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Call for Applications JAAEA Area Editor

The AAEA Board seeks applicants to serve four year terms as Area Editors for the Journal of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (JAAEA). They will join a diverse group of scholars who helped launch the JAAEA. Applications from Scholars across all fields of interest to the broad membership of AAEA are welcome.

Area Editors at the JAAEA are responsible for handling manuscripts in consultation with the Founding/Managing Editor. Manuscripts are assigned by the Founding/Managing Editor to Area Editors who are responsible for soliciting reviews and based on the reviews and their reading of the paper, making a recommendation to the Founding/Managing Editor. The workload for Area Editors involves handling 15-20 papers a year. Area Editors will also help with shortlisting papers for the journal's best paper award.

Being an Area Editor at JAAEA offers the opportunity to serve in an important editorial role, without committing the high workload associated with the serving as the managing editor. A goal of the journal is to provide a platform for training AAEA's next generation of Editors.

Area Editors have gone on to serve as Editors of other leading journals, including Food Policy.

Applications

Applications should include:

  • a brief statement expressing interest which should include applicant’s areas of expertise,
  • curriculum vitae (including descriptions of previous editorial work).

Applications should be sent electronically via PDF to Allison Ware, the Senior Communications & Membership Manager at aware@aaea.org by January 15, 2025. Nominations of potentially interested candidates who can then be solicited for their materials are also welcome.  New Area Editors are expected to be in place by July 1, 2025.

Please do not hesitate to reach out to the Founding Editor, Tim Beatty, at tbeatty@ucdavis.edu if you have questions about the position.