About This Journal
Our inaugural publication arrived at a pivotal moment in 2025 when Taylor Swift’s unprecedented cultural influence demanded serious academic inquiry. The journal's first edition launched on April 29th, 2026.
As a force felt around the world, Swift has a demonstrable mark on feminist and girlhood studies, politics, economics, tourism, fashion, LGBTQIA+ studies, the environment and beyond. JOTSS is the first academic journal to create a dedicated space for rigorous interdisciplinary scholarship examining her impact on contemporary human culture.
Our Story (Jordan's Version)
JOTSS was conceptualized and is currently run by Indigenous Feminism scholar and Binghamton University PhD student, Jordan E Traut-Jellad. Inspired by the vast body of interdisciplinary work presented at Indiana University of Pennsylvania's
Taylor Evermore: A Swift Symposium in April 2025, Traut-Jellad noted how many scholars began their papers explaining why their academic inquiry into Taylor Swift was of merit, and she reflected on the struggle of women and girls across disciplines to have their experiences recognized as valuable despite woman's significant contribution to human culture.
In collaboration with Emma Jarman (SUNY Binghamton) and Rebecca Karpen (New York University), The Manuscript: Journal of Taylor Swift Studies was formed in the Summer of 2025.
Your Story (Open Access)
The Manuscript: Journal of Taylor Swift Studies is a peer-reviewed, online open-access journal. The journal does not charge fees for publishing an article. Articles published in JOTSS are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution -Non Commercial -No Derivatives 4.0 International License. The content published can therefore be downloaded and used only for non-commercial purposes, without modification in any way and only indicating the original source. All accepted papers are published free, open access, according to CC-BY-NC-ND license. JOTSS assigns DOI to each article and manifests zero tolerance for plagiarism.
Debut
The journal's 2025-2026 founding committee included:
- Editorial Board Erin Cody (SUNY Binghamton Harpur Edge), Megan Konstantakos (SUNY Binghamton Harpur Edge), and Erin Rushton (SUNY Binghamton Library)
- Editor-in-Chief and founder Jordan E Traut-Jellad
- Associate Editors Emma Jarman and Rebecca Karpen
- Editorial Assistants Jesse Gilleland, Samia Ahmed, Emily Rosman, and Chloe Burns
- We thank James Del Regno for his intellectual work the logo
