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Northwestern State University
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2/16/98

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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NATCHITOCHES - Dr. James L. McCorkle, Jr. has been named editor of Southern Studies, an interdisciplinary journal published at Northwestern State University.

McCorkle, a professor of history at NSU, has been a member of Northwestern's faculty since 1966. He received his doctorate from the University of Mississippi.

As editor, McCorkle will obtain and review manuscripts for possible publication in the journal. He will also oversee publication and distribution of Southern Studies. Manuscripts are submitted by scholars in different fields. McCorkle will review the work and send it to a reviewer, who will make comments and recommend whether the manuscript should be published in the journal.

"The papers submitted deal with all aspects of Southern culture including history, politics, literature, art and just about any other area," said McCorkle. " A broad spectrum is covered."

McCorkle said the journal brings a great deal of prestige to Northwestern. The journal began as Louisiana Studies and expanded its scope under former editor John Price, an associate professor of history at NSU

"Southern Studies is in almost every major academic library in the United States and is also distributed in Europe," said McCorkle. "It is very beneficial to distribute a journal published at Northwestern so widely."

Most of the articles run about 5,000 words and are the result of several months or years of research and writing by the author. The journal will also include book reviews on Southern culture edited by Assistant Professor of Geography Dr. Chris Sutton.

"It has been a great deal of fun to get started and begin reading over the manuscripts," said McCorkle. "There is a great deal of impressive research on Southern culture done by scholars around the country. I look forward to bringing their work to the readers of Southern Studies."

Production of Southern Studies will be done by the NSU Press under the direction of Don Sepulvado. The journal will be published quarterly. McCorkle says issues focusing on specific topics are planned.

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