Turning Toward Being: The Journal of Ontological Inquiry in Education (JOIE) is an online, open access, semi-annual, international, interdisciplinary refereed journal. Its mission is to explore and illuminate ontological inquiry in its various forms, methodologies, theoretical approaches, and practical applications within academia and beyond. The journal will consider for publication manuscripts that engage with ontological inquiry as it is practiced, theorized, and expressed within a wide range of contexts and disciplines. Manuscripts may take multiple forms and genres of writing and researching, including but not limited to researched argumentation, bibliographic essays, autoethnography, poetry, performance texts, multi-modal digital texts, creative nonfiction, cultural criticism, manifesto writing, and critical reflective essays. Short responses to previous articles as well as essay reviews of new and old works in the field will be considered to promote ongoing critical dialogue within the journal. Proposals for special issues, with thematically linked manuscripts, are encouraged.

This is an open access journal which means that all content is freely available without charge to the user or his/her institution. Authors retain copyright, but allow any user to share, copy, distribute, transmit, adapt and make commercial use of the work without needing to provide additional permission, provided appropriate attribution is made to the original JOIE author(s). This is in accordance with the BOAI definition of open access. There is no fee for authors to publish articles.

See the Aims and Scope for an overview of the journal.

Please consider donating to the Fund for Ontological Inquiry in Education, which is designated for the benefit of Rowan students, faculty, and staff creating and maintaining Turning Toward Being: The Journal of Ontological Inquiry in Education.

Gifts made to The Fund for Ontological Inquiry in Education will provide financial support for the journal, including costs related to production and maintenance of the journal, stipends for Rowan student interns working on the journal, and any additional activities associated with the journal.

The JOIE banner and cover art for the journal were designed and created by Marley Schiman.

The opening theme music for the Podcast episodes is from the song entitled "Phase IV" by Timothy Conan Young, on the album Bardo available on Spotify.

Rowan Writing Arts major Kiley Parker served as the editorial assistant for Volume 3, Issues 1 and 2 of JOIE, both published December 2025.

All internet addresses given in any articles published in this journal were correct at the time a given issue was published. The editors regret any inconvenience caused if addresses have changed or sites have ceased to exist, but can accept no responsibility for any such changes.