Call for Proposals: Sustainability & Community Engagement, MJCSL – Apr 1

Posted by Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning on March 10, 2026

The Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning (MJCSL) is pleased to invite proposals for a special section on sustainability. The section will be guest edited by Drs. Ruth Yow and Kristy Wittman Howell, and will be included in the 33.1 Winter/Spring 2027 issue of MJCSL.

MJCSL is an open-access, peer reviewed journal focusing on research, theory, pedagogy and other matters related to civic engagement, academic service-learning, campus-community partnerships, and engaged/public scholarship in higher education. Learn more about the goals of the journal on its website.

We invite submissions that center the voices of all partners in community-engaged work, and that reflect the complexities of our work together. Especially welcome are pieces that reflect the depth and breadth of connections that institutional and community partners, students, and neighbors build in aid of a more sustainable future for us all. Our hope is that with authentic community voices, we can illuminate how institutions, departments, and centers are co-creating visions for sustainable communities in collaboration with local community-based partners through projects, courses, and initiatives.

Given the breadth of sustainability work, the depth of our connections across communities, and the scope of the kinds of work we do together, the editors also encourage hopeful authors to incorporate their work in all the ways it shows up in our communities. We especially look forward to reviewing submissions where community voices lead that call our attention to the different kinds of knowing, expertise, and creativity which combine to make community-engaged sustainability work possible.

The guest editors welcome abstracts via email for informal feedback; please inquire before March 20th.

Full proposals for the special section are due April 1st. See full details, including guiding questions and corresponding co-editor information.