US Latina & Latino Oral History Journal
$43.00
University of Texas Press
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ANNUAL · 6 x 9 · 200 PAGES/ISSUE · ISSN 2574-0180 · E-ISSN 2574-0199
The US Latina & Latino Oral History Journal is a research publication created to mine, showcase, and promote the rich field of oral history as it relates specifically to the US Latina and Latino experience. Manuscripts are blind peer-reviewed and represent best practices of oral history and the highest research standards. The University of Texas Press publishes the journal for UT-Austin’s Center for Mexican American Studies (CMAS) with support by the Voces Oral History Project at the university's School of Journalism. Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez, UT professor of journalism, is the journal’s founding editor.
Recent Issues
Volume 4, 2020
Volume 3, 2019
Volume 2, 2018
Volume 1 (2017)
- De viva voz: Mariachi Musicians Share Their Stories
- Vinicio Sinta
- Be the Street: The Performative and Transformative Possibilities of Oral History
- Stacey Alex and Elena Foulis
- "Estoy aquí, estoy allá": Stories of Transnational Dominican Migrants and Their Retirement
- Sharon Utakis, Nelson Reynoso, and Alicia Bralove Ramírez
- Notes from the Community: La cultura cura: Oral History on the Border
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Volume 3, 2019
- The Spiritual Journey of Mary Sanchez: A Promise Fulfilled
- Richard Griswold Del Castillo with Rita Sanchez
- Latinas/os in Documentary Filmmaking: Issues of Representation, Funding, and Opportunity
- Voces staff
- Repository Review: Mexican American Oral Histories at the Austin History Center
- Omar Rodríguez Ortiz
- Notes from the Community: The South Colton Oral History Project
- Tom M. Rivera<...>
Volume 2, 2018
- Oral History in the History of Mexican Americans: Reflections from Four Decades in the Field
- Julie Leininger Pycior
- The Multiple Individual Interview Session: An Effective Method to Recover the Latina/o Perspective
- Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez
- An Oral History: A Lifetime of Learning
- Mary Alice Carnes
- Pathways in Oral History:
- Rina Benmayor
- Notes from the Community: New Roots/Nueva...
Volume 1 (2017)
- The Origins of the 1975 Expansion of the Voting Rights Act: Linking Language, Race, and Political Influence
- Luis Ricardo Fraga
- Raza Unida Party Women in Texas: Oral History, Pedagogy, and Historical Interpretation
- Emilio Zamora
- “We are Asking for Equal Education”: Mexican Americans and the Quest for Educational Equity in Arizona
- Maritza De La Trinidad
- The 1960s Chicano Movement for Educational Reform and the Rise of S...
Submissions:
Submission information for authors
The US Latina & Latino Oral History Journal is a peer-reviewed publication dedicated to research about the country’s Latina/o population, and which relies on oral history as an essential methodology. The journal seeks to create new knowledge and push the frontiers of research about the Latina and Latino experience in the United States. All articles must be original: neither published nor under review elsewhere. The journal is published by the University of Texas Press for the UT-Austin Center for Mexican American Studies, in partnership with the Voces Oral History Project, at the UT School of Journalism.
Professional Oral History Standards
Oral history interviews cited in submitted manuscripts must conform to the established best professional standards, including:
- The interviews cited must have been recorded and deposited in an established repository.
- Each oral history interview must have a consent form, a copy of which must be provided to the journal if the manuscript is selected for publication.
- Length: Manuscripts should not exceed 30 pages (excluding notes, tables, or illustrations).
Thematic Issues
The first issues of the US Latina & Latino Oral History Journal will focus on designated topics; however, the journal will also accept manuscripts outside the topic. The topics are:
- 2017: Political Engagement (already in pre-production)
- 2018: Best practices in research, teaching, and service, related to Latinas/os and oral history (Deadline for initial submission: March 1, 2017)
- 2019: Latinas/os and Immigration (Deadline for initial submission: October 1, 2017)
- 2020: Latinas/os and Religion (Deadline for initial submission: October 1, 2018)
- 2021: Latinas/os and the Arts (Deadline for initial submission: October 1, 2019)
Standing Features
Each issue will include standing features that provide readers with a broad range of exposure to best practices in the field of Latina/o oral history. To that end, each issue will include:
Q & A with the Experts: The journal seeks to learn from scholars who have made substantial contributions to the field. To that end, Yale history professor Stephen Pitti will interview established scholars who have used oral history in their research on the Latina/o experience, exploring how they have worked, how they have thought about oral history and its relationship to other disciplines and approaches, and where they see the field going.
Notes from the Community: The journal’s editorial board recognizes that important oral history is being conducted outside of university and college campuses. University of Texas at Austin history professor Emilio Zamora will edit this feature. The journal solicits articles that address oral history work in community settings. Submissions must include information on the number of interviews, what types of finding aids are available (transcripts, indexes, etc.), the names of organizers, interviewee selection methods, recording formats, storage and access policies, classification system, and how the work impacts their community. Efforts may include university and community partnerships to recover local histories, high school initiatives, community centers preparing local histories, teachers developing and implementing lesson plans and promoting self-awareness, genealogy groups using oral narratives to supplement their archival materials, senior centers using oral history as therapy, among others. Essays should not exceed 2,000 words and should abide by the Chicago Manual of Style. For more information on Notes from the Community, please contact Emilio Zamora at e.zamora@austin.utexas.edu.
Spotlight on an oral history archive: Each issue of the journal will visit a different oral history archive/project/collection and evaluate it according to the best professional standards of the field. This feature will be edited by the librarians on the editorial board: Christian Kelleher (University of Houston); Kristine Navarro-McElhaney (Arizona State University); and Roberto Trujillo (Stanford University).
Book Reviews: The journal will also publish reviews of books on the Latina/o experience that incorporate oral history as a central methodology.
Manuscript requirements:
- Style: The US Latina & Latino Oral History Journal follows the Chicago Manual of Style, 17th edition.
- Articles must be double-spaced, 12-point type, including endnotes.
- Research manuscripts are blind refereed by a minimum of two readers; the review process typically takes three months. Manuscripts should be submitted via email as Microsoft Word documents.
Information: Additional submission information, suggestions, and questions should be directed to Vinicio Sinta, Managing Editor, US Latina & Latino Oral History Journal at: latoralhistory@utexas.edu
Editorial Office:
Editor
Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez, Editor
US Latina & Latino Oral History Journal
University of Texas at Austin
School of Journalism
300 W. Dean Keeton Dr.
Austin, TX 78712
Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez, University of Texas professor of journalism, is the founding editor of the US Latina & Latino Oral History Journal. The editorial board includes: Jim Estrada, Chairman and CEO, Estrada Communications Group, Inc., (Board Member, American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education, representing AAHHE); Mario T. Garcia, professor, history, University of California, Santa Barbara; Christian Kelleher, associate librarian, Head of Special Collections, University of Houston; Max Krochmal, assistant professor, history, Texas Christian University (director of the Black and Brown Civil Rights Oral History Project); Aldo A. Lauria-Santiago, professor, Latino and Caribbean Studies and History, Rutgers University; Martha Menchaca, professor, anthropology, University of Texas at Austin; Todd Moye, professor, history, University of North Texas (former director of the Tuskeegee Airmen Oral History Project); Kristine Navarro-McElhaney, research administrator, School of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies, Arizona State University; Stephen Pitti, professor, history, Yale University; Julie Leininger Pycior, professor, history, Manhattan College; María de Los Angeles Torres, director and professor of Latin American and Latino Studies at the University of Illinois in Chicago, representing the Inter-University Program for Latino Research; Roberto Trujillo, assistant university librarian and director of Special Collections & Frances and Charles Field Curator of Special Collections, Stanford University; Dionicio Valdes, professor, history, Michigan State University; Carlos Vélez-Ibáñez, professor, School of Transborder Studies, University of Arizona; Devra Weber, professor, associate professor, history, University of California, Riverside; Emilio Zamora, professor, history, University of Texas at Austin.
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