facing facing presses
- Media reviews including, but not limited to, television shows, films, podcasts, social media content, video and other games, and blogs/vlogs
- Two new forms of Feature Reviews
- “From the Margins,” which highlights a review from an underrepresented scholar and/or a review on a marginalized topic
- “From the Ground,” which highlights a review from an activist, community organizer, or other community member/leader
- Reviews that come from advanced graduate students and junior faculty; scholars with marginalized standpoints are especially welcome.
To inquire about books in need of review or to pitch a book or media review, please email Book & Media Review Editors Shaonta’ Allen, AHSBookReviews@gmail.com
| Shaonta’ Allen | Dartmouth College, USA |
| Myron T. Strong | Community College of Baltimore County, USA |
| Emma Bailey | Universidad Veracruzana, Mexico |
| Emily Brissette | Bridgewater State University, USA |
| Ghassan Moussawi | University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, USA |
| Jason Williams | Montclair University, USA |
| Felicia Arriaga | Baruch College, USA |
| Brittany Battle | Wake Forest Unversity, USA |
| Carson Byrd | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor |
| Kaitland Byrd | University of Michigan, USA |
| David G. Embrick | University of Connecticut, USA |
| Kasey Henricks | University of Tennessee, USA |
| Marie-Claude Jipguep | Howard University, USA |
| Melissa Lavin | State University of New York at Oneonta, USA |
| Wende Marshall | Stadium Stompers, People’s Strike, USA |
| Austin McCoy | West Virginia University, USA |
| Zebulon Miletsky | Stonybrook University, USA |
| Greta Pennell | University of Indianapolis, USA |
| James Pennell | University of Indiana at Indianapolis, USA |
| Watoii R. Rabii | Oakland University, USA |
| Courtney B. Ross | Virginia Tech, USA |
| Joti Sekhon | Winston-Salem State University, USA |
| Saher Selod | Simmons University, USA |
| Marc Settembrino | Southeastern Louisiana University, USA |
| Thomas Piñeros Shields | University of Massachusetts Lowell, USA |
| Katherine Standish | University of Otago, New Zealand |
| Bhoomi Thakore | University of Connecticut, USA |
| Mo Torres | Harvard University, USA |
| Megan Underhill | University of North Carolina Asheville, USA |
| Melissa Weiner | College of the Holy Cross, USA |
| Johnny Williams | Trinity College, USA |
| Rai Wilson | Hamilton County Public Defender, USA |
Manuscript submission guidelines can be accessed on Sage Journals.