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New Voices in Psychology is an innovative publication that is published twice a year by the Unisa Psychology Department. It has become firmly established as a journal that concentrates on entry-level articles, giving first-time academic authors the opportunity to publish their work. The challenge has always been to do this without compromising on academic quality, while fostering cutting-edge, innovative work. To achieve this, we have established a review process that avoids destructive criticism and instead emphasises working with prospective authors to fine-tune their manuscripts. In addition to the support we provide to authors whose manuscripts have been selected for publication, we are developing a system that will give authors whose manuscripts have not been selected for publication the opportunity to participate fully in the academic discourse around the journal. The intention is that submitted manuscripts will be enrolled in a collaborative online rating and feedback system, allowing authors to iteratively make improvements. All manuscripts that have passed through this system will be published online, with a selection of these also appearing in the print journal.
Whereas New Voices has always catered for authors from all South African universities, and indeed international authors as well, the new system will allow us to accept many more submissions, since manuscripts can be routed to online or print publication as appropriate. We therefore look forward to receiving many more submissions from universities other than Unisa. We also welcome submission from allied disciplines such as Communication Science, Sociology and Heath Sciences. While we cannot promise that all will make it through the review process to be published in the print edition, prospective authors can be assured that their manuscripts will gain exposure to a larger audience. Our hope is that in this way we can foster a more vibrant conversation about psychology in Southern Africa and the world among those who are just entering the profession. While we mainly publish academic articles (both empirical and theoretical) we also welcome other types of contributions such as short communications, book reviews, photo essays and conference reports.
Editorial Team
Editor
Associate Editors
Madri Jansen van Rensburg (Unisa)
Johan Kruger (Unisa)
Khumoetsile Modutla (Unisa)
Boshadi Semenya (Unisa)
Martin Terre Blanche (Unisa)
Book Reviews Editor
Editorial Board: International
Lisa Plattner (University of Botswana, Gaborone)
Christopher Sonn (Victoria University, Melbourne)
Clara Gerhardt (Samford University, Birmingham)
Wolfgang Maiers (Free University, Berlin)
Robert McKay (O’Connor Hospital, San Jose, California)
Editorial Board: National
Vasi van Deventer (University of South Africa)
Peace Kiguwa (University of the Witwatersrand)
Clifford van Ommen (Rhodes University)
Alanna Collins (University of Fort Hare)
Desmond Painter (University of Stellenbosch)
Nomahlubi Makunga (University of Zululand)
Editorial Secretary
