1st Edition

Novice LGBTQ+ Scholars’ Practices in Writing for Scholarly Publication

Edited By Sharon McCulloch Copyright 2025
190 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

190 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

190 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This collection brings together perspectives from early-career LGBTQ+ scholars as they navigate the scholarly publishing landscape, highlighting their experiences and challenges in providing greater representation within the academic community and existing scholarship. The volume reflects on the ways in which scholarly output is intricately linked with scholarly identity and the challenges... Read more

Contents

 

List of Contributors

 

1.      About scholarly publication and early-career LGBTQ+ scholars

Sharon McCulloch

 

SECTION 1: Challenges and solutions

 

 

2.      Fighting for authenticity along the LGBTQ+ journey towards scholarly publication: Is it time for a queering of academic literacies?
Micky Ross

 

3.      Blooming with Brazilian queer studies: Reflecting on experiences of co-authoring and publishing with LGBTQ+ academics
Luan Carpes Barros Cassal

 

4.      The perpetuation of heteropatriarchal dynamics in scholarly gatekeeping: Analysing reviewers’ feedback from the perspective of LGBTQ+ early-career scholars
Helena Torres-Purroy and Sònia Mas-Alcolea

 

5.      Marginalising the marginalised: Challenges of embarking on LGBTQ+-related research for publication

Jamie David Hopkin and Victoria Barnett-Simpson

 

6.      Support networks and open discussions about academic publishing: Dealing with difficult data and (potential) collaborators

Frazer Heritage

 

SECTION 2: Visibility and intersectionality

 

7.      Living straight, writing queer: Experiences with academic publishing as a closeted Indian woman
Arunima Theraja

 

8.      Coming out as queer: Troubling the strictures for early-career researchers in academic publishing

Tierney Marey

 

9.      Researching and publishing on African sexualities: Methods and challenges

Zanele Nyoni-Wood

 

10.  Academic publishing as a novice lesbian scholar: An intersectional experience

Mabel Encinas

 

11.  Conclusion and final thoughts

Sharon McCulloch

 

Index

Biography

Sharon McCulloch is a senior lecturer in language and education in the School of Psychology and Humanities at the University of Central Lancashire in the UK. Her research interests lie in EAP and academic literacies, especially how second language student writers learn to write and the ways in which institutional and social contexts, including gender and geolinguistic status, affect professional academic writers.