Journal of the Professoriate

Now in its third year, this international, refereed, and scholarly journal seeks to promote lively discourse among scholars and policymakers on various issues affecting college and university faculty in higher education in America and abroad. The journal’s mission is to provide an outlet for critical analysis and scholarship concerning the pathways leading to the professoriate and all issues about and relevant to faculty. The journal is interdisciplinary in design and seeks to offer a rich mixture of empirical research (i.e., quantitative and qualitative) and theoretical discussions.

The Journal of the Professoriate will address many of, but not limited to, the following issues and topics: (a) the impact of faculty on student development (e.g., recruitment, retention, academic achievement, and life-long learning); (b) the role, experiences, and outcomes of faculty at two-year and four-year colleges and other postsecondary settings; (c) issues concerning faculty of color and women; (d) organizational, leadership, and legal issues impacting college faculty; (e) issues pertaining to the utilization of technology by college and university faculty; (f) issues concerning faculty unionization, interactions between faculty and other university personnel, collective bargaining, academic freedom, adjunct faculty, instructional staff, and other special faculty appointments; and (g) comparative studies of faculty in America and abroad.