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City & Community – Graduate Editorial Assistants Program

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City and Community launched a new Graduate Editorial Assistants Program this year. The aim has been to expose doctoral students to academic publishing, help them to become professional evaluators of academic writing, and support them in their own work. They also received a $250 stipend for their participation.

This year, there were four doctoral students. As part of the editorial team, students have been learning how academic publishing works through seminar-like sessions with the editor and managing editor. They have helped evaluate new submissions to determine their fit and look for potential reviewers. They also meet regularly as a group to discuss academic publishing and workshop drafts of their papers.

Here are the four students and a little blurb from each one about themselves and what they’re getting out of the program:

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Beyond Black Marginality: Expanding Our View of Black People & Places

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As part of our virtual panel series, City & Community is excited to host “Beyond Black Marginality: Expanding Our View of Black People & Places” on Monday, May 1, at 5:00PM (ET). Aimed at junior scholars (but inclusive of all), this panel series features topics within the journal’s scope in which more established scholars share their experiences and intellectual journeys with the intention of both guidance and information. See below for a description and information. 

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City & Community Webinar

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City & Community virtual webinar on R&Rs, 3/16/23, 6:30-8

“Great, but Now What? How to Handle R&Rs”

“We invite you to revise and resubmit this paper” are great words to read from journal. But they are only the start of what may be a long revision process. Aimed at early career scholars, this virtual information session is meant to offer some guidance on how to revise and resubmit papers for journals from the perspective of an editor. Richard Ocejo, editor of City & Community, will offer some common tendencies–effective and ineffective ones–in how authors handle R&Rs and tips for how to incorporate reviewers’ comments in your papers (especially when they conflict) and write effective response memos. While City & Community and urban sociology will serve as the main examples, the lessons will be universal. Scholars in other subfields are therefore welcome to attend.

Thursday, March 16, 6:30-8, on Zoom. 

Note: Registration is required and this event will not be recorded.

Email any questions to: cicojournal@gmail.com.  

Studying Racism and Capitalism in Cities Webinar

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City & Community is excited to host “Studying Racism and Capitalism in Cities” on Thursday, February 16, at 6:30PM (ET). Differing from webinars we have hosted in the past which have been tailored to junior scholars, this event launches a new virtual panel series on topics within the journal’s scope in which more established scholars share their experiences and intellectual journeys with the intention of both guidance and information.

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Understanding the Urban Sociology Landscape 

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Ever wonder if the scope of your paper is a good fit for an urban sociology journal? Ever consider who might be reviewing your paper? Have you thought about current gaps in the urban sociology literature you could be filling? A better understanding of “what is urban sociology?” and the urban sociology landscape may help scholars appropriately place their manuscripts and craft their engagement with other scholars in this space. From discussing the difference between urban sociology and other disciplines (urban studies, non-urban sociology, etc.) to the current trends in the literature, we invite you to join Richard Ocejo, editor of City & Community, for a virtual information session on the urban sociology landscape. All scholars (especially students!) are welcome to join. 

Note: Registration is required and this event will not be recorded.


When: Thursday, Dec 8, 2022 06:30-8:00 PM ET

Register in advance for this meeting:
https://gc-cuny-edu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcvf-2prjsrH9EfDyuMtBGbF86rhvKdU5v5

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Email rocejo@jjay.cuny.edu with any questions.

What to Expect at City & Community

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Richard E. Ocejo
John Jay College and the Graduate Center, CUNY
2021 Winter, Vol. 34, No.1 

It is an absolute honor to be the next Editor-in-Chief at City & Community. The journal began publication around when I started graduate school, so there hasn’t been a time when I haven’t known of its existence. Whether from reading its pages, contributing as an author, or assigning its pieces in my courses, it has played an indispensable role in my career. And now getting to run City & Community at this stage in its history, build on the efforts of so many great Editors and scholars, and take it to another level is a dream come true.

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City & Community’s Urban Scholars Development Program

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City & Community’s Urban Scholars Development Program has been running smoothly and we have room for more participants. The program is aimed at providing one-on-one mentorship for early-career urban scholars (graduate students, post-docs, recent graduates) to aid them in their scholarship. In doing so we are developing the next generation of urban researchers and expanding the urban literature.

Potential mentees may email the journal directly (cicojournal@gmail.com) to be considered for the program or may be offered the opportunity to participate by the Editor-in-Chief or a Deputy Editor upon submission to the journal. Mentees will get assigned a faculty mentor from the editorial board to help them with their work. Mentors will help shape the mentees’ work into a publishable manuscript and work with them at least until the first successful submission to a peer-reviewed journal.

Scholars from underrepresented backgrounds are strongly encouraged to apply.

Eligibility criteria:
– Must have no prior sole-authored academic publications
– Must have an article-length manuscript

While the expectation is authors will submit their finished work to City & Community upon completing mentorship, they are not required to do so. (Note: going through the program is not a substitute for peer review.)

*Updated 5/26/2021

CFP: Urban Processes Under Racial Capitalism

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Urban Processes Under Racial Capitalism

Special Issue

City & Community

Guest Editors:

  • Prentiss A. Dantzler, Georgia State University
  • Junia Howell, University of Pittsburgh
  • Elizabeth Korver-Glenn, University of New Mexico

For over a century, urban sociologists have attempted to disentangle the role race and class play in shaping city spaces and urban lives. However, Black scholars have challenged this dichotomy, arguing race and class are mutually constituted forms of exploitation. In his pioneering book, Black Marxism, the late historian Cedric J. Robinson argues racism was fundamental to the feudal order of early capitalism and has remained foundational in all constructions of class. Seminal works like W.E.B. Du Bois’ (1935) Black Reconstruction and more recent books like Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor’s (2019) Race for Profit echo Robinson’s approach arguing economic value is derived from the racialization of labor and property. Yet, urban sociology has not fully explored how racial capitalism changes and reshapes our core theoretical approaches.

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City & Community News – Moving to SAGE

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  1. City & Community is in the final stages for its transition from Wiley to Sage. To submit a manuscript (including revisions) paste https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/cico DIRECTLY into your proser. If you go to the Wiley submission page, you won’t find a portal for City & Community. Manuscript are now going out for review. Those that were in the queue from the pause on reviewing have all been sent out. We are in the process of creating a CUNY email address for C&C, which should go live in the next several months. If you have questions you can email us directly (doakley1@gsu.edu or rocejo@jjay.cuny.edu) or use the GSU email (cico@gsu.edu).
  2. Our September 2020 issue is live! https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/15406040/2020/19/3
    • The issue’s symposium: “Eyes of a Storm: COVID-19, Systemic Racism, and Police Brutality” is free access for the next month and features essays by Phil Kasinitz, Alyasah Ali Sewell, Katie Acosta, Jean Beaman, Bruce Haynes, Tyler Gay, Sam Hammer and Erin Ruel. We also have a feature article; “ ‘Not Just a Lateral Move’: Residential Decisions and the Reproduction of Urban Inequality by Stefanie DeLuca and Christine Jang-Trettien.
  3. The December 2020 issue will be the last issue published with Wiley and we are excited about the journal moving to Sage.

New City & Community Editor

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Dear CUSS Membership,

I’m writing to deliver an important announcement.

I’m pleased to announce that our section’s journal, City & Community (C&C), has a new editor-in-chief: Richard E. Ocejo. Richard’s vision is to build upon the journal’s strong foundation and broaden its influence within the discipline of sociology and the field of urban studies. In the coming years, C&C readers and authors can expect a lot of continuity from Deirdre Oakley’s outstanding editorship (e.g., an increasingly international focus, quick turnaround on reviews, and publication timeline) as well as some new initiatives. Among Richard’s plans are a revamped, active, and inclusive editorial board, additional website content (like podcast interviews), and a professional development program for young scholars. I’m very excited to see how he advances our journal over the next few years.

I want to thank Richard for taking on this critical CUSS role as well as acknowledge Kirsta Paulsen (chair, CUSS Publications Committee), Japonica Brown-Saracino (past CUSS chair), and the Publications Committee and Council members for their great work in helping to select our new C&C editor. I also want to sincerely thank Deirdre Oakley for her incredible effort as C&C’s editor for the last three years.

As the fall semester gets underway, I hope you manage to remain productive and energized during these difficult times. Our collective work on urban dynamics, race, and social justice is so important right now and I urge you to stay engaged with the academy, CUSS, and your community.

Best,

Derek Hyra

Section Chair

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