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Affilia

Published in Association with Feminist Inquiry in Social Work
Feminist Inquiry in Social Work

eISSN: 15523020 | ISSN: 08861099 | Current volume: 39 | Current issue: 3 Frequency: Quarterly

In 1986, the founding editors created Affilia as a dedicated space for feminist voices, underrepresented in mainstream social work journals, and the topical and methodological challenges that these marginalized voices raised for the field and the discipline. Articulating innovative feminist voices and perspectives has steadfastly remained the substance of the scholarship published in the journal.

The mission of Affilia is to give voice to the myriad ways that feminist praxis manifests in social work. As such, Affilia is a living record of feminist social work and inquiry. Realization of its mission to provide an alternative space necessarily shifts as the material conditions and ideas change over time. Consideration of whose voices and perspectives—what identities, from which social, geographical, and theoretical locations—should be included in the forged space of Affilia is, therefore, subject to ongoing review, reexamination, and renewal. Affilia’s editorial board embraces its responsibility to continually trouble its own views and assumptions.

Contemporary feminisms are grounded in critical, intersectional analysis of lived experiences of individuals and groups located in the context of complex structures, systems, and discourses of power and privilege. Affilia seeks exceptional scholarship—ground-breaking, thought-provoking works that challenge taken-for-granted knowledges, raise new questions, generate innovative theories and methodologies, reflect feminist social work’s global diversity, and illuminate alternative pathways for social work theory, research, practice, and teaching.

See the latest winner of the Affilia Award for Distinguished Feminist Scholarship and Praxis in Social Work here.

This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

Affilia: Feminist Inquiry in Social Work is dedicated to the discussion and development of critical feminist values, theories, and knowledge as they relate to social work and social welfare research, education, and practice. The intent of Affilia is to bring insight and knowledge to the task of eliminating discrimination and oppression, especially with respect to gender, sexuality, race, ethnicity, class, age, and disability.

Editors-in-Chief
Margaret (Meg) F. Gibson Renison University College, Waterloo, ON, Canada
Sharvari Karandikar Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
Mery Diaz New York City College of Technology, New York, NY, USA
Associate Editor
Salina Abji Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Janet L. Finn University of Montana, Missoula, MT, USA
Nicole Moulding University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA, Australia
Editorial Assistant
Bridget Livingstone Comox, BC, Canada
Editorial Board
Lindsay B. Gezinski University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Ramona Beltrán University of Denver Graduate School of Social Work, Denver, CO, USA
Xiaobei Chen Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
Sam Harrell Seattle University, Seattle, WA, USA
Kelly Jackson Arizona State University, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Kalei Kanuha University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
Reshawna L. Chapple University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, USA
Sandra M. Leotti University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, USA
Gita Mehrotra Portland State University, Portland, OR
Gina E. Miranda Samuels University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
Nicole Moulding University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA, Australia
Sarah Mountz University at Albany, SUNY, Albany, NY, USA
Antonia R. G. Alvarez Portland State University, Portland, Oregon, USA
Nadine Shaanta Murshid University of Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, USA
Quenette L. Walton University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work, Houston, TX, USA
Charmaine C. Williams University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Consulting Editors
Ben Anderson-Nathe Portland State University, Portland, OR, USA
Samira Bano Ali University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA
Stephanie Begun University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Sandra Butler University of Maine, Orono, ME, USA
Cyndirela Chadambuka University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Candace Christensen University of Texas, San Antonio, TX, USA
Carol Cleaveland George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, USA
Molly Driessen Providence College, Providence, Rhode Island
Marta Graça University de Coimbra Instituto, Jurídico, Portugal
Vern Harner University of Washington, Tacoma, Tacoma, Washington
Jane Hereth University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Jocelyn Hermoso San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California
Ran Hu Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
Sid Jordan Portland State University, Portland, Oregon, USA
Lisa Young Larance Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, USA
Sandra Leotti University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, USA
Kathryn Libal University of Connecticut, Hartford, CT, USA
Jessica Lidell University of Montana, Missoula, Montana, USA
Maria Liegghio York University, Toronto, ON, CA, Canada
Rebecca A. Matthew University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA
Mahasin Saleh Doha Institute for Graduate Studies
Sunny Sinha Marywood University, Scranton, PA, USA
Eliana Suarez Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, ON, CA, Canada
Emma Tseris University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Miriam Valdovinos University of Denver, Denver, Colorado, USA
Jijian Voronka Ryerson University, Toronto, ON, CA, Canada
Corinne Warrener Clark Atlanta University, Atlanta, GA, USA
Sarah Wendt Flinders University, Australia
Tina Wilson University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Carole Zufferey University of South Australia, Magill, SA, Australia
Book Review Editor
Barbara L. Simon Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
Corporate Board
Sara Goodkind, Co-President University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Jennifer Zelnick, Treasurer Touro College, New York, NY, USA
Mimi Kim, Co-President California State University, Long Beach, CA, USA
Yoosun Park University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Fariyal Ross-Sheriff Howard University, Washington DC, USA
Barbara Levy Simon, Secretary Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
Karen F. Wyche The George Washington University, Washington DC, USA
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