About

Focus and Scope

The ASIANetwork Exchange is a peer-reviewed publication, catering primarily to faculty appointed in liberal arts institutions with programs in Asian Studies. The ASIANetwork Exchange seeks to publish current research, as well as high-quality pedagogical essays written by specialists and non-specialists alike. We are particularly interested in publishing articles, book and media reviews that address the needs of the undergraduate classroom.

Journal History

The first issue of ASIANetwork Exchange was published in December 1992 and edited by Marianna McJimsey, The Colorado College. The first two issues were published as The Asian Exchange. With the third issue (September 1993), the publication assumed the title The ASIANetwork Exchange, A Newsletter for Teaching About Asia. Marianna McJimsey continued in her post as editor through the August 1999 issue, while also serving as executive director of ASIANetwork.

Anne Prescott and Ben Nefzger of Augustana College assumed editorial responsibilities with the Fall 1999 issue, which was a special retrospective edition on the first seven years of ASIANetwork. Marsha Smith of Augustana College became the third editor with the Fall 2000 issue. With the retirement of Ben Nefzger and the relocation of Anne Prescott, Marsha Smith became chief editor with the fall 2002 issue, a post she held through the special Spring 2005 retrospective edition on ASIANetwork from 1999 to 2005. Thomas Lutze and Irving Epstein of Illinois Wesleyan University became co-editors beginning with the Fall 2005 issue.

On the recommendations of Thomas Lutze and Irving Epstein and further conversations among the editors and the ASIANetwork board members, the Board approved at the 2008 conference the moving of ASIANetwork Exchange to a journal form, with focus on the publication of thoughtful, original, and useful articles on teaching and scholarly activity surrounding the study of Asia in the liberal arts.

Erin McCarthy of St. Lawrence University and Lisa Trivedi of Hamilton College were the editors from 2011 to 2017. Marsha Smith of Augustana College and Hong Zhang of Colby College were the editors for the term  2017 to 2020. Ronald Green and Susan Bergeron of Coastal Carolina University were the Co-Editors of the journal 2020-2025.

Taku Suzuki is the current Editor-in-Chief of the journal.

Publication Frequency

The ASIANetwork Exchange: A Journal for Asian Studies in the Liberal Arts is published twice annually, once in the fall/winter and once in the spring/summer.

Archiving, Indexing and Citation Metrics

ASIANetwork Exchange is archived and indexed according to the publisher's policy.