Editor-in-Chief, Ann Kathleen Burlew, Ph.D., University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
Associate Editor, Philip J.Bowman, Ph.D., Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois
Associate Editor, Linda James Myers, Ph.D., Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
Editorial Board, Louis P. Anderson, Ph.D., Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia
Editorial Board, Joseph A. Baldwin, Ph.D.., Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, Florida
Editorial Board, Faye Z. Belgrave, Ph.D., Virginia Commonwealth, Richmond, Virginia
Editorial Board, V. Robert Hayles, Ph.D., Pillsbury, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Editorial Board, Jesse C. Ingram, Ph.D., Behavioral Medicine Clinic, Dallas, Texas
Editorial Board, James M. Jones, Ph.D., University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware
Editorial Board, Harriette P. McAdoo, Ph.D., Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan
Editorial Board, Vonnie McLoyd, Ph.D., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Editorial Board, Kenneth P. Monteiro, Ph.D., San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California
Editorial Board, Wade W. Nobles, Ph.D., Institute for Advanced Study of
Black Family Life and Culture, Oakland, California
Editorial Board, Suzette Speight, Ph.D., Wyola University, Chicago, Illinois
Editorial Board, Shawn O. Utsey, Ph.D., Seton Hall University, South Orange, New Jersey
Editorial Assistant, Candace S. Johnson
The Journal of Black Psychology publishes scholarly contributions within the field of psychology toward the understanding of the experience and behavior of Black populations. This includes reports of empirical research and discussions of the current literature and of original theoretical analyses of data from research studies or programs. Therefore, the Journal publishes work in any of the areas of cognition personality, social behavior, physiological functioning, child development, education, and clinical application, in addition to empirical research and original theoretical formulations outside traditional boundaries, all integrated by a focus on the domain of Black populations and the objective of scholarly contribution.
Manuscripts, including references, must be double spaced throughout and five copies submitted to Ann Kathleen Burlew, Ph.D., Editor-in-Chief, Department of Psychology, Mail Location #376, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221, (513) 556-5541. Manuscripts that do not comply with this request will be returned to the author for correction prior to review.
Accompanying each submission must be a letter stating the request for the review of the manuscript and a statement of the purpose and focus of the submitted paper. Authors submitting manuscripts are requested to include with each copy of the manuscript a cover sheet stating the title of the manuscript, the name of the author or authors, the author's institutional affiliation, and the date the manuscript is submitted. The first page of the manuscript should omit the author's name and affiliation but should include the title and the date submitted. Footnotes containing information pertaining to the identity of the author or institutional affiliation should be on separate pages. Every effort should be made by the author to see that the manuscript itself contains no clues as to the author's identity. Manuscripts must conform in style to that described in the Publication Manual of The Association of Black Psychologists, 1984 (available from The Association of Black Psychologists, P.O. Box 55999, Washington, DC 20040-5599.
The order of pages in the manuscript should conform to an organization in which a title page is followed by a 100-150 word abstract. The introduction section should follow and precede, in order, the Method, Results, and Discussion sections for empirical reports. Following in order should be note pages, reference pages (entries double spaced and alphabetically listed), appendixes, tables, and figures. Figures must be camera ready.
Manuscripts are reviewed blindly. Reviewer comments and the completed evaluation review form are available to authors.
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