Victorian Periodicals Review
ASSOCIATE EDITOR POSITION

Application Deadline: December 15, 2025

Victorian Periodicals Review (VPR) is hiring an Associate Editor to oversee book reviews and assist the Editor with content development. The Associate Editor will help shape the journal’s editorial vision and critical interests, and we are seeking an innovative scholar of nineteenth-century periodical studies with meticulous editing and organizational skills.

The Associate Editor will be responsible for the book reviews section, including identifying new books relevant to the field of periodical studies, coordinating with publishers, recruiting reviewers, offering advice for revision, copyediting, and proofreading. The Associate Editor will also work with the Editor to organize roundtables, state-of-the-field essays, and other special features. The Associate Editorship is a three-year position with the opportunity to renew; it is an unpaid position and is ideal for a scholar looking to develop editorial and leadership skills.

VPR is deliberately seeking to diversify its editorial board, and we encourage expressions of interest from scholars from a wide range of backgrounds, specializations, and career levels. Candidates must have demonstrated expertise in nineteenth-century periodicals or newspapers (through relevant publications or teaching) and impeccable written communication skills. Editorial experience is desirable (such as working on a journal or digital project, editing special issues or collections of essays, or supervising MA/PhD students).

Candidates should send a one-page letter explaining their interest and qualifications for the role and a one-page CV to Katherine Malone, Editor, katherine.malone@sdstate.edu by Monday, December 15, 2025. The position will begin in late January 2026.