The editors of Transformations seek articles (5,000 – 10,000 words) and media reviews (books, film, video, performance, art, music, etc. – 3,000 to 5,000 words) that explore the city in a variety of pedagogical contexts and disciplinary perspectives—literature, women’s and gender studies, urban studies, architecture, anthropology, folklore, history, psychology, sociology, art, photography, geography, religion, working-class studies, ethnic studies, cultural studies, science, music, performance studies, and others. Essays must focus on pedagogical theory and/or praxis.
Topics might include: teaching the city in K-12 and higher education; defining urban space; gendering the city; the history and interpretation of public space; globalization and the city; the politics of urban education; intersections of race, class, and gender in the city; economics and gentrification; environmental education; greening the city; community and cultural identity in the city; representations of the city in literature, visual, and popular culture; expressive forms and traditions; post-industrial transformations; im/migration and transnational labor; architecture and urban planning; building and re-building cities, public history in/and the city; urban geography; urban sexualities, health and the city.

Send a hard copy in MLA format (6th ed.) and a 250-word abstract to:

Jacqueline Ellis and Edvige Giunta, Editors
Transformations
New Jersey City University
Hepburn Hall Room 309
2039 Kennedy Boulevard
Jersey City
NJ 07305
OR
email submissions and inquiries to: transformations@njcu.edu. Email submissions should be sent as attachments in MS Word or Rich Text format.

For submission guidelines go to http://web.njcu.edu/sites/transformations.