Editorial Team

Editor: Elaine Meyer-Lee, Ed.D., Goucher College
Managing Editor: Amelia J. Dietrich, Ph.D., The Forum on Education Abroad
Editorial Assistant: Anas N. Almassri, Durham University, UK

Editorial Board:
Christine Anderson, University of Minnesota (US)
Eduardo Contreras, University of Portland (US)
Nick Gozik, Elon University (US)
Jacqueline McLaughlin, Penn State University Lehigh Valley (US)
Lesley Harbon, University of Technology Sydney (AUS)
Amy Muse, University of St. Thomas (US)
Elizabeth Niehaus, University of Nebraska (US)
Mark Odenwelder, Book Review Editor (US)
Andrea Rizzotti, FLACSO Argentina (ARG)
Sharon Stein, University of British Columbia (CAN)
Andre P. Stevenson, Elizabeth City State University (US)
Melissa Whatley, SIT Graduate Institute (US)
David Wick, Middlebury Institute of International Studies (US)
Taylor Woodman, University of Maryland (US)
Michael Woolf, CAPA (UK)

Editorial board members actively contribute to the development and good management of Frontiers. They are appointed by the Executive Editor for a fixed term of three years, renewable annually by the Editor.

Expected functions and duties of editorial board members include:

  • participation in an annual meeting of the Editorial Board (usually at The Forum’s Annual Conference or by phone) and additional, occasional conference calls throughout the year as needed
  • acting as ambassadors for and supporting and promoting the journal
  • seeking out the best authors and best work (e.g. from meeting abstracts) and actively encouraging submissions
  • reviewing submissions to the journal (expected 2-3 per year)
  • evaluating book proposals and special projects
  • occasionally accepting commissions to write editorials, reviews and commentaries on papers in their specialist area
  • nomination of manuscript reviewers

Editors, editorial board members and peer reviewers are required to comply with Frontiers’ Conflict of Interest Policy.

Frontiers recognizes our past editors and editorial board members for their service:  

Rhoda Borcherding (1995-2015), Michael Monahan (1995-2007), Gary Rhodes (1995-2007), Thomas Ricks (1995-2015), Barbara Rowe (1995-2007), Urbain [Ben] DeWinter (1996-1997), Katherine Krebs (1996-2015), David Hornung (1997), Barbara Freed (1998-2015), John Engle (1999-2007), Barbara Gügold (1999-2015), Jorge Nowalski (2001-2015), Linda Goff (2002), William Nolting (2002), Chip F. Peterson (2002), Daniel A. Wubah (2003-2015), Michael Vande Berg (2004), Jane Edwards (2004), Hiram Maxim (2004), Steve DePaul (2007-2011), Mingzheng Shi (2007-2015), Annmarie Whalen (2000-2018), Brian Whalen (1995-2018), Colin Ireland (1999-2018), Sheila Bayne (1999-2019), Tim Perkins (1995-2019), Chris Deegan (2015-2020), Tiffany Lachelle Smith (Editorial Assistant, 2019-2022), Nancy Kanach (2007-2021), Allison Hodgkins (2019-2022), Aroline Seibert Hanson (2019-2022), Audrey J. Murrell (2020-2022), Kendall Brostuen (2008-2023)

Editorial Handbook