Newsletter - Winter 2002

Reviewers Needed

Deborah Winslow, the SEA General Editor, notes a need for reviewers of SEA volumes: Deborah can be reached c/o Dept. of Sociology, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824 or Deb.Winslow@unh.edu

Would you be willing to help SEA out by doing one careful and detailed review of a volume manuscript? After our annual meetings, the meeting organizers work with the presenters to prepare a book manuscript. I then send this to two or three anonymous reviewers. I ask the reviewers to comment on each paper, the editor's introduction, and the coherence and quality of the volume as a whole. This is not pro forma. Even though we know ahead of time that the volume is"accepted for publication," good, detailed reviews are essential to maintaining the quality of our series. This is particularly important now that we have moved to a new press, AltaMira, which we hope will make us more visible and increase our sales. I expect to receive the reviews within 8 weeks of sending out the ms. There is no compensation, other than a free copy of the volume when it is published and the satisfaction of knowing you have made a real contribution to SEA's mission of furthering economic anthropology. If you think you would be willing to do this once, I would love to hear from you. A CV would also be helpful in matching reviewers with volumes. Thanks very much.