Dear Marmam folks:
It is my great pleasure to share with you the initial
announcement and call for papers for the new Journal of Environmental
Studies and Sciences (JESS). JESS is the official journal of the
Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences (AESS) and will be published
by Springer. More information is available below, including a link to the JESS
website, where you will find all relevant information. We are extremely excited
about the journal and its potential impact on the dissemination of
interdisciplinary and other content relative to environmental and natural
resource problem solving. We believe that JESS fills a niche in environmental
scholarship that has not before existed among academic journals, and hope you
will take advantage of its format and content in considering outlets for your
work.
JESS seeks a much broader array of scholarly work than Marine
Mammal Science, Aquatic Mammals, Conservation Biology, or
other journals that frequently include marine mammal-related content. For those
of you in the Marmam community whose work crosses disciplinary boundaries, is
explicitly interdisciplinary, is applied or problem oriented in a disciplinary
manner, or is otherwise broader than the scope of most natural science
journals, JESS welcomes your submissions. More guidance is available in the
journal’s aims and scope and instructions for authors, on the JESS
website.
Formal questions about JESS should be addressed to Tony
Rosenbaum, the journal’s editor-in-chief (e-mail below), though I am
happy to respond to informal inquiries as well (I am a member of the editorial
board and have been involved in the development of the journal since the idea
first took shape).
Thank you!
Cheers,
Rich Wallace
Environmental Studies Program
Ursinus College
p.s. apologies for cross-postings!
The Association for Environmental Studies and
Sciences (AESS) is pleased to announce the launch of the Journal of
Environmental Studies and Sciences (JESS), the official publication of the
Association. The Journal will be issued quarterly in electronic and hard copy
by Springer Publications beginning in early 2011. We invite you to submit
articles for the Journal.
AESS is an independent professional association
designed to serve the needs of environmental scholars, scientists,
practitioners and students who value interdisciplinary approaches to research,
teaching, and problem-solving. We encourage you to join as a member and become
an original subscriber to the Journal. To join or to find more information
about AESS, please visit http://www.aess.info/.
The AESS and Journal provide venues for the advancement of interdisciplinary
approaches to the study of the coupled human-nature systems. A major goal of
AESS is to encourage this advancement by promoting related teaching, research
and service and by facilitating communication across boundaries that may
inhibit environmental discourse across traditional academic disciplines. This
commitment also involves supporting the professional development of Association
members and advancing the educational status of Environmental Studies and
Environmental Sciences programs.
The Journal, available to all AESS members, 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:
http://www.springer.com/environment/journal/13412
Dr. Walter (Tony) Rosenbaum of the University of Florida serves as the Editor
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, including Ellen Hines, Riley Dunlap,
Daniel Kammen, Carolyn Merchant, Thomas Dietz, Michael Kraft, Paul Mohai,
Miranda Schreurs, Jeffrey Stein, Stacy Vandeever, Stephen Hubbell and many
others. Reviewers exemplify, as well, a regional and global diversity appropriate
to the breadth of interdisciplinary environmental studies. Inquiries about the
Journal should be addressed to the Editor-in-Chief: tonyros@ufl.edu.
Please also remember to mark your calendar for AESS's 2011 Annual Meeting and
Conference, "Confronting Complexity" to be hosted by the University
of Vermont on June 23-26, 2011.
--
Richard
L. Wallace, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Environmental Studies
Ursinus College
P.O. Box 1000
Collegeville, PA 19426
(610) 409-3730
(610) 409-3660 fax