Mago Books is happy to announce the forthcoming project of S/HE: An International Journal of Goddess Studies, an academic, peer-reviewed journal on goddess-related topics. Co-founders Mary Ann Beavis, Ph.D. and Helen Hye-Sook Hwang, Ph.D. are seeking qualified, enthusiastic, and committed members for the two tasks, (1) Academic Co-editors (2 or 3) (2) Editorial Board Members. If you are interested, please email your application to ninemagos@gmail.com and/or mbeavis@stmcollege.ca (Dr. Helen Hwang and Dr. Mary Ann Beavis).
We are aiming at the semi-annual publication for the beginning years and hope to expand to be a tri-annual journal. Co-editorships will be voluntary, but we hope to be able to provide honoraria once the journal is up-and-running and we attract enough subscriptions. Subscriptions will be by donation for individuals, and by a set annual rate for institutions.
In this stage of beginning, Mr. Matthew Kim Hagen, the copy-editor of Mago Books, generously accepted our invitation to serve for this journal for the same task. Dr. Krista Karen Rodin has enthusiastically accepted our invitation to serve as an academic co-editor.
The draft mission statement for the journal is as follows:
S/HE: An International Journal of Goddess Studies is a web-based, peer-reviewed scholarly journal committed to the academic exploration, analysis and interpretation, from a range of disciplinary perspectives, of Goddesses and the Female Divine in all religions, traditions, and cultures, ancient, historical, or contemporary. The journal is a forum for the publication of feminist scholarship in Goddess Studies and for discussion, comparison, and dialogue among scholars of differing feminist perspectives.
Academic Co-editors: including Krista Karen Rodin, Ph.D.
Copyeditor: Matthew Kim Hagen, M.A.
Publisher: Mago Books
Co-founders: Mary Ann Beavis, Ph.D. and Helen Hye-Sook Hwang, Ph.D.
Responsibilities of the Academic Co-editors:
- Screening submissions for suitability (academic content and format)
- Locating qualified peer reviewers for submissions, and sending manuscripts out for review
- Notifying authors of the results of peer review (publish with or without major/minor revisions; do not publish)
- Compiling accepted articles to be published in journal issues
- Working with the Copyeditor and the Publisher to produce journal issues
Here is a list of responsibilities of the Editorial Board. The role of the editorial board is to advise and support the co-editors. Functions may include:
- Identifying possible contributors, special issues and advising on direction for the journal
- Giving feedback on past issues and making suggestions for both subject and matter
- Provide content by writing occasional editorials and other short articles
- Peer review; also help to identify peer reviewers and provide second opinions on papers (i.e. where there is a conflict between reviewers)
- Identify relevant conferences
- Publicize the journal to authors, readers and subscribers and encourage colleagues to submit high-quality work.
Mary Ann Beavis and Helen Hwang are willing to serve on the editorial board; other qualified scholars will be invited to join us.
If you are interested in this new venture, please indicate your category (Academic Co-editor OR Editorial Board member) and submit the following materials via email (ninemagos@gmail.com).
Application Materials
- Name and a statement of interest (up to 100 words)
- Affiliation and/or website
- CV (including publications and specialties)
Thank you for consideration and we look forward to hearing from you!
Mary Ann and Helen
Meet Co-founders of S/HE: A Journal of Goddess Studies
Mary Ann Beavis (Ph.D., Cambridge University) is Professor Emerita of Religion and Culture at St. Thomas More College, the University of Saskatchewan (Saskatoon, Canada). Her areas of specialization include Christian Origins, Feminist Biblical Interpretation, and Women and Religion. The courses she teaches include “Goddesses in Myth and History,” and her current research project, funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Council of Canada, is a study of women who blend Goddess Spirituality and Christianity. Her books include Mark’s Audience, Jesus and Utopia, Mark (Paideia Commentaries), and Hebrews (Wisdom Commentaries), and two edited volumes, The Lost Coin: Parables of Women, Work and Wisdom, and Feminist Theology with a Canadian Accent. She is the author of many peer-reviewed articles, five of which reflect her current interest in the Mary Magdalene/Mary of Bethany tradition.
Helen Hye-Sook Hwang (Ph.D., Claremont Graduate University), the co-founder of The Mago Work (Mago Academy, Mago Books, and Return to Mago E-Magazine), is scholar, activist, and advocate of Magoism, the Way of the Great Mother. She earned her MA and Ph.D. in Religion with emphasis on Feminist Studies from Claremont Graduate University, CA. She also studied toward an MA degree in East Asian Studies at UCLA, CA. Hwang has taught for universities in California and Missouri, U.S.A. She co-edited and published the She Rises trilogy series (2015, 2016, and 2019) as well as Celebrating Seasons of the Goddess (Mago Books, 2017). Also authored The Mago Way: Re-discovering Mago, the Great Goddess from East Asia (Mago Books, 2015), Mago Almanac: 13 Month 28 Day Calendar annually since 2018, and The Budoji Workbook series since 2020.
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