Published by Cambridge University Press, the Journal of the Society for American Music (JSAM) was created as the society’s official scholarly journal in 2007. From 1983 to 2006, American Music was the official journal of the society.
The Journal of the Society for American Music is an international, peer-reviewed journal dealing with all aspects of American music and music in the Americas. JSAM is dedicated to supporting scholarship that transcends disciplinary boundaries, cutting across historical musicology, music theory, ethnomusicology, cultural theory, identity studies, and American studies. JSAM encourages international dialogue across disciplines. The journal features articles, reviews of books, recordings, multimedia items, and colloquies.
JSAM welcomes articles ranging from 5,000 to 10,000 words, covering cultural hierarchy; social, political, economic, gender, and sexuality issues; race and ethnicity; the impact and role of the media; sacred, secular, and popular contexts and traditions; geographical and historical patterns; composers, performers, and audiences; historiography and reception history; problems of research, analysis, criticism, and aesthetics. It also welcomes proposals for book, recording, and multimedia reviews, and colloquies.
Detailed information on our policies, as well as submission instructions for authors, can be found on the Cambridge Core pages for JSAM.
SAM members can access their online subscription to JSAM at Cambridge Journals Online. To set up access to your online subscription, please see this instruction page.
Editorial Board
Editor in Chief
Marian Wilson Kimber (University of Iowa, USA)
Advisory Editor
Jacqueline Avila (University of Texas, Austin, USA)
Assistant Editor
Wendi Griffiths (University of Iowa, USA)
Book Review Editor
Victoria Clark (Independent Scholar, Washington D.C., USA)
Media Review Editor
Juan Fernandez Velasquez (University of Houston, USA)
Editorial Board
Candace Bailey (North Carolina Central University, USA)
Lisa Barg (McGill University, Canada)
Erik Broess (Rice University, USA)
Gwynne Kuhner Brown (University of Puget Sound, USA)
Maribeth Clark (New College of Florida, USA)
Brigid Cohen (New York University, USA)
Lauren Eldridge Stewart (Washington University, USA)
Kate Galloway (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA)
Andrew Granade (University of Missouri, Kansas City, USA)
Lauron Kehrer (Smith College, USA)
Steven Lewis (Smithsonian National Museum of African American History, USA)
Allison McCracken (DePaul University, USA)
Renee Lapp Norris (Lebanon Valley College, USA)
Maria Ryan (Florida State University, USA)
Anne Searcy (University of Washington, Seattle, USA)
Stephanie Vander Wel (University of Buffalo, USA)
Christi Jay Wells (Arizona State University, USA)
Trudi Wright (Regis University, USA)