This virtual special issue is the outcome of a project entitled Women and JAS, which was launched by the coeditors of the Journal of American Studies in October 2019 to document the involvement of women in the journal's day-to-day business from its inception in 1956 as the Bulletin of the British Association for American Studies. The project arises out of – and will hopefully contribute to – larger conversations about the progression of women scholars in academia. While the UK and US higher-education contexts (the contexts most pertinent to this discussion) differ, there are notable similarities in terms of the relationship between gender and career advancement. Both witness attrition of women from academia as they progress from undergraduate studies to PhD and beyond; both see disproportionate numbers of women scholars employed in precarious, part-time and/or teaching-only roles; both see a very low proportion of women in senior professorial roles; fewer women in both locations apply for (and are, therefore, awarded) major grants. In the UK, specifically, recent conversations around gender inequality in higher education have revolved around issues (and initiatives) such as the gender pay gap, Athena SWAN, sexual harassment and the effects of nondisclosure agreements (NDAs), caring responsibilities and affective labour.

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性别不平等与学术期刊出版：来自美国研究期刊的观点

这个虚拟的特刊是题为“妇女和JAS, 由联合编辑发起美国研究杂志2019 年 10 月，记录了自 1956 年创刊以来女性对日常业务的参与英国美国研究协会公报. 该项目产生于——并有望促成——关于学术界女性学者进步的更广泛的对话。虽然英国和美国的高等教育背景（与本次讨论最相关的背景）不同，但在性别与职业发展之间的关系方面存在显着相似之处。两人都见证了学术界女性从本科学习到博士及以后的自然减员；两者都看到不成比例的女性学者受雇于不稳定的、兼职和/或只做教学的角色；两者都认为担任高级教授职务的女性比例非常低；在这两个地方，申请（并因此获得）重大补助金的妇女人数较少。在英国，具体来说，