The journal assists in the creation of integrative environmental knowledge, along with useful applications for society, by providing a forum for scholars and scientists whose research extends beyond the boundaries of any one discipline. The journal is particularly useful for junior scholars with interdisciplinary interests who are especially in need of peer-reviewed outlets for their professional development. JESS has value and visibility to the scholarly contributions of all AESS members within higher education, and provides an important vehicle of communication for enhancing their professional development. AESS’s journal JESS continues to improve the credibility of and respect for environmental fields in higher education.

We invite all members and non-members to submit articles for the Journal. The Journal provides a peer-reviewed, academically rigorous and professionally recognized forum for the publication of explicitly interdisciplinary environmental research, policy analysis and advocacy, educational discourse and other related matters. Contributions are welcome from any discipline or combination of disciplines, any vocation or professional affiliation, any national, ethnic or cultural background. Articles may relate to any historical and global setting.

The Journal provides several submission categories:

• Research and Theory
• Research Briefs
• Environmental Education
• Policy Analysis
• Commentary and Opinion
• Book Reviews and Review Articles
• Special Issues and Symposia
• Letters

Additional information about submissions and instructions for authors are available at the Journal website.

Drs Michael Finewood and Tamim Younos serve as the Editors in Chief.

The Editorial Board includes a diverse range of scholars, policy practitioners, and related professions whose expertise extends broadly across the sciences, social sciences, humanities, and other disciplines related to interdisciplinary environmental study.

Reviewers exemplify, as well, a regional and global diversity appropriate to the breadth of interdisciplinary environmental studies.

Inquiries about the Journal or becoming an associate editor should be addressed to the Editor-in-Chief: JESSeditorial@aessonline.org

Founding Editor-in-Chief: Tony Rosenbarm

Previous Editor-in-Chief: Teresa Lloro

Michael H. Finewood, PhD

Editor-in-Chief, interim, Journal for Environmental Studies and Scienes
Environmental Studies and Science, Pace University
@mikefinewood | mfinewood@pace.edu

Michael Finewood is a human geographer and political ecologist with research and teaching interests in watershed governance, community development, infrastructure, equity, and justice. As an environmental social scientist, Dr. Finewood has helped to develop programs in sustainability, geography, and environmental studies and sciences. He also served on the board of the Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences for ten years. He is currently the chair of Environmental Studies and Science at Pace University and the interin Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences.

Tamim Younos, PhD

Editor-in-Chief, interim, Journal for Environmental Studies and Sciences
Founder & President, Green Water-Infrastructure Academy
Adjunct Professor of Water Resources, University of the District of Columbia
tamim.younos@gwiacademy.org

Tamim Younos has a rich background in climate, energy and water sciences. He has spent most of his career at Virginia Tech in the Virginia Water and Resources Research Center. Most recently the recipient of the American Water Resources Association Mary H. Marsh Medal for Exemplary Contributions to the Protection and Wise Use of the Nation’s Water Resources (2025), Dr. Younos also continues to author and co-author publications on water science and management. He has served as an associate editor for the Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences since 2012 and transitioned to be an interim Editor-in-Chief through June 2026.