A multimedia, peer-reviewed online journal

Journal of Family Life was created to continue the path-breaking work of the Emory Center on Myth and Ritual in American Life (MARIAL), which is funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

The journal is only online at http://www.journaloffamilylife.org/

It is scholarly and sophisticated, offering general-interest articles and creative works dealing with how modern families (with an emphasis on the American family) make and transmit meaning in their lives through story, myth, ritual and celebration.

Unlike traditional academic journals, Journal of Family Life does not publish issues and editions. Rather, content is added to the journal Web site as it is ready for publication.

The newest material may be found on the journal's homepage http://www.journaloffamilylife.org/.

Archived content can easily be found if you browse by

subject area (such as memory) http://www.journaloffamilylife.org/browse/subject,

content type (such as poem or research article) http://www.journaloffamilylife.org/browse/content,

contributor (author) http://www.journaloffamilylife.org/browse/contributor,

or date (when it was published) http://www.journaloffamilylife.org/browse/date.

The journal, based at Emory University, is interdisciplinary.

• Editors consider submissions from any field or perspective that helps us understand the lives of modern families.

• Submissions can be text-based or image-based, including video and audio.

•Traditional scholarship is complemented by relevant creative works of fiction.

•The journal is free and available to anyone through the internet.

•The editor is Emory University Professor of Psychology Marshall Duke.

• Managing editor is Elizabeth Kurylo.

Here is an example of a photo essayhttp://www.journaloffamilylife.org/sisters

The editorial board includes:

Lynn Schofield Clark, Ph.D.Author, Associate Professor, and Director of the EstlowInternational Center for Journalism and New Media University of Denver

Nicole Cooley, Ph.D.Director of the MFA Program in Creative Writing and Literary Translationand Associate Professor of EnglishQueens College, City University of New York

Barbara Fiese, Ph.D.The Pampered Chef Ltd., Endowed Chair in Family ResiliencyProfessor and Director, Family Resilience CenterUniversity of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Jennifer Hirsch, Ph.D.Associate Professor of sociomedical science Mailman School of Public HealthCo-Director, Interdisciplinary Research Methods Core, HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral StudiesColumbia University

Karyn Lacy, Ph.D.Assistant Professor of Sociology and the Center for Afro-American and African StudiesUniversity of Michigan

Ralph LaRossa, Ph.D.Professor, Department of SociologyGeorgia State University

Ann Marie Leshkowich, Ph.D.Associate Professor of AnthropologyDepartment of Sociology and AnthropologyCollege of the Holy Cross

Sarah Collyer McPhee, Ph.D.Associate Professor of Art HistoryEmory University

Steven Mintz, Ph.D.Director, Graduate School of Arts & Sciences Teaching CenterColumbia University

Walter Reed, Ph.D.William R. Kenan University Professor and Director of Graduate Institute for Liberal ArtsEmory University

Will Ransom, Ph.DMary L. Emerson Professor of Piano and head of the piano facultyEmory University

As of this week, have received more than 50 submissionsWe have published 28:

•10 essays http://tinyurl.com/p8ymmy•5 poems http://tinyurl.com/n8zmcs•4 photo essays http://tinyurl.com/ow8oym•3 research articles http://tinyurl.com/lmehkh•4 audio files, including lectures and an original song http://tinyurl.com/r9443w•1 film http://tinyurl.com/oblkmd•1 book excerpt http://tinyurl.com/plybnu

Topics covered to date include Alzheimer’s, adolescence, marriage, memory, narratives, death, work, resilience, recession, identity, home and mother.

Recently, we decided to begin reviewing books on family life and already have two in hand, including one called “The Daddy Shift: How Stay-at-Home Fathers, Breadwinning Moms, and Shared Parenting are Transforming the American Family.”

Our web analysis shows that we’ve received visitors from 37 countries, primarily the United States, Australia and Germany.

In the past month, we’ve had more than 3,100 page views from more than 850 unique visitors.

• Many come to us through social networking sites, including Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter.

• Most arrive directly (by typing in http://www.journaloffamilylife.org/), through Google and Bing searches and through Emory’s homepage, where several of our submissions have been publicized http://tinyurl.com/mk4dtn.

• We’ve also had visitors arrive by clicking on ads we placed online (150 came to us through a call for submission ad we placed on the website of the Association for Psychological Science http://www.psychologicalscience.org/)

If you use any social networking sites, please look for us.

Facebook:http://www.facebook.com/

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Twitter: http://twitter.com/

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Call for submissions

Submission guidelines are at http://www.journaloffamilylife.org

We accept photo essays, research papers, essays, poetry, music, video and short films.

We seek submissions from all disciplines including psychology, sociology, family studies, religious studies, theology, anthropology, literature, cultural studies, history, women’s studies, political science, art, journalism, science, business.

Thanks to those who helped bring the journal to life

University library staff, especially Erika Farr, Sarah Toton, Lisa Macklin, Connie Moon Sehat and Martin Halbert.

The team at Resonance, who designed and created the journal Web site: Michael Baxter, Kathleen Turaski, Chris Doherty and Paul McKibben.

MARIAL graduate fellow Donna Mote, who graciously shared her insights from creating an online journal called Practical Matters for the Graduate Division of Religion at Emory.

Bradd Shore, whose vision of this journal started us on this journey more than a year ago.

Marshall Duke, whose enthusiasm for this journal kept me going when the next step appeared insurmountable.

Donna Day, whose curiosity and support mean the world to me.

Jan Gleason and Nicole Anderson, who helped me with the journal’s marketing strategy.

Questions?