The SRJ recruits Content Editors and Copy Editors, as well as the positions of Managing Editor Communications Coordinator and Editor-in-Chief.

SRJ Open Editorial Team Positions

  • Content Editor
  • Copy Editor

Read below for descriptions of each position!

Please use our contact form to contact our Editor-in-Chief with any questions and applications.

Call for Content Editor 

Content Editor Role Description

Bolster your professional resume and leave a legacy at the iSchool. Join the Editorial Team of the Student Research Journal!

SRJ Editors gain competitive experience working within an academic publication as a peer-review editor. Contributing to the LIS field as an editor is a prestigious accomplishment for résumé/CV development, with additional benefits for successful candidates: 

Position benefits:

  • Development of ePortfolio culminating experience (most strongly mapped to competencies A,L,M,O)
  • Competitive experience for résumé /CV 
  • Profile on the SRJ website, including headshot and biography 
  • Named in publication of full issue(s) worked on, along with Editorial Team title 
  • Potential to earn an excellent academic reference from SRJ’s Faculty Advisor, Dr. Anthony Bernier 

Please review the linked job description for the tasks required of Content Editors. These positions are a one-year term appointment, which can be extended. Training for the Content editor role will begin as soon as possible. 

*Please note that interested applicants completing INFO 285 during the current semester are eligible to apply (i.e., concurrent enrollment). 

To learn more about the Journal’s aims, scope, and peer review process, please visit the SRJ website.

Application Package 

  1. Cover letter addressing your interest and qualifications as per the Editor Role Description. (May be attached, or in the body of the email) 
  2. Attach your current resume. 
  3. Attach a writing sample that is 500-1,000 words (2-4 pages), formatted in accordance with APA Style (7th ed.). You must include a list of references, which does not count toward the page limit. Your writing sample must demonstrate your ability to write at the graduate level. It should include a core question and thesis statement. The writing sample may be a literature review, a research or grant proposal, or a selection from a larger research paper. 

Please ensure your application package includes all three required elements. 

Email applications to the Editor-in-Chief, at sjsu.ischool.srj@gmail.com


Call for Copy Editor 

Copy Editor Role Description

Bolster your professional resume, leave a legacy at the iSchool. Join the Editorial Team at the Student Research Journal (SRJ)! SRJ Editors gain competitive experience working within an academic publication as a peer-review editor. Contributing to the LIS field as an editor is a prestigious accomplishment for résumé/CV development, with additional benefits for successful candidates:

Position Benefits:

  • Development of ePortfolio culminating experience (most strongly mapped to competencies C,H,L,M,O)
  • Competitive experience for résumé /CV
  • Profile on the SRJ website, including headshot and biography
  • Named in publication of full issue(s) worked on, along with Editorial Team title
  • Potential to earn an excellent academic reference from SRJ’s Faculty Advisor, Dr. Anthony Bernier

Please review the linked job description for the tasks required of Content Editors. These positions are a one-year term appointment, which can be extended. Training for the Content editor role will begin as soon as possible. 

*Please note that interested applicants completing INFO 285 during the current semester are eligible to apply (i.e., concurrent enrollment). 

To learn more about the Journal’s aims, scope, and peer review process, please visit the SRJ website.

Application Package 

  1. Cover letter addressing your interest and qualifications as per the Editor Role Description. (May be attached, or in the body of the email) 
  2. Attach your current resume. 
  3. Attach a writing sample that is 500-1,000 words (2-4 pages), formatted in accordance with APA Style (7th ed.). You must include a list of references, which does not count toward the page limit. Your writing sample must demonstrate your ability to write at the graduate level. It should include a core question and thesis statement. The writing sample may be a literature review, a research or grant proposal, or a selection from a larger research paper. 

Please ensure your application package includes all three required elements. 

Email applications to the Editor-in-Chief, at sjsu.ischool.srj@gmail.com