Journal of Rural Social Sciences
The Journal of Rural Social Sciences (JRSS) is the official peer-reviewed journal of the Southern Rural Sociological Association. JRSS is focused on disseminating scholarly works that build knowledge and have the potential to inform development practice and policy across social, economic, cultural, and environmental domains.
JRSS is an open access journal. You can view issues here.
To submit an article for consideration, please visit the JRSS’s policies page and submissions portal.
Editors
John J. Green, Southern Rural Sociological Association
Ryan Thomson, Auburn University
Managing Editor
Elizabeth Sweeney, University of Mississippi
Editorial Board
Donald Albrecht, Utah State University
Jamie Baxter, Dalhousie University
Catharine Biddle, University of Maine
Melissa Buice, University of North Carolina at Pembroke
James O. Bukenya, Alabama A&M University
Deborah Che, Southern Cross University
Wesley Dean, National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA)
Stephen Gasteyer, Michigan State University
Kellen Gilbert, Southeastern Louisiana University
Buddhi R. Gyawali, Kentucky State University
Glenn Israel, University of Florida
JoAnn Jaffe, University of Regina
Brandi Janssen, University of Iowa
Ray Jussaume, Michigan State University
Larry Morton, Arkansas State University
Emelie Peine, University of Puget Sound
Johnelle Sparks, University of Texas-San Antonio
Claire Strom, Rollins College
Keiko Tanaka, University of Kentucky
Anna Terman, Ohio University
Richelle Winkler, Michigan Technological University
Chris Wynveen, Baylor University
Robert Zabawa, Tuskegee University
