About
The American Journal of Play is a forum for the history, science, and culture of play.
Published three times a year, the Journal features interviews, book reviews, and original peer-reviewed research for a wide readership of scholars, educators, policymakers, museum and industry professionals, healthcare workers, and those who seek to understand the importance and impact of play in our world.
The first peer-reviewed journal devoted to this study, our publication presents thought-provoking and timely material on play across disciplinary perspectives and methodologies, including research in the fields of education, psychology, cultural studies, biology, sociology, media and game studies, neuroscience, anthropology, history, folklore, and more.
We welcome research exploring all areas of play such as:
- play in learning and development from infancy to adulthood
- cultural histories of playthings and ways of playing
- practices of play therapy in health (behavioral, mental, physical)
- intersections of play and gender, race, class, sexuality, and ability
- public policy decisions impacting play
- play in schools and other educational settings
- biology and neuroscience of play
- evaluations of major themes and theories in traditional and emerging play scholarship
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Editorial Staff
Jeremy K. Saucier, Editor
Charles Phillips, Managing Editor
Patricia Hogan, Associate Editor
Sara Poe, Marketing Manager
Shane Rhinewald, Media Relations Manager
Christopher J. Puckey, Information Technology Manager
Jonathan Groff, Circulation Manager
Julia Novakovic, Editorial Assistant
Liliana Palumbo, Editorial Assistant
David Sleasman, Editorial Assistant
Editorial Advisory Board
Ian Bogost
Film and Media Studies
Computer Science & Engineering
Washington University in St. Louis
Simon J. Bronner
Department of Social Sciences and Business
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Gordon M. Burghardt
Department of Psychology
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
University of Tennessee (Emeritus)
Garry Chick
Department of Recreation, Park, and Tourism Management
Pennsylvania State University (Emeritus)
Howard Chudacoff
Department of History
Brown University (Emeritus)
Rhonda Clements
School of Education
Manhattanville College
Gary Cross
Department of History
Pennsylvania State University (Emeritus)
Mary Flanagan
Film and Media Studies
Dartmouth College
Miriam Forman-Brunell
Department of History
Department of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
University of Missouri–Kansas City
Doris Pronin Fromberg
Department of Curriculum and Teaching
Hofstra University (Emerita)
Kyra D. Gaunt
Department of Music and Theater
Department of Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies
University at Albany
Peter Gray
Department of Psychology
Boston College
Brenna Hassinger-Das
Department of Psychology
Pace University
Thomas S. Henricks
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
Elon University (Emeritus)
Linda E. Homeyer
College of Education
Texas State University
Joan P. Isenberg
Graduate School of Education
George Mason University (Emerita)
Olga S. Jarrett
College of Education
Georgia State University (Emerita)
Jesper Juul
School of Design
The Royal Danish Academy
Terry Marks-Tarlow
Private Practice, Santa Monica, California
Insight Center, Los Angeles
Amy F. Ogata
Department of Art History
University of Southern California
Anthony Pellegrini
Department of Educational Psychology
University of Minnesota (Emeritus)
Sergio Pellis
Department of Neuroscience
University of Lethbridge
Harrison P. Pinckney IV
Recreation, Park, and Tourism Management
Pennsylvania State University
René Proyer
Institute of Psychology
Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
Allan N. Schore
Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences
David Geffen School of Medicine
University of California, Los Angeles
Xiangyou (Sharon) Shen
Department of Forest Ecosystems and Society
Oregon State University
Marjorie Taylor
Psychology Department
University of Oregon (Emerita)
T.L. Taylor
Comparative Media Studies/Writing
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Sabrina Thomas
College of Arts and Sciences
Duke University
Jennifer M. Zosh
Human Development and Family Studies
Pennsylvania State University Brandywine