About the Journal

Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Studies (JECS) (E-ISSN: 2149-1291) is a diamond open access, peer-reviewed, and interdisciplinary academic international journal edited in the United States. The journal publishes theoretical, methodological, and empirical research from all disciplines dealing with ethnicity and culture.

Since 2014, JECS has provided a space for critical questions, innovative concepts, and formative findings in ethnic and cultural studies. Since 2020, the journal has been published quarterly to accommodate growing submission volumes.

Scope of the Journal

  • Education
  • Identity Politics
  • Minorities
  • Race
  • Ethnicity
  • Immigration / Migration
  • Diaspora
  • Multicultural Education
  • Popular Culture
  • Cultural Studies
  • Transnationalism
  • Citizenship and Policies of Integration
  • Public Administration and Governance

JECS is indexed in Scopus (Q1), ERIH PLUS, JSTOR, ProQuest, EBSCO, and other major databases.

Q1 - Cultural Studies | SJR 2024: 0.352

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Current Issue

Vol. 13 No. 2: Special Issue: Intersecting Identities: Ethnicity, Minority Status, and Marginalization in Asia
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Published: 2026-03-12

Editorial

  • Editorial

    Kwanchit Sasiwongsaroj, Lukas Christian Husa
    1-5
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.29333/ejecs/2983

Original Manuscript

  • Empowering Migrant Communities through Machine Translation Literacy: A Pathway to Socio-Economic Inclusion

    Narongdej Phanthaphoommee, Wichaya Pidchamook, Sheila Castilho, Joss Moorkens
    6-28
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.29333/ejecs/2668

  • Perceptions of Campus Climate on LGBTQ+ Students’ Inclusion in Thai Higher Education

    Nuntiya Doungphummes , Hasan Aydin, Matthana Rodyim, Sunida Siwapathomchai
    29-54
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.29333/ejecs/2614

  • Germans in Kazakhstan’s Virgin Lands: Religious Assimilation and Segregation in the Atheistic Soviet Society (1950s –1960s)

    Zhanna Mazhitova
    55-76
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.29333/ejecs/2653

  • Navigating Marginalization through Religion: Intersectionality and Shifting Positionalities Among Myanmar Migrant Workers in Thailand

    Kwanchit Sasiwongsaroj, Vithaya Chaidee
    77-97
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.29333/ejecs/2670

  • Grassroots Security: The Meira Paibi Movement and the Intersection of Gender, Ethnicity, and Conflict in Manipur

    Somrak Chaisingkananont, Atchareeya Saisin
    98-116
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.29333/ejecs/2656

  • “The ‘double sinawali’ of learning and striking the stick with purpose”: Exploring the relationship between individual interest and study engagement in the indigenous martial art of Arnis

    Joseph Lobo
    117-136
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.29333/ejecs/2723

  • Intersectional Positionality and Lived Experiences of Asian International Teacher Educators in U.S. Academia

    Haniyeh Kheirkhah
    137-157
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.29333/ejecs/2654

  • Trapped in Place: Changing Mobility Patterns and Lifestyles of Thai Moken The Example of Surin and Phayam Islands

    Lukas Christian Husa, Kwanchit Sasiwongsaroj, Somrak Chaisingkananont, Vithaya Chaidee
    158-181
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.29333/ejecs/2664

  • Intersectionality and Female Solo Travel: Rethinking Motivations Amidst Conservative Gender Norms

    Afsaneh Rostami, Gary Daniels, Alexander Trupp, Kamelia Chaichi
    182-205
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.29333/ejecs/2616

  • Recognizing and Embracing Ethnic Identity through Mother-Tongue Based and Intercultural Education for the Urak Lawoi Community, in Lanta Island, Krabi Thailand

    Mirinda Burarungrot, Kumaree Laparporn
    206-223
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.29333/ejecs/2673
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