Dear colleagues, In follow up to our previous email requesting nominations for ESS offices, we have an additional post that needs filling this year. If you would like to be nominated for the editor position for the ISA Compendium Project please send your name and a brief (100-200 word) bio to one of the members of the Nomination Committee (see below). Nominees must have a deep understanding of IR and environmental studies and be willing to devote adequate time and energy to the role. A detailed description of the project is pasted below.
Also, please do continue to send in nominations, self-nominations welcome, for positions on the ExCom, Sprout, and Nominations Committees. We'd like to receive nominations by March 7th if possible. Best, Nominations Committee [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] *The ISA Compendium: A Guide for the Perplexed and for potential section editors.* In 2006, the ISA decided to create a scholarly reference for our discipline, a work comprising a series of literature review essays (refereed and approximately 10,000 words each) for the myriad topics in our expansive field. Each section in ISA generated a list of topics to be considered by the editorial advisory committee for inclusion in the Compendium, and the sections nominated "Section Editors." The print version of the Compendium, *The International Studies Encyclopedia, *was published in 2009. Since then, the Compendium has continued as a living project as *International Studies Online*, published by Wiley/Blackwell. Each year we are contractually obligated to produce 20 high quality new or substantially updated essays for publication for the Compendium as a whole. In practice, if each section contributes a few updated and/or new essays, the total will be met. Section editors are nominated by the section (via the section's appropriate decision-making process). The nomination is sent via the General Editor (who may consult with the section if there are any concerns about the nomination). The General Editor will forward the nomination to the Editorial Board, which will have the authority to approve the nomination. *At present [February 2014], the Editorial Board is being set up. Section Editors are being appointed for the moment in an acting capacity. As soon as the Board is constituted, it will act on the nominations and formally appoint the Section Editors.* The Section Editor or the Section Co-Editors are responsible for · finding authors for the approved topics, · choosing essays for updating and asking the authors to update, · finding referees, · conducting the section editor's review of each submission, and · making an editorial decision, and · passing essays accepted at the section level on to the General Editor. As General Editor, I review the essays sent by the section editors and, assuming I agree with the section editor's decision, I grant the final approval for publication. (If there are problems, I consult with the section editor about how to resolve them.) We are also entering a new phase of the Compendium in which new topics are being proposed and added, and the section editor provides a leadership role in that effort, as well. Finally, it has been customary for the section editor to write the introductory essay for each section. Your section already has an introductory essay written by the original section editor. The new section editor could propose a supplemental introductory essay or could would with the previous section author to update the existing introduction. The process for already approved essay topics works like this: The SE identifies people who are knowledgeable about Topic A (an approved topic) and asks someone from among the knowledgeable people if he or she would be willing to write a literature review essay on Topic A. If the prospective author says, "yes," then a deadline, 5 months hence, is assigned. During that 5 month period, the SE lines up a referee, who is also knowledgeable abut Topic A. When the essay is submitted, the SE quickly looks at it to make sure that it fulfills the basic requirements (i.e., it is a literature review essay and not the presentation of new research). Assuming that it does, it goes out to the referee for (blind) review. After receiving the referee's report and after having read the paper him/herself, the SE makes an editorial decision: revise and resubmit, reject, or accept. The expectation is that most authors should be able to provide a high quality literature review essay after a round (or two) of revisions. The goal of the SE in writing the SE's decision letter is to provide the guidance that will make the essay of publishable quality. After an essay has been approved by the section editor, it is passed on to the General Editor, who conducts an independent review to make sure the overall quality is high and that the requirements of the Compendium are met. As you see, having an SE who is energetic and committed to making the literature of your section easily accessible through this reference work is critical to the success of the project. I'll be happy to answer questions and talk more about the Compendium Project. It is, by the way, a great opportunity for junior scholars. There's more information (a bit dated) online at http://www.isanet.org/Publications/Compendium.aspx<http://www.isanet.org/tabid/1793/ctl/EmailTracking/mid/7136/Default.aspx?linkID=262&[email protected]&itemid=113555> -- D.G. Webster Assistant Professor Environmental Studies Program Dartmouth College 6182 Steele Hall Hanover, NH 03755 phone: 603-646-0213 http://www.dartmouth.edu/~envs/faculty/webster.html<http://www.isanet.org/tabid/1793/ctl/EmailTracking/mid/7136/Default.aspx?linkID=261&[email protected]&itemid=113555> -- D.G. Webster Assistant Professor Environmental Studies Program Dartmouth College 6182 Steele Hall Hanover, NH 03755 phone: 603-646-0213 http://www.dartmouth.edu/~envs/faculty/webster.html -- Sikina Jinnah Asst. Professor of International Relations Global Environmental Politics Program American University School of International Service 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW Washington DC 20016 http://www.american.edu/sis/faculty/jinnah.cfm -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gep-ed" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
