CALL FOR NEW EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBERS, ASIA PACIFIC STUDIES E-JOURNAL

New Editorial Board Members,

Asia Pacific Studies e-Journal

Call for Editorial Board Members in the Asia Pacific Social Sciences and Humanities

The University of San Francisco Center for Asia Pacific Studies is pleased to announce a call for new members to join the editorial board for its peer-reviewed, interdisciplinary journal, Asia Pacific Perspectives. We welcome editorial board applicants from all fields of the social sciences and the humanities that focus on the Asia Pacific, especially those whose research adopts a comparative, interdisciplinary approach to issues of interrelatedness in the region.

To Apply: Please email the following to the journal’s editor, Melissa Dale, at perspectives@usfca.edu:

• a copy of your CV

• a 300-500 word statement of interest

Review of applications will begin on January 16, 2024 and continue until the positions are filled.

Asia Pacific Perspectives (APP) (ISSN: 2167-1699) is an international, peer-reviewed, open access, electronic journal that promotes cross-cultural understanding, tolerance, and the dissemination of knowledge about the Asia Pacific. The journal facilitates academic discussions among both established scholars in the field and advanced graduate students. APP is published twice each year by the University of San Francisco Center for Asia Pacific Studies.

For more information about Asia Pacific Perspectives, please visit our website.

What we ask of our Editorial Board Members:

• Willingness to serve a full three-year minimum term on the Board

• Assist in identifying peer reviewers for submissions in your field

• Share constructive suggestions at 2 editorial board meetings each semester

• Encourage high-quality submissions to the journal

• Promote the use and dissemination of APP in your field and among your networks

Desirable Attributes:

• Scholarly focus on areas in which our board has relatively less focus: including the Koreas, Taiwan, the Pacific Islands including the Philippines, South and/or Southeast Asia

• Has a background that can balance out the areas of expertise on our board, preferably in: cultural studies, geography, science/technology, sociology, anthropology, political science, and the environmental humanities

• Deep, meaningful, and reciprocal connections to scholarly and Asia Pacific communities

Contact Information

Melissa S. Dale, Editor

Contact Email: perspectives@usfca.edu

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