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<p class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; ">Dear Members,</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; "> </span></font></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; ">As you are all probably aware, the Australian Research Council
(ARC) has commenced its review of the ERA Ranked Outlets for 2010. In the last
round of the ERA the </span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; "><br></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; "><i>Australian Critical Race and Whiteness Studies Association</i>
ejournal (now re-named <i>Critical Race and Whiteness Studies</i>,
<font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0070C0"><u>http://www.acrawsa.org.au/ejournal/</u></font>) was given </span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; "><br></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; ">a C rating. Compared against the
criteria, the journal exceeds this and warrants at least a B rating. </span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; "><br></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; "> </span></font></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; "><i>Critical Race and Whiteness Studies</i> publishes scholarship
with strong links to Cultural Studies in Australia. This is evident in the
number of Cultural Studies researchers </span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; "><br></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; ">who have published with the journal
and/or are members of the editorial board and international advisory committee.
Cultural studies has a strong disciplinary history </span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; "><br></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; ">with the politics of race
and representation, as evident in one of its founding texts, <i>Policing the
Crisis: Mugging, the State and Law and Order</i> (1978) by Stuart Hall,</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; "><br></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; ">Chas Critcher, Tony Jefferson, John N. Clarke and Brian Roberts. </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; "> </span></font></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; "><br></span></font></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; ">Increasing the ranking of the journal will make it a more
appealing place for academics to publish and will add to the overall status of
critical race and whiteness studies </span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; "><br></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; ">as an important and significant field of
inquiry.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; "><br></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; "> </span></font></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; ">The ARC is currently calling for individuals to make
submissions presenting arguments as to why they believe any outlet should be
ranked more highly in the next ERA. </span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; "><br></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; ">As such, you may be interested to make a
submission advocating for <i>Critical Race and Whiteness Studies</i> to receive a
B rating. To do this, you will need to visit:</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; "> </span></font></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://roci.arc.gov.au/"><span style="text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0070C0">https://roci.arc.gov.au/</font></span></span></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; "> </span></font></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; ">where there is a simple signup process, following which you
can search for the journal. The journal is currently listed under the old title
so please explain in your submission </span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; "><br></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; ">that the journal has been renamed the
<i>Critical Race and Whiteness Studies</i> Ejournal (with a new ISSN: 1838-8310).</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; "><br></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; "> </span></font></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; ">The submission process is relatively brief. There are two
places that you can provide (a limited amount) of information to justify your
suggestion for re-ranking (in a specific </span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; "><br></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; ">response to a request to provide
justification and in a general comments box). Attached is a document
outlining information that you might like to include (you </span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; "><br></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; ">are
welcome to paraphrase or rewrite this, but note you can only include
approximately 200 words or 1024 characters in each of the two spaces where
comment is allowed </span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; "><br></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; ">to justify a re-ranking, and you will not be able to submit
your responses if they exceed the character limit which includes spaces as
characters).</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; "> </span></font></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; ">You will also in your submission be asked (in steps
1, 2 and 4) whether the FoR codes for the journal and other points about
its status should be changed. The best advice is </span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; "><br></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; ">that these should all be left
as is (including that the journal is not multidisciplinary) as the current
codes and status information are the best available/most accurate.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; "><br></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; "> </span></font></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; ">Making a submission is of course entirely optional but it
seemed useful to share this information for anyone wishing to make a
submission. The deadline for submissions is </span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; "><br></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; "><b>8am, April 4th 2011.</b></span></font></p>
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</span></font><div><br></div>cheers,<div>holly.<br><span class="ecxecxecxecxApple-style-span" style="font-family:monospace, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif"><div><span class="ecxecxecxApple-style-span" style="font-family:Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif"><pre style="text-indent:0in !important;white-space:normal"><span class="ecxecxApple-style-span" style="font-family:monospace, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif"><br></span></pre><pre style="text-indent:0in !important;white-space:normal"><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="font-family:monospace, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif">Dr. Holly Randell-Moon</span><br>Department of Media, Music, Communication and Cultural Studies<br>Faculty of Arts<br>Macquarie University, NSW 2109<br>Australia</pre><pre style="text-indent:0in !important;white-space:normal"><span class="ecxecxApple-style-span" style="font-family:monospace, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif"></span></pre></span></div></span><div><span class="ecxApple-style-span"></span></div><div><span class="ecxecxecxecxecxEC_EC_Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse:separate;font-family:Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif"><pre style="white-space:normal"><font class="ecxecxecxecxecxEC_Apple-style-span" face="Verdana, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif"><span class="ecxecxecxecxecxEC_Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif"><pre style="white-space:normal">Editor<br><i>Critical Race and Whiteness Studies</i><br><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="color:rgb(12, 12, 12)"><a href="http://www.acrawsa.org.au/ejournal/index.php" target="_blank">http://www.acrawsa.org.au/ejournal</a></span></pre><pre style="white-space:normal"><i>Mediating Faiths: Religion and Socio-Cultural Change in the Twenty-First Century</i><br><a href="http://www.ashgate.com/default.aspx?page=637&edition_id=12018&title_id=9001&calctitle=1" target="_blank">http://www.ashgate.com/default.aspx?page=637&edition_id=12018&title_id=9001&calctitle=1</a></pre><pre style="white-space:normal"><font class="ecxecxApple-style-span" face="Verdana">------</font></pre><pre style="white-space:normal"><p class="ecxecxMsoNormal"><font class="ecxApple-style-span" color="#2A2A2A" face="Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif"><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="line-height:18px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px">"It annoys me that the biggest political icon from the last 30 years has been Margaret Thatcher, </span></font><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:18px">someone who tried to destroy the working class ... it freaks me out you know." - Noel Gallagher </span></p></pre></span></font></pre></span></div><br><br></div> </body>
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