Using Peer Review to Open Doors: Collaborative Community Review as Intervention Point

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9-4-2026 3:30 PM

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9-4-2026 4:00 PM

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Traditional peer review can be hierarchical and serve a gate-keeping function rather than fostering development of work. Collaborative Community Review (CCR) is a form of open peer review that serves as a point of intervention against this and reframes this orientation with an explicit focus on fostering collegial and collaborative review. As such, CCR focuses on opening doors: both in terms of peer review and fostering development of work, as well as in regards to academic publishing more broadly.

This presentation will explore how CCR can serve as a point of intervention to reopen doors in the academy. It will also explore points of crossover and intervention for open access and collaborative work more broadly—discussing examples of the CCR process and platforms built to support open review across a variety of use cases. In so doing, it will argue that centering dialogue and collegiality are core to a more open and inclusive approach to both publishing, and wider academic engagement in a variety of forms. As such it will advance the argument that CCR also functions as a site of both pedagogical and community practice.

Author Bios

Kathleen Lowenstein is Associate Editor of the Public Philosophy Journal, a digital open access journal currently housed at the University of Oregon. She also works closely with teams at Michigan State University on work focused on the digital humanities and open access publishing, with a broad focus on increasing the inclusivity and accessibility of both academic publishing and broader forms of scholarly output within and outside the academy.

Dr. Scott Schopieray is the Assistant Dean for Academic Technology and Scholarly Engagement at the Michigan State University College of Arts and Letters. He also serves as Director of MESH Research, a laboratory focusing on the future of digital scholarly publishing and practice. In his role, he supports digital infrastructure and methods for teaching, learning, and research across the arts and humanities.

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Using Peer Review to Open Doors: Collaborative Community Review as Intervention Point

Traditional peer review can be hierarchical and serve a gate-keeping function rather than fostering development of work. Collaborative Community Review (CCR) is a form of open peer review that serves as a point of intervention against this and reframes this orientation with an explicit focus on fostering collegial and collaborative review. As such, CCR focuses on opening doors: both in terms of peer review and fostering development of work, as well as in regards to academic publishing more broadly.

This presentation will explore how CCR can serve as a point of intervention to reopen doors in the academy. It will also explore points of crossover and intervention for open access and collaborative work more broadly—discussing examples of the CCR process and platforms built to support open review across a variety of use cases. In so doing, it will argue that centering dialogue and collegiality are core to a more open and inclusive approach to both publishing, and wider academic engagement in a variety of forms. As such it will advance the argument that CCR also functions as a site of both pedagogical and community practice.