JAMS Editoral Assistant

Core responsibilities:

• Manage the submission process using the web-based workflow management system Scholastica
• Correspond with authors and reviewers, in coordination with the Editor-in-Chief and Managing Editor, regarding submissions of articles and revisions
• Fact-check all accepted articles as directed
• Check all citations in accepted articles for accuracy

This role provides an immersive experience in academic publishing and peer-review process, offering extensive first-hand engagement with current, high-quality musicological scholarship.

Required qualifications:

• Strong organizational and time-management skills
• Demonstrated attention to detail
• Strong written communication skills
• Strong research skills
• Broad knowledge of the discipline, including the ability to read musical scores

This is a twelve-month appointment with an anticipated start date of March 16, 2026, renewable for an additional year. The position is named on the masthead of each issue of JAMS.

The American Musicological Society publishes The Journal of the American Musicological Society (JAMS), its flagship journal, focusing on musicological scholarship.