Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice

The WAC Clearinghouse, an international publishing collaborative, is committed to promoting a culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice. As an open-access publisher, we pursue the goals of providing peer-reviewed publications and curated instructional and professional resources without cost to all who visit our website. As a project emerging from the field of writing studies, we are committed to reflecting the diversity of our academic discipline. And as a collection of scholars with diverse backgrounds and interests, we are committed to cultivating an academic community that is not limited by race, ethnicity, veteran status, marital status, socioeconomic level, national origin, religious belief, physical ability, sexual orientation, age, class, political ideology, or gender identity and expression.

As a publishing collaborative, we recognize and celebrate the benefits of uniqueness, similarities, and differences. We seek to:

• Promote publishing policies, practices, and initiatives that support this process.
• Encourage greater representation across cultures, backgrounds, and viewpoints.
• Foster transparency and openness throughout the publishing cycle.
• Sustain diversity as a dynamic, ongoing process that demonstrates appreciation for all individuals, including their differences.

As an open-access publisher, the WAC Clearinghouse is dedicated to providing barrier- and cost-free access to scholarly work, including journals and journal articles, monographs, edited collections, conference proceedings, and professional and pedagogical resources.