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Rust Belt Studies 

Collage by Rosaria Perna 

Rust Belt Studies:
A Journal of Emplaced Humanities 
Edited by Katharine G. Trostel and Valentino L. Zullo 
​Sponsored by Ohio Humanities in collaboration with Midstory. The first issue will be published in late 2025. 

Rust Belt Studies uses the framework of the public and emplaced humanities and social sciences in order to define, explore, and map an understudied region: The Rust Belt. The journal seeks articles which focus on the importance of regional storytelling in fostering a sense of place, identifying and contributing to social solutions, and reimagining the role of the humanities within this sphere. Because so much of the United States’ problems and promise converge on the Rust Belt, the journal aims to model ways to use the humanities to find new solutions, tell better stories, and empower teacher-scholars to imagine new models for fostering civic engagement within their rooted context. ​

Editorial Board 

  • Beatrice Adams, The College of Wooster 

  • Emiliano Aguilar, University of Notre Dame  

  • Marc Blanc, Washington University in St. Louis 

  • Camden Burd, Eastern Illinois University  

  • Cara Byrne, Case Western Reserve University  

  • Vera Camden, Kent State University 

  • Jodie Childers, Tulane University  

  • Tara Conley, Kent State University

  • Josh Davidson, Oberlin College 

  • Dawn Ellis, Case Western Reserve University  

  • Christabel Devadoss, Middle Tennessee State University 

  • Stephanie Fortado, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign  

  • Greer Hamilton, University of Michigan 

  • Michelle Harris, University of North Alabama 

  • Casey T. Jakubowski, SUNY Oneonta 

  • Jon Lauck, Editor-in-Chief, Middle West Review

  • Patrick McGinty, Slippery Rock University  

  • Matthew McLeskey, SUNY Oswego  

  • David Miller, Elis Press 

  • Lisa Nielson, Case Western Reserve University  

  • Lorie B. Owens, The Ohio State University. 

  • Andy Oler, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University 

  • Elaine Parsons, Kent State University 

  • Ryan Prewitt, Saint Louis University 

  • James Rhodes, Hiram College  

  • Jeannette Schollaert, University of Maryland, College Park  

  • Paul Spyhalski, Independent Scholar 

  • Jackson Tucker, University of Maryland, College Park  

  • Shu Wan, SUNY Buffalo

  • Hayley Verdi, Ursuline College  

Submission Guidelines 

All article submissions should be sent via email attachment in Microsoft Word. PDF and other word processing formats will not be accepted for review. All submissions should conform to standards for citation that govern publications in the author's field and should include a bibliography, if appropriate. We will consider short pieces but cannot consider texts of more than 7500 words, including notes. All submissions are subject to two, or more, blind peer reviews by members of the editorial board.  

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Email: Katharine.Trostel@Ursuline.edu and Valentino.Zullo@Ursuline.edu

Open Access Statement: This is an open access journal which means that all content is freely available without charge to the user or his/her institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, or use them for any other lawful non-commercial purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author. This is in accordance with the BOAI definition of open access. 

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Copyright statement: Authors retain intellectual property rights to their material and may re-publish it provided that Rust Belt Studies is acknowledged as the original place of publication.

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