Journals - Rhetoric and Composition
KAIROS
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Description
Website:
http://kairos.technorhetoric.net/
Editor(s):
Senior Editor & Publisher: Douglas Eyman, George Mason University
Editor: Cheryl Ball, Illinois State University
Associate Editors:
Mike Edwards, US Military Academy at West Point
Kathie Gossett, Old Dominion University
Interviews Editors:
Margaret M. Strain, University of Dayton
D. Alexis Hart, Virginia Military Institute
Inventio Editor: Madeleine Sorapure, University of California, Santa Barbara
Praxis Editors:
Andréa Davis, Washington State University, Tri-Cities
Christine Tulley, University of Findlay
PraxisWiki Editor: Dundee Lackey, University of North Carolina at Pembroke
Reviews Editor: Joddy Murray, Texas Christian University
Communications Editors: Monica Jacobe, Princeton University
News Editor: Charles Lowe, Grand Valley State University
Keywords/Themes:
rhetoric, technology, pedagogy, multimodal composition, technical communication, education, creative writing, webtexts
Description:
Kairos is a refereed online journal which publishes webtexts as opposed to traditional, linear, word-processed essays about the “intersections of rhetoric, technology, and pedagogy.” Although the review process sounds a little intimidating, the editors of KAIROS claim that they “seek to push boundaries in academic publishing” while “[bringing] forward and [supporting] the voices of those too often marginalized in the academy, especially graduate students and adjunct and other part-time faculty.”
Availability:
Kairos is published bi-annually, with occasional special issues in May. All articles are available on the web. Issues before 13.1 (Fall 2008) can be viewed in their original design; issues before 4.1 (1999) are available in their original design and in a reader-friendly redesign. Submissions are archived from Spring 1996--the first issue.
Submission Policies:
As an online journal, Kairos promotes “electronic work” published in a “digital venue.” This means word-processed essays are not welcome; or, as they politely say, your “‘traditional’ print essay would find a better venue elsewhere.” Instead, the editors want projects that have been written and published as websites or created as multimedia texts (hypertext, video, audio, etc.). In addition, they encourage single author and collaborative submissions. Since the editors are essentially working with each submission in terms of content and layout, there is a lengthy editorial process that has been divvied up between various editors. The general submission policy is as follows:
1. All submissions need to be sent to the proper editor for initial review. If the section below does not correspond to a specific editor above, then you need to contact the general site editor(s). A description of sections can be found below.
2. (This stage can be bypassed.) The editorial review board assesses the quality and/or potential of the submission. Three editoral board members write formal reviews that are joined by a critique from the editors, and the feedback is sent to the author.
3. The editors work with the author and his/her submission based on the comments and evaluations from the board. This stage does not guarantee publication.
The acceptance rate is currently 10%.
Sections of Scholarship:
Topoi:
“Extended scholarly analyses of large-scale issues relating to rhetoric, technology, and pedagogy.” These projects can be submitted at any time, but the editors suggest that you contact them early in the creation process with a cover email, an abstract of your project, and a URL to the project in its current state.
Praxis:
“Praxis publishes scholarly investigations into the intersections of rhetoric, technology, and pedagogy discovered through teaching and other professional practices.” This section encourages the appropriate use of multimodality, but the editors will also accept traditional linear submissions.
PraxisWiki:
“PraxisWiki is a repository of useful and provocative information and ideas for scholars and teachers at the intersections of rhetoric and technology.” This section includes a conversation on published materials and concepts, sample syllabi/assignments/lessons for teachers, and discussions of potential scholarship and ideas. Submissions must be at least 500 words; once approved, contributors are given access to the Wiki.
Inventio:
“Inventio focuses on the decisions, contexts, and contributions that have constituted a particular webtext.” This section is for authors who want to reflect on the process of creating a webtext.
Reviews:
“Reviews include individual or collaborative reviews of books, media, and other texts of interest to scholars of rhetoric, technology, and pedagogy.” You can see the Call for Reviews here: http://kairos.technorhetoric.net/cfr.html
Interviews:
“Each year, Kairos publishes several extended interviews with scholars doing interesting work relating to rhetoric, technology, and pedagogy.”
Disputatio:
“[T]his venue is designed to let our readers argue their ideas in relation to published webtexts, featured themes, or ideas in the field in general.” This section is for “letters” to the editor.
News:
This section functions like news sections in traditional print journals and contains calls for papers, job postings, etc.
Technical Considerations of Submissions:
Before you can submit your project to Kairos, there are a number of technical considerations for different kinds of web projects listed on their submission page that should be read.
These technical considerations apply to websites, hypertext projects, and video projects and contain guidelines for programs that should be used or avoided, what will be required with each type of submission (style sheets, etc.), and what authors should do to make sure projects can be viewed by people on different web browsers like Firefox, Internet Explorer, Safari, and Opera.
Additionally, Kairos lists the following guidelines for webtext html:
Markup that validates to the XHMTL 1.0 Strict DOCTYPE is preferred.
Markup that validates to the XHTML 1.0 Transitional DOCTYPE will be accepted (strict is preferred).
Markup that validates to the HTML 5 DOCTYPE will be accepted.
Markup that validates to the HTML 4.01 Strict DOCTYPE will be accepted, but XHTML or HTML 5 is preferred.
External style sheets are required to facilitate the editing process. Please do not use inline styles.
Please check for cross-browser compatibility before submitting. Your text should work in current browsers (Internet Explorer 5.5+, Firefox 1.0+, Safari 1.0+, Opera 8+) and degrade gracefully when elements such as JavaScript are not enabled by a user’s browser or when images/CSS fail to load.
We cannot work with and will not accept code produced by MS Word, iWeb, or other systems that build non-standard or proprietary coding structures.
Author
Rebecca Butorac 9/15/09, Updated by Ashley Evans 5/31/11, Updated by Matthew Vetter 10/06/11
Date of Upload
5/31/11