Kairos

About Kairos

Kairos is a refereed open-access online journal exploring the intersections of rhetoric, technology, and pedagogy. The journal reaches a wide audience -- currently 45,000 readers per month, hailing from Ascension Island to Zimbabwe (and from every top-level domain country code in between); our international readership typically runs about 4,000 readers per month. Kairos publishes bi-annually, in August and January, with occassion special issues in May. Our current acceptance rate for published articles is approximately 10%.

Since its first issue in January of 1996, the mission of Kairos has been to publish scholarship that examines digital and multimodal composing practices, promoting work that enacts its scholarly argument through rhetorical and innovative uses of new media. Kairos is one of the leading peer-reviewed journals in English Studies, made so by its dedication to academic quality through the journal’s extensive peer-review and editorial production processes.

We publish "webtexts," which are texts authored specifically for publication on the World Wide Web. Webtexts are scholarly examinations of topics related to technology in English Studies fields (e.g., rhetoric, composition, technical and professional communication, education, creative writing, language and literature) and related fields such as media studies, informatics, arts technology, and others. Besides scholarly webtexts, Kairos publishes teaching-with-technology narratives, reviews of print and digital media, extended interviews with leading scholars, interactive exchanges, "letters" to the editors, and news and announcements of interest.

Because questions of copyright, intellectual property, and fair use often arise for scholars who wish to create digital publications, we have developed a statement of copyright that encourages authors to carefully consider their rights and responsibilities while advocating for a strengthening of fair use. Our copyright statement also provides authors with the opportunity to build upon and republish their work because we are committed to the continuing development of intellectual work and believe that authors should retain the rights to scholarly production.

We invite you to share your views about Kairos, and we hope you'll consider submitting your work for our editorial review.

Kairos Staff

• Senior Editor

  • Douglas Eyman

• Editor

  • Cheryl Ball

• Associate Editors

  • Mike Edwards
  • Kathie Gossett

• Praxis Editors

  • Andréa Davis
  • Alex Reid

• Inventio Editor

  • Madeleine Sorapure

• Reviews Editor

  • Joddy Murray

• Interviews Editors

  • D. Alexis Hart
  • Margaret M. Strain

• News Editor

  • Charlie Lowe

• Communications Editors

  • Erin Karper

Kairosnews.org

• Tell your Librarian

  Because I do not expect anyone to pay one hundred and eighty of their hard-earned dollars for an academic book, I thought that you might want to let...Read more.
  (Posted on March 02, 2010)

• 2010 Graduate Research Network @ Computers and Writing Conference

  Make your plans now! We invite proposals for work-in-progress discussions at the 11th annual Graduate Research Network at the 2010 Computers and...Read more.
  (Posted on February 28, 2010)

• Matt Interviews R.A. Montgomery (author/publisher of Choose Your Own Adventure)

  Hi, everyone. Been awhile since I posted any updates, but a timely email from Charlie concerning the little bit part I've been playing in Stargate...Read more.
  (Posted on February 22, 2010)

• CFW: Spatial Praxes: Theories of Space, Place, and Pedagogy (Summer 2012)

  Spatial Praxes: Theories of Space, Place, and Pedagogy, a 2012 summer special issue of Kairos Guest Editors: Dr. Amy Kimme Hea, Ashley J....Read more.
  (Posted on February 12, 2010)

• Summer Seminar in Rhetoric & Composition: June 7-11, 2010. Michigan State University

  This seminar focuses on helping first-year writing teachers and administrators improve writing instruction. Prominent figures in the field run...Read more.
  (Posted on February 01, 2010)