Writing for the Online Journal of Prison Education and Reentry

European Prison Education Association Meeting

October 3, 2015

Arve Asbjørsen, PhD

Cormac Behan, PhD

Ginger Marie Walker, MFA

William Muth, PhD

To introduce the journal and assist practitioners with strategies for getting their papers published.

Today’s goal:

Three issues so far:

Some stats…

So far: Seven research papers Nine practitioner papers Features, book reviews and editorials

A total of 7.725 views 3557 downloaded as pdfs 4121 as read as html Average of 322 per article

Quite obviously, there is a need for this information

History of the JPER

Center for the Study of Correctional Education at California State University—San Bernardino

European Prison Education Association

University of Bergen

Virginia Commonwealth University

EPEA Survey “I’m a teacher in prison. My CEO hardly knows

what I’m doing.”

“The ARTS play a huge role in some prisons and it would be great to have a voice and platform…”

“Important to have research-based knowledge.”

“Certainly with the [journal’s] development, [professional] identity comes along with it.”

• “[Authors and audience include] policy shapers, prison staff, prisoners, academics from other disciplines…”

The Journal of Prison Education and Reentry

https://jper.uib.no/

*Fully online and open-access

*Biannual publication

*No fees or costs of any kind

*Peer reviewed research section

*Research and Practitioner sections

Copyright Issues

Following Creative Commons guidelines for open access publication

Publications are made available under CC BY 4.0 Copyright is not taken over by the JPER Material can be freely copied and redistributed Readers are allowed to share and adapt the

material given appropriate credit

Examples of Practitioner Writing

See handouts…

Think of a story you could tell about your teaching experiences…

Brainstorm:

Sharing stories…

Practitioner Submission Guidelines

Practitioner papers are, by definition, works that capture the experiences of prison educators.  All sides of prison education practice, like policy discussions, project presentations, discussions of ethical challenges, presentation of best practices, what works and what doesn't, visual and written arts will all be considered.

Although submissions should follow APA 6th edition guidelines when appropriate, there may be some practitioner submissions for which this requirement does not apply.  

It is strongly suggested that practitioners work very closely with the editor assigned to practitioner paper selection in order to ensure the highest quality publication.

These papers are:

--Brief, less formal, and reviewed by one reviewer

--Seen as a forum for those working in prison education

--No more than 2,500 words

--Judged by quality of writing, coherence of ideas, and significance and relevance to the field

What to expect…Timeline (author submission, editor feedback, revision, copyediting, proofs, publication)Original work only, but reprinting with permission allowed…

For more information, visit https://jper.uib.no/

or email…

Ginger Walker, journal managergmwalker@vcu.edu

Anne Costelloe, practitioner editorannecostelloe@eircom.net

Bill Muth, research editorwrmuth@vcu.edu