Editorial Policy
JAC provides a forum for scholars interested in theoretical approaches to the study of rhetoric, writing, culture, and politics. As a forum for interdisciplinary inquiry, the journal features articles that explore intersections between theoretical work in rhetoric and writing studies, broadly conceived, and theoretical work in other fields. Also featured are articles on cultural studies, critical literacy, and the politics of difference; visual rhetorics, including film and media; rhetorical approaches to literary study; workplace literacies; computers and cyberculture; and academic culture and the politics of higher education. JAC publishes articles on pedagogical theory but does not accept articles that merely describe or reflect on classroom practices or experiences.

As a journal of theoretical scholarship, JAC features articles, essays, and reviews that engage in substantive ways with ongoing scholarly conversations, especially those sponsored by the journal. Unlike other periodicals, the average length of articles published in JAC is between twenty and thirty manuscript pages in order to give the author sufficient space to develop an argument with depth and breadth. The Editor will consider longer articles if they are clearly of superior quality.

Submissions
Send manuscripts and letters of inquiry to Lynn Worsham; Editor, JAC; English Department; Stevenson Hall; Illinois State University; Normal, IL 61790. Please send three paper copies of your manuscript, stripped of any identifying information, including your institutional affiliation. Do not send your manuscript electronically. All materials should be typed and double-spaced, including quotations, endnotes, and the works cited list. Follow the MLA Handbook (Sixth Edition) and the Columbia Guide to Online Style. Manuscripts judged by the Editor to be appropriate for the journal are submitted to blind review by external readers. Ordinarily, decisions will be made within sixteen weeks of submission.

JAC invites submissions to the Response Essays section. Response essays should be approximately ten pages in length and should address in a substantive way one or more articles previously published in the journal. Contact the Editor for additional information.

Book reviews are commissioned by the Book Review Editor.

The Editor maintains responsibility for the final selection of articles, essays, and reviews.