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The Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences announces the appointment of the new Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences, Dr. Teresa Lloro, following a competitive international search that attracted highly qualified candidates. The Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences (JESS), the flagship journal of the Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences (AESS), was established in 2010. JESS is published by Springer, part of Springer Nature. The journal offers a venue for relevant interdisciplinary environmental research, practice and public policy dialogue.

Dr. Lloro is an Associate Professor in the Liberal Studies Department and is an Affiliated Faculty with the Lyle Center for Regenerative Studies, at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. Her degrees include a B.S. Biology, University of Redlands, USA, M.S. in Environmental Studies, California State University, Fullerton, USA and a PhD in Education, Society, and Culture, University of California, Riverside, USA. She resides in Southern California, USA.

Dr. Lloro has shared the following biography and message:

“I am an Associate Professor at Cal Poly Pomona, a large public university in Los Angeles County, California that serves a diverse student body. As an interdisciplinary activist-scholar with interests in food justice, activism, and urban agriculture, I work closely with a grassroots community organization that endeavors to change the local food system in a suburb of Los Angeles that has been deeply impacted by systemic poverty and racism, as well as other structural inequalities. I do this work by volunteering with the organization in a variety of capacities, as well as through systematically collecting qualitative and historical data that I analyze through an intersectional feminist lens, with a specific focus on care. I embed my research and activism into my teaching through collaborating with community partners, other faculty, and students to create projects that include documentary filmmaking, practical farming experiences, building a free community seed exchange to establish seed sovereignty, and empirically studying how farmers develop and maintain soil care practices. The California Humanities, Cal Poly Pomona, and the Cooperative Gardens Commission have all supported my work.

In addition to publishing in numerous journals and edited book collections, I have published two books, Animals in Environmental Education: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Curriculum and Pedagogy (co-edited with Valerie Banschbach) and Animal Edutainment in a Neoliberal Era: Politics, Pedagogy, and Practice in the Contemporary Aquarium. From 2015-2019, I was a member of AESS’s Executive Board and have served as an Associate Editor of JESS since 2015. In 2018, I was the inaugural recipient of AESS’s Early Career Award.

I am very excited to be the new Editor-in-Chief of AESS’s flagship journal. I look forward to the opportunity to work with the entire ESS community to strategize new ways JESS can be a platform for diverse voices and perspectives, particularly those that have been historically marginalized in the ESS.”

We, on the AESS Board, hope you will give Teresa a warm welcome as she transitions into the role of EiC, with founding Editor-in-Chief Tony Rosenbaum’s support.

Advertisement for JESS Editor-in-Chief

The Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences, the flagship journal of the Association of Environmental Studies and Sciences (AESS), is seeking an Editor-in-Chief. Established in 2010, JESS is published by Springer, part of Springer Nature. The journal offers a venue for relevant interdisciplinary environmental research, practice and public policy dialogue. In addition to setting a rigorous, credible standard for interdisciplinary environmental research, the journal also aims to represent diverse voices in the ESS community. Toward this end, recent initiatives include a new “essays with attitude” op/ed section and plans for an undergraduate research section. The journal has a high standard for publication and an international readership, publication record, and editorial board.

AESS seeks to appoint an Editor-in-Chief (EiC) to succeed Walter (Tony) Rosenbaum, the founding EiC who will be retiring from the journal in September of 2021. The position for the new EiC will commence June 1, 2021 to provide overlap between the new EiC and Emeritus EiC for transition mentoring.

The newly appointed EiC will have full editorial responsibility for the content published in the journal and for ensuring that the ethos, editorial standards, policies and scope of JESS are maintained. They will also be responsible for providing strategic guidance and overseeing the scope of content and work of 26 Associate Editors. The EiC will lead an Editorial Board of 30 members and collaborate closely with the AESS Board. The AESS board expects the EiC to have a strong presence in the organization, contributing to the Annual Conference, attending monthly board meetings as an ex officio representative of JESS, and chairing the AESS Publications Committee.

While no single candidate is likely to exemplify all of the following characteristics, we are seeking an EiC who is:

An active scholar with publishing experience situated in one or more areas of the fields of environmental studies and sciences.
Experienced as a journal editor, associate editor, or special issue editor, with strong critical analysis and appraisal skills, and a good understanding of peer review and publication ethics.
Prepared to help JESS realize the goals of AESS with respect to equity and inclusion. The EiC must understand strategies for mitigating biases against scholars based on their gender, race, ethnicity, institutional type, and other factors that have led to marginalization, historically, in ESS.
Able to demonstrate strong leadership and collaboration skills.
Able to articulate a clear vision for JESS consistent with the interdisciplinary mission of AESS.
Interested in building strong community relationships with environmental studies and science scholars and practitioners at all levels.
Dedicated to further developing JESS as a leader in the rapidly evolving landscapes of interdisciplinary scholarly journal publishing and of the fields of ESS.

In addition, although the publisher provides administrative services, the EiC must be able to dedicate a significant amount of time on a regular basis to a busy and thriving journal. See the position description for details of the work.

Term of appointment

The term of office will be for five years, with an option for renewal by mutual consent for a further term. The position offers an honorarium.

Applications

Applications should include a full CV, a letter explaining interest in the position and qualifications, and a separate document that outlines a vision for the future of JESS, in relation to the AESS mission and to the increasingly open-access environment of scholarly publishing.

Applications should be sent to the JESS Search Committee at:

EICapply@aessonline.org

Applications will be reviewed by a Search Committee that will recommend the candidate for hire to the AESS Board. The Search Committee consists of the AESS leadership, Board members, and two Associate Editors of JESS. Tony Rosenbaum (JESS Editor-in-Chief) and Melinda Paul (Springer Publishing Editor JESS) are ex officio advisors to the Committee. The AESS Board will make the final selection of the EiC.

Closing date for applications

April 15, 2021

Interviews and start date

Interviews will begin in early May. The anticipated start date of the position is June 1, 2021.

AESS does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, marital status, disability, or veteran status in its education or employment programs or activities.

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