Call for Student Board Members for the American Journal of Education
Greetings Graduate Students,
The American Journal of Education (AJE) is seeking graduate student applicants for the AJE Student Board. AJE is a core journal in the field of education that covers a broad spectrum of educational research including K-12, higher ed, adult ed, and beyond. AJE’s Student Board provides an exciting opportunity for graduate students to publish original pieces of writing, learn more about reviewing and publishing in the field of education, collaborate with fellow grad students across the country, and form relationships with senior scholars.
Student Board members run the AJE Forum website (www.ajeforum.com), an online publication that complements and extends the print edition of AJE by publishing original opinion pieces, interviews with top scholars, and reviews of work in high-interest areas of education research. Student Board members craft original content for AJE Forum, solicit content from other education scholars, help to manage the day-to-day operations of the AJE Forum, and network with other scholars via online platforms to create an ongoing dialogue about educational issues among researchers, practitioners, and policymakers.
The base time commitment is estimated at 5-10 hours per month, with formal meetings/professional development once a month, but mostly independent, on-your-own-schedule work. Appointments to the Student Board will be for one academic year, with the possibility of reappointment. The Student Board is supported by AJE’s editors, senior associate board members, advisory board and managing editors.
Benefits of becoming an AJE Student Board member
Student board members…
- develop experience in writing about educational issues for a wide audience
- learn important skills for disseminating one’s work as a scholar, such as building a social media presence and managing a website
- strengthen their CVs through the leadership opportunities provided within AJE Forum, as well as through the writing opportunities the Forum provides
- gain experience reviewing articles submitted for the AJE Forum website, as well as potentially reviewing articles submitted for publication in the American Journal of Education
- participate in professional development workshops led by AJE editors and board members on topics such as reviewing, editing, and publishing and raising the voices of critical education scholars
- grow their network of fellow education scholars
Application Procedures
We are looking for general members of the AJE Student Board who can already or are eager to learn a variety of tasks, including but not limited to: reviewing pieces, conducting final technical edits of manuscripts, posting to and maintaining the website, writing engaging and scholarly articles, managing social media accounts, and coordinating with author series/collaborative articles.
The priority deadline for applications is Thursday, July 15th. After this time, applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis through Friday, August 27th (until all spaces are filled). If interested in becoming a member of the Student Board, please submit a writing sample (instructions found in the application) and complete the following application via Google Forms: https://forms.gle/KNxiUaY1eVvT44uj7
If you have any questions, please email AJE Managing Editor, Nikki Cohron, at ajed@psu.edu.
Thank you,
Dana Mitra and Emily Hodge, Editors
Nikki Cohron, Managing Editor
American Journal of Education
