Tom
DuBois and Jim Leary of the University of Wisconsin, the current editors of the
Journal of American Folklore, will be
stepping down at the end of their term in late 2015.
The American Folklore
Society’s Executive Board gives its deepest thanks to Drs. DuBois and Leary for
their outstanding service to our Society and field, and now invites proposals
from candidates for the editorship of the Journal.
We welcome proposals from single candidates and multiple co-editor
candidates.
The
deadline for proposals is March 1, 2014. For information on the opportunities and duties of the editorship, and on the proposal process and criteria, please visit www.afsnet.org/?page=JAFEditorSearch.