Call for Editor: Journal of Experiential Education

The Association for Experiential Education (AEE) announces the search for a new Editor or Editorial Team for the Journal of Experiential Education (JEE). This international, peer-reviewed, quarterly publication has been serving the field of experiential education since 1978. We are currently accepting applications to begin transitioning to new Editorial leadership in Spring, 2022.

The JEE is the premier outlet for research on experiential education, proudly serving a global readership and drawing a growing number of international submissions. The JEE is ranked in SCOPUS’s top quartile of Education journals with a CiteScore of 2.9 and sits in the top quintile of Journals ranked by Clarivate Analytics’ Journal Citation Indicator (JCI) with a rating of 1.5. The next Editor or Editorial Team has an exciting opportunity to sustain the Journal’s ascendance and diversify its contents while preserving its roots in Experiential Education in all its forms.

The JEE provides researchers and practitioners with research on experiential education and related fields. It presents a diverse range of articles in subject areas such as outdoor and adventure education, service learning, environmental education, therapeutic applications, international programming/study abroad, experiential learning in disciplinary contexts, and more.

Importantly, AEE has made a commitment to diversity, working to bring members of many backgrounds and from around the globe into our organization and into leadership in our organization; to inclusion, taking intentional steps to support our membership in working across differences of race, culture, gender, and more; and to equity, by creating systems to expose inequities in order to make opportunities within our field accessible to all. We welcome nominations from people of all backgrounds, irrespective of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief.

Editors will be expected to work with AEE and SAGE to ensure high quality peer review and timely and accurate delivery of manuscripts for publication. The Editor(s) will be responsible for soliciting, reviewing and making final decisions on submissions to the Journal and will manage all aspects of the publication and review process using ScholarOne’s electronic submission and review platform. Editors are expected to maintain timely and effective communication, advance journal performance, and work towards upholding JEE’s high quality standard.

Applicants should have a distinguished scholarly record in the fields of experiential education as well as experience in academic leadership. Applicants should also possess strong organizational and management skills and the ability to work well with others. Applicants should develop and share their vision for JEE – article content, growth in the Journal’s prestige, strategies for outreach, editorial board structure, and improvements to submission and review processes. Please share your vision in your application.

AEE provides an editorial stipend, but the editor’s institution will also be expected to support the editor. Your application should indicate the expected level of institutional support, which might come in the form of additional faculty release time, travel funds, summer salary, office space, utilities, the use of computers and other office equipment, “service” credit, student workers, or other basic expenses. Applicants should send a letter of application including their vision for the journal and a description of their qualifications for the editorship. Applicants should also include their CV and documentation indicating anticipated institutional support.

Applications are being taken immediately and will close on March 31, 2022.

Applications, nominations, and requests for additional information should be sent electronically to Sherry Bagley, Executive Director, Association for Experiential Education, at sherry@aee.org. Please put “JEE Editor Application” in the subject line of your email.