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Core team vacancies
The following vacancies are open to all anthropology students at Utrecht University and University College Utrecht. No previous (editorial) experience is required for any of these positions.
Please note that all positions at SCAJ are on a volunteer-basis.
Managing editor
The managing editor supports the overseeing role of the editor-in-chief. This entails that they work closely together to ensure that SCAJ operates smoothly. The managing editor joins the editor-in-chief and advisory board in big-picture discussions and is consulted if dilemmas arise.
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Supporting the editor-in-chief with creating the timeline for the next edition.
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Taking notes during the core team meetings, and helping draft the agendas.
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Attending core team meetings (once every three to four weeks).
Internal communications
The internal communications duo manages our email inbox. They keep tabs on all communications that come in - including paper submissions and reviewer applications. In addition, the internal communications team makes some crucial preparations for our review periods, such as anonymizing all submitted works and forming the review groups.
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Managing SCAJ’s email inbox, which includes sustaining email contact with authors and reviewers;
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Making preparations for the review process, which includes anonymizing and standardizing submissions, as well as forming review groups;
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Attending core team meetings (once every three to four weeks).
External affairs
As a member of the external affairs team, you represent SCAJ to external parties. Most notably, you reach out to the department’s anthropology professors to arrange short promotional talks during a lecture. Here, you will tell students about our upcoming deadlines and let them know where they can find us. In addition, we are currently working on reaching out to funds and foundations to secure financial support, which is what the external affairs duo will be working on as well.
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Reaching out to professors to schedule promotional talks;
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Giving short promotional talks during anthropology lectures at UU and/or UCU;
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Sustaining or establishing contact with external parties;
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Attending core team meetings (once every three to four weeks).
Design team member
Our design team consists of two (or possibly three) members. No previous editorial or design experience is required for this vacancy. We use accessible and easy-to-understand design tools and you will be guided through the process by our current design team members. The tasks of the design team span approximately three to four weeks in April of 2022 (for Volume 4, Issue 1). This makes it possible to combine them with a position as a core reviewer or member of the internal communications team.
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Designing the journal;
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Designing promotional material, such as posters and social media posts;
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Attending core team meetings (once every three to four weeks).
Social media promotion
Our social media promotion team consists preferably of two members. Together, they keep tabs on the promotion on social media of reviewer and submission deadlines, SCAJ events, Fieldnotes, vacancies and more.
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Reaching out to fellow team members for information around promotional material.
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Designing and posting material on different social media channels (Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn).
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Planning the social media agenda with your fellow team member at the beginning of every edition process.
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Attending core team meetings (once every three to four weeks).
Webmanager
The webmanagers keep our website up-to-date and make sure that our visitors can find the latest information about SCAJ. Anything from writing News & Updates posts on our homepage, publishing our editions and Fieldnotes articles, and making the crucial preparations for our submission and reviewer registration process are part of your tasks. No background in web design is required; we use an intuitive program that is easy to understand with a bit of practice.
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Preparing the submission and reviewer registration forms for each edition;
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Writing News & Updates posts on our homepage;
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Keeping the website and its content up-to-date;
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Attending core team meetings (once every three to four weeks).
You will always have the opportunity to pitch new ideas and work on small projects besides the tasks assigned to your position.
Intrigued? Apply for a position now! Fill in the form and include a short statement of motivation (max 300 words).
Don’t hesitate to reach out if you have any questions. You can e-mail us at info@scajuu.com
Reviewer Vol 6 Iss 2
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Deadline: Thursday 3 Oct. 2024
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Are you a student of anthropology in Utrecht (UU/UCU) or Middelburg (UCR) and do you enjoy reading academic papers? Would you be excited to read, evaluate, and discuss papers written by fellow students with a peer-group, to make the final selection for the upcoming edition of SCAJ? Then you can join our selection committee and become a reviewer for the upcoming edition!
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​As a reviewer, you are part of a group of 4-5 anthropology students from various programs and years of study in Utrecht/Middelburg. In September and October 2024, you will read 4-5 anonymized papers and evaluate them regarding style, originality, and argumentation. After, you meet up with your peer-group and decide which of the papers are eligible for publication. The selection process is guided by our core reviewers, members of the core team.
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In previous reviewers' experience, the entire process takes about 6-10 hours, over the span of one month.
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Are you our new reviewer? Fill in the form on the right (on mobile: below)!
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Hope to hear from you soon!