MLA members are invited to suggest candidates to serve as editor of PMLA. The term of the current editor, Brent Hayes Edwards, ends in June 2026, and the new editor’s term, a three-year appointment, would begin 1 July 2026. Responsibilities include reviewing submissions, leading meetings of the editorial board, writing an editor’s column and selecting the content for each issue, and commissioning material for the journal’s special features. The MLA offers the editor significant support from the staff, as well as resources for networking on behalf of the journal, including participation at the association’s annual convention.
Qualifications:
The ideal candidate has a capacious intellectual vision and is conversant with developments in a wide range of fields. PMLA is a membership journal, and it is vital that the diversity of MLA members and their work be represented in the journal.
The editor should be able to work innovatively within the structures of the MLA and PMLA and to communicate and collaborate well with staff members and authors.
The editor must be a member of the MLA and preferably have had some experience with PMLA (as an author, a reviewer, or a member of the advisory committee or editorial board) or substantial editorial experience with another peer-reviewed scholarly journal in the field.
To suggest a candidate, please send an email to pmlaeditorsearch@mla.org by 6 October 2025.