Peace Review

Under the guest editorship of Erin Brigham, Director of the Joan and Ralph Lane Center on Catholic Social Thought and the Ignatian Tradition at the University of San Francisco, and Jonathan D. Greenberg, Director of the USF Institute for Nonviolence and Social Justice, Peace Review: A Journal of Social Justice 37(1) invites essays for a special issue on Community Engaged Research on Violence and Nonviolence.

• We welcome submissions for a special issue investigating the traumatic dynamics of violence and/or healing processes of nonviolence in marginalized communities.  Research projects can address substantive issues across various societal areas (e.g., violence against immigrants, refugees, religious groups or indigenous peoples; gender-based violence and domestic violence; gun violence and public health; police violence; community-based violence prevention programs or nonviolence movements).   We are especially interested in publishing essays emerging from community-engaged research, i.e. collaborative partnerships with individuals and grassroots organizations in communities directly impacted by violence and trauma and/or directly engaged in nonviolence or restorative justice.
• We welcome submissions from scholars from a wide variety of disciplines -- as well as from activists, clergy and community leaders -- from anywhere in the world. Proposed essays can present the results of community-engaged research or focus on the collaborative research process itself.  Interviews should be with organizational leaders, clergy or activists working in marginalized communities impacted by violence and/or engaged in nonviolent direct action or restorative justice efforts.  We welcome submissions that include a faith dimension or involve interfaith collaboration, but it is not required.

General themes that contributors can address in their essays include, but are not limited to, community-based efforts to address violence and trauma in a variety of societal and political contexts including:

• Black and Brown communities
• Communities struggling with gun violence, gang violence and/or police violence
• Immigrant and refugee communities
• Indigenous communities
• Organizations working with victims of gender-based or domestic violence
• Faith communities facing discrimination or persecution
• Other communities impacted by racism, violence and marginalization

We also welcome submissions that address collaborative processes and methodologies of community-engaged research on violence, violence prevention, nonviolent direct action, and restorative justice.

Peace Review accepts the following types of articles: Essay, Review, Interview, Collection, Oration

Articles should be submitted via the journal online portal and utilize the Taylor & Francis Citation style and Journal WORD Template.

• Essays:  2500–3500 words, excluding references.
• Reviews: 3000-3500 words, excluding references.
• Interviews: 1200-1500 words, including context
• Collections: 1800-2000 words + 3-5 photos or images, excluding references
• Oration: 3–5-minute audio file + transcription, accompanied by a written introduction/analysis of 800-1000 words

Content Questions
Expressions of Interest and questions to the guest editor are welcome and may increase the chance of publication. Please direct content-based or methodological questions or concerns to the guest editor: Erin Brigham, [email protected], or Jonathan Greenberg, [email protected].

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