Youth & Society
Youth & Society is a multidisciplinary peer-reviewed journal that focuses on issues related to the 10–24-year-old population. We are interested in both U.S. and global youth populations, with all articles centering youth perspectives and voices. We do not publish studies that use university student samples. Relevant topics include a wide array of issues ranging from individual level and structural factors to policy concerns pertinent to youth. We highlight scholarship that discusses social, contextual, and political factors that influence both healthy and harmful youth development. We are open to a range of both quantitative and qualitative methodologies. We also serve as a platform for research that critically examines the correlates, inequities, disparities, consequences, interventions, and policies for underserved and underrepresented youth.
The journal includes studies from diverse disciplines including but not limited to:
- Psychology
- Public Health
- Sociology
- Education
- Social Work
- Criminology
- Anthropology
- Political Science
Youth & Society is published 8 times a year. We provide researchers, educators, mental health professionals, and policy makers with the latest research and scholarship in this dynamic field. The journal is a valuable resource that examines critical contemporary issues and presents both theoretical and applied information that is vital to those studying and working with youth. We also publish theme issues and sections devoted to special topics that are particularly germane for the field. We seek to contribute to a future in which youth are not just subjects of research, but central actors in the pursuit of a more just and inclusive world guided by evidence-based research.
Youth & Society has provided educators, counselors, researchers, and policy makers with the latest research and scholarship in this dynamic field for over forty years, This valuable resource examines critical contemporary issues and provides useful practical information for studying and working with 10-24 year olds. The journal, published 8 times per year, features peer-reviewed empirical and review articles written by distinguished scholars and practitioners from a variety of disciplines and fields, including: sociology, psychology, public health, social work, education, criminology, anthropology, human services, and political science.
Youth & Society does not consider unsolicited special issues for publication.
| Sarah Lindstrom Johnson | Arizona State University, USA |
| Anthony Peguero | Arizona State University, USA |
| Marc Zimmerman | University of Michigan, USA |
| Edna Alfaro | Texas State University, USA |
| Leslie A. Anderson | Morgan State University, USA |
| Riana Elyse Anderson | Columbia University, USA |
| Sabrina Arredondo Mattson | University of Colorado Boulder, USA |
| Mayra Bamaca | University of California, Merced, USA |
| Charles Bell | Illinois State University, USA |
| Jennifer M. Bondy | Arizona State University, USA |
| Diamond Bravo | University of California, Riverside, USA |
| Lisa Buckley | University of Queensland, Australia |
| Patricia Campie | President, The Genoa Group, USA |
| Rona Carter | University of Michigan, USA |
| Ji-Kang Chen | Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong |
| Brian Christens | Vanderbilt University, USA |
| Michael Cunningham | Tulane University, USA |
| Jen Doty | University of Oregon, USA |
| Dawn England | University of Birmingham, UK |
| Deinera Exner-Cortens | University of Calgary, Canada |
| Rachel H. Farr | University of Kentucky, USA |
| Rocio Garcia | Arizona State University, USA |
| Karina Gattamorta | University of Miami, USA |
| Aisha Griffith | University of Illinois, Chicago, USA |
| Ziqiang Han | Shandong University, China |
| Nathaniel G. Harnett | Harvard University, USA |
| Justin Heinze | University of Michigan, USA |
| Bernadette Callahan Hohl | University of Pennsylvania, USA |
| Jun Sung Hong | Wayne State University, USA |
| Adrian Huerta | University of Southern California, USA |
| Masumi Iida | Arizona State University, USA |
| Janice Iwama | American University, USA |
| Jonathan Jay | Boston University, USA |
| Odis Johnson | Johns Hopkins University, USA |
| Kristian V. Jones | University of Washington , USA |
| Jasmine Kelekay | Howard University, USA |
| Sanna King | Mississippi State University, USA |
| Beverly Kingston | University of Colorado Boulder, USA |
| Karen P. Kochel | University of Richmond, USA |
| Sharon F. Lambert | The George Washington University, USA |
| Maury Nation | Vanderbilt University, USA |
| Cynthia Navarro Flores | The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA |
| Jenny Padilla | University of Notre Dame, USA |
| Elise Pas | Johns Hopkins University, USA |
| Ranita Ray | The University of New Mexico, USA |
| Karla Dhungana Sainju | Ontario Tech University, Canada |
| Lindsay Semprevivo | Radford University, USA |
| Zahra Shekarkhar | Fayetteville State University, USA |
| Rebeccah Sokol | University of Michigan, USA |
| Stacia Stolzenberg | Arizona State University, USA |
| Terri Sullivan | Virginia Commonwealth University, USA |
| Russell Toomey | University of Arizona, USA |
| Jorge Varela | Universidad del Desarrollo, Chile |
| Alejandro L. Vázquez | The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA |
| Dexter R. Voisin | Case Western Reserve University, USA |
| Jin-Liang Wang | Southwest University, China |
| Elizabeth Weybright | Washington State University, USA |
| Mengya Xia | Arizona State University, USA |
| Yanfeng Xu | University of South Carolina, USA |
| Saijun Zhang | University of Mississippi, USA |
| Bo-Kyung Elizabeth Kim | University of California, Los Angeles, USA |
| Roberto L. Abreu | University of Florida, USA |
| Theresa Rocha Beardall | University of Washington, USA |
| Sophia Rodriguez | New York University, USA |