On November 16, 2015 from 4:00 - 5:30 p.m. in room 1028 Lincoln Hall, a workshop will be held for peer reviewers.  They will cover your responsibilities as a peer reviewer, work through a sample proposal and the Online Journal System (OJS), and send you home with your assigned proposal to review and return before break.

(There will be free food at 4:00 p.m. from Jimmy John’s!)

Not sure if this is for you?  They are looking for enthusiastic students that are comfortable providing constructive criticism to their peers.  You will be working with the Online Journal System (OJS) to anonymously submit comments and help determine which paper proposals will make it into this publication.  You will become the authority on developing a clear central research question, checking for the quality and originality of the proposed project, determining the potential impact of their scholarship, and checking if the scope of the project is achievable with the resources the author is considering.

 Please bring your laptop!

 If you are interested in attending, please RSVP at:  uiuclitjournal@gmail.com.  Feel free to send us any other questions!  If you cannot attend this meeting, but still wish to peer review, please respond.

 Thanks to Anna Ivy of the Department of English for this information item.