Affilia
In 1986, the founding editors created Affilia as a dedicated space for feminist voices, underrepresented in mainstream social work journals, and the topical and methodological challenges that these marginalized voices raised for the field and the discipline. Articulating innovative feminist voices and perspectives has steadfastly remained the substance of the scholarship published in the journal.
The mission of Affilia is to give voice to the myriad ways that feminist praxis manifests in social work. As such, Affilia is a living record of feminist social work and inquiry. Realization of its mission to provide an alternative space necessarily shifts as the material conditions and ideas change over time. Consideration of whose voices and perspectives—what identities, from which social, geographical, and theoretical locations—should be included in the forged space of Affilia is, therefore, subject to ongoing review, reexamination, and renewal. Affilia’s editorial board embraces its responsibility to continually trouble its own views and assumptions.
Contemporary feminisms are grounded in critical, intersectional analysis of lived experiences of individuals and groups located in the context of complex structures, systems, and discourses of power and privilege. Affilia seeks exceptional scholarship—ground-breaking, thought-provoking works that challenge taken-for-granted knowledges, raise new questions, generate innovative theories and methodologies, reflect feminist social work’s global diversity, and illuminate alternative pathways for social work theory, research, practice, and teaching.
See the latest winner of the Affilia Award for Distinguished Feminist Scholarship and Praxis in Social Work here.
This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
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Affilia: Feminist Inquiry in Social Work is dedicated to the discussion and development of critical feminist values, theories, and knowledge as they relate to social work and social welfare research, education, and practice. The intent of Affilia is to bring insight and knowledge to the task of eliminating discrimination and oppression, especially with respect to gender, sexuality, race, ethnicity, class, age, and disability.
| Margaret (Meg) F. Gibson | Renison University College, Waterloo, ON, Canada |
| Sharvari Karandikar | Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA |
| Mery Diaz | New York City College of Technology, New York, NY, USA |
| Salina Abji | Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
| Janet L. Finn | University of Montana, Missoula, MT, USA |
| Nicole Moulding | University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA, Australia |
| Bridget Livingstone | Comox, BC, Canada |
| Lindsay B. Gezinski | University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA |
| Ramona Beltrán | University of Denver Graduate School of Social Work, Denver, CO, USA |
| Xiaobei Chen | Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada |
| Sam Harrell | Seattle University, Seattle, WA, USA |
| Kelly Jackson | Arizona State University, Phoenix, Arizona, USA |
| Kalei Kanuha | University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA |
| Reshawna L. Chapple | University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, USA |
| Sandra M. Leotti | University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, USA |
| Gita Mehrotra | Portland State University, Portland, OR |
| Gina E. Miranda Samuels | University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA |
| Nicole Moulding | University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA, Australia |
| Sarah Mountz | University at Albany, SUNY, Albany, NY, USA |
| Antonia R. G. Alvarez | Portland State University, Portland, Oregon, USA |
| Nadine Shaanta Murshid | University of Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, USA |
| Quenette L. Walton | University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work, Houston, TX, USA |
| Charmaine C. Williams | University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada |
| Ben Anderson-Nathe | Portland State University, Portland, OR, USA |
| Samira Bano Ali | University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA |
| Stephanie Begun | University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Sandra Butler | University of Maine, Orono, ME, USA |
| Cyndirela Chadambuka | University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada |
| Candace Christensen | University of Texas, San Antonio, TX, USA |
| Carol Cleaveland | George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, USA |
| Molly Driessen | Providence College, Providence, Rhode Island |
| Marta Graça | University de Coimbra Instituto, Jurídico, Portugal |
| Vern Harner | University of Washington, Tacoma, Tacoma, Washington |
| Jane Hereth | University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
| Jocelyn Hermoso | San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California |
| Ran Hu | Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA |
| Sid Jordan | Portland State University, Portland, Oregon, USA |
| Lisa Young Larance | Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Sandra Leotti | University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, USA |
| Kathryn Libal | University of Connecticut, Hartford, CT, USA |
| Jessica Lidell | University of Montana, Missoula, Montana, USA |
| Maria Liegghio | York University, Toronto, ON, CA, Canada |
| Rebecca A. Matthew | University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA |
| Mahasin Saleh | Doha Institute for Graduate Studies |
| Sunny Sinha | Marywood University, Scranton, PA, USA |
| Eliana Suarez | Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, ON, CA, Canada |
| Emma Tseris | University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia |
| Miriam Valdovinos | University of Denver, Denver, Colorado, USA |
| Jijian Voronka | Ryerson University, Toronto, ON, CA, Canada |
| Corinne Warrener | Clark Atlanta University, Atlanta, GA, USA |
| Sarah Wendt | Flinders University, Australia |
| Tina Wilson | University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada |
| Carole Zufferey | University of South Australia, Magill, SA, Australia |
| Barbara L. Simon | Columbia University, New York, NY, USA |
| Sara Goodkind, Co-President | University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA |
| Jennifer Zelnick, Treasurer | Touro College, New York, NY, USA |
| Mimi Kim, Co-President | California State University, Long Beach, CA, USA |
| Yoosun Park | University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA |
| Fariyal Ross-Sheriff | Howard University, Washington DC, USA |
| Barbara Levy Simon, Secretary | Columbia University, New York, NY, USA |
| Karen F. Wyche | The George Washington University, Washington DC, USA |
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