The American Society for Environmental History and the Forest History Society are seeking a new editor for the journal, Environmental History. The successful candidate will be expected to take on duties as Editor-elect by January 2011.
As editor-elect, he or she will be responsible for evaluating new manuscript submissions, recruiting authors, and representing the journal at conferences. The editor-elect will assume the rest of the editor’s responsibilities no later than for the January 2012 issue. Duties will include all activities associated with the editorial content of the journal — soliciting and commissioning articles as appropriate, screening submissions, and determining the contents of each issue. The editor will work with the Graphics Editor, Book Review Editor, Web Editor, and Press to ensure timely publication.
Candidates should have a wide knowledge of and interest in the areas the journal covers and experience with academic editing. A successful applicant will need to demonstrate that he or she has the time and the institutional support to assume major responsibilities on January 1, 2011. For more information contact Chair of the Search Committee, Kathleen Brosnan, Dept. of History, University of Houston; kbrosnan AT uh.edu; 713/743-3120. A more complete announcement can be found at:
http://www.aseh.net/publications/environmental-history/ or
http://www.foresthistory.org/Publications/EH/index.html
