REMINDER: Letters of interest due FEBRUARY 15, 2008

JAAS Executive Editor
Tony Peffer’s term as JAAS executive editor comes to a close in June 2009. To effect a smooth transition, we would like to have an editor-elect in place by April 2008. This individual will work alongside Tony Peffer for the final year of his term. Therefore, at this time, we invite letters of interest for editor-elect, in preparation for assuming the position of executive editor. The executive editor must be a tenured faculty member and an active scholar in the field of Asian American studies. Responsibilities include building and expanding a substantial cadre of qualified manuscript evaluators; managing the submission/evaluation process; making the final publication decision for issues, in keeping with the journal’s mission; collaborating with the reviews editor(s) in planning both volumes and individual issues; serving as the journal’s representative to the AAAS executive board; functioning as the AAAS executive board’s primary liaison to The Johns Hopkins University Press; leading the JAAS editorial board and organizing its work; maintaining all of the journal’s records; and keeping abreast of developments in all disciplinary and group-specific branches of scholarship in Asian American Studies as well as in the field more generally. In the letter of interest, explain your perception of the field’s principal issues in the present and what you see as emerging themes and concerns in the next five years. Describe specific strengths you could bring to the job of executive editor. The deadline for submission is February 15, 2008. The board will review the applications and announce its decision at the Chicago conference in April 2008.