CONFERENCE PANEL ORGANIZED & REFEREED: 

“Peer Review Futures”

College Art Association (CAA) annual conference, 2024

Alpesh Kantilal Patel, chair

ABSTRACT:

By its nature, peer reviewing does not carry the same weight as (ironically) the reviewed text. How can we counter a culture of invisible or unacknowledged labor within the peer review process? How might peer reviewing be (better) recognized?  What can we glean/model from other fields (i.e., investigative journalism, curatorial) that center, make visible, and value the collective team (“the many hands”) in the work? Can we reimage how peer review counts in promotion (shifting it from service to research)? Editors and Board members of CAA journals will discuss these questions and some ideas they are piloting. We welcome others to share their thoughts on the future of peer review.

Roundtable Participants:

Eddie Anthony Chambers, Art Journal, Editor-in-Chief

Grace Ali, Florida State University

January Parkos Arnall, Lucas Museum of Narrative Art

Nicole Archer, Montclair State University