Southern Anthropologist

The peer-reviewed, open-access journal of the Southern Anthropological Society.

Southern Anthropologist is the peer-reviewed journal of the Southern Anthropological Society (SAS), a four-field organization of anthropologists founded in 1966. The journal seeks to broaden knowledge of all subdisciplines in anthropology, including in their applied and engaged forms. The editors take a wide view of anthropology in and of the South. The journal highlights the scholarship and practice of anthropologists working on dynamics within the South, as well as those who are based in the South and conduct research elsewhere.

Southern Anthropologist is published electronically through eGrove at the University of Mississippi. It is wholly open access, with no charge to authors or readers. The peer-review process is double anonymized. The journal follows Chicago Manual of Style, 18th edition.

Call for Papers

Submission Deadline: Open (submission on a rolling basis)

Open Call for Anthropology papers in all Four Subfields

The Southern Anthropologist welcomes submissions on a variety of anthropological topics in all four subfields of anthropology, including applied anthropology. Southern Anthropologist is published electronically through eGrove at the University of Mississippi. It is wholly open access, with no charge to authors or readers. The peer-review process is double anonymized. The journal follows Chicago Manual of Style, 18th edition. Southern Anthropologist editors invite research articles and reports, as well as proposals for creatively formatted submissions.

The Editor for the Southern Anthropologist is Dr. Alison Bell (Washington and Lee University). For inquiries, please reach out to her at [email protected].

Submission Information

Southern Anthropologist editors invite research articles and reports, as well as proposals for creatively formatted submissions. Submissions and questions should be sent to [email protected].

  1. Research article (5,000 8,000 words)
  2. Report on research, practice, or teaching anthropology (3,000 4,000 words)
  3. Creative formats: please contact the editor to discuss creative possibilities for
publication including, for example:
    • photo essays
    • interviews, profiles, auto-ethnography
    • reflection on applied work, community engagement, collaboration
    • reviews or commentary on books, films, exhibits, events

Current Issue

All issues available through eGrove at the University of Mississippi.

Introduction. The Public South: Engaging History, Abolition, Pedagogy, and Practice
Helen A. Regis and C. Mathews Samson

Blood Will Tell: Eugenics Education at a Twentieth-Century Southern University
Meg Langhorne and Alison Bell

Standing Together Against Silencing: Anthropology as Inclusive Public History in the Anti-CRT Legislative Era
Ann E. Kingsolver and Elena Sesma

Doing Oral History as Public Anthropology
Helen A. Regis

Abolition 101: Anthropological Praxis and Education for Liberation
Daniel A. Pizarro

Human Trafficking Research: Developing Collaborative Partnerships with Local Agencies
Jaymelee Kim

Putting Anthropological Critiques into Practice
Amanda J. Reinke

Pedagogy in Times of Crisis
James Daria, Abigail Wightman, Shelly Yankovskyy, and Amanda J. Reinke