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Towards Racial Equity in Publishing at Early Childhood Research Quarterly (ECRQ): ECRQ Ad Hoc Committee on Racial Equity in Publishing

ECRQ Ad Hoc Committee on Racial Equity in Publishing
2021

The ECRQ Ad Hoc Committee on Racial Equity in Publishing comprises the Editor-in-Chief Laura M. Justice; Special Content Editor Gary Resnick; Associate Editor Iheoma Iruka; and Editorial Board Members Elizabeth Pungello Bruno, Stephanie M. Curenton, JoAnn Hsueh, and Marisha Humphries.

From the introduction: "The 2020 murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and countless other Black people at the hands of oppressive and racist policing systems triggered the most diverse and broadest-based protests in U.S. history (Fisher, 2020). Organizations and institutions no longer have excuses for failing to consider how their policies and practices contribute to the long-term and systemic injustices experienced by those with Black, Latine, or Indigenous backgrounds. At Early Childhood Research Quarterly (ECRQ), a group of journal leaders including the Editor-in-Chief, two current Associate Editors, and members of the Editorial Board established the ECRQ Ad Hoc Committee on Racial Equity in Publishing. The critical goal of this Ad Hoc Committee is to create and implement a strategic plan to promote inclusive, equitable practices in publishing that will remove barriers faced by scholars who have been historically marginalized due to their race or ethnicity. This Ad Hoc Committee was purposefully kept small to maximize concrete action and progress and is fully supported by the publisher, Elsevier. Achieving racial equity will lead to more research published within this journal that is focused on the role of race and racism in early childhood, leading both to better science and improved understanding of early childhood education and development."

Citation

ECRQ Ad Hoc Committee on Racial Equity in Publishing. (2021). Towards racial equity in publishing at Early Childhood Research Quarterly (ECRQ): ECRQ Ad Hoc Committee on Racial Equity in Publishing. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 55, A1-A3. doi:10.1016/j.ecresq.2021.01.003

DOI

10.1016/j.ecresq.2021.01.003