The Journal of Jazz Studies is pleased to share some update on the editorial front:

Guest editor Kelsey Klotz brings to the Journal of Jazz Studies a special volume for 2025 titled "The State of the Field: Jazz and Gender." Issue 16.1, the first of two issues debuted in June (with a second issue coming at the end of the year). The volume examine the state of gender in jazz studies. Collectively, the issues take stock of the field, critique continued absences and erasures, deconstruct gendered assumptions and abuses, and highlight areas for future exploration. While there is much more work to do, these authors offer promising paths forward for the field, even in the midst of a broader U.S.-American gender-based political backlash.

Stephanie Doktor and Darren Mueller have joined the editorial team as associate editors.

Stephanie Doktor is Assistant Professor of Music Theory at Temple University, and her research and teaching ask, “How can we hear inequality?” Her current book project, Reinventing Whiteness: Race in the Early Jazz Marketplace (under contract with University of California Press), evaluates the role of white supremacy in the unprecedented success of 1920s Black dance music. Doktor’s research has appeared in the Journal of the American Musicological Society, Journal of the Society for American Music, Jazz & Culture, and American Music. 

Darren Mueller is Assistant Professor of Musicology at the Eastman School of Music. He is the author of At the Vanguard of Vinyl: A Cultural History of the Long-Playing Record in Jazz (Duke University Press, 2024) and a co-editor of Digital Sound Studies. 

Kimberly Hannon Teal and Fritz Schenker have signed on to the editorial board.

Fritz Schenker is Assistant Professor of Music at St. Lawrence University. His research and teaching centers on popular music, race, and imperial circulation, especially throughout the Pacific Ocean. Some of his work has appeared in Popular Music and Society, Journal of the Society for American Music, and Jazz Perspectives.

Kimberly Hannon Teal is an associate professor of jazz studies at the University of North Texas. Her work addresses how live jazz performance contexts contribute to musical experiences and meaning. Her book Jazz Places: How Performances Spaces Shape Jazz History was published by the University of California Press in 2021.

Jeffrey Sultanoff will be departing the JJS editoral board. We thank him for his years of service as a member of the board and for most recently filling the role of reviews editor.