Journal of NACAA Chair/Editor Opening - Deadline Extended

Journal of NACAA Chair/Editor Opening

 

The NACAA Board of Directors is currently seeking an Editor/Chair for the Journal of NACAA. This is a 3 year appointment. Members who are interested in submitting an application for this position are encouraged to download a copy of the application which can be found at http://nacaa.com/committees/2013/journal_chair_application.doc

For this committee appointment - the application process is not set up for "Electronic" submission. You must complete the Word document and submit directly as an attachment to NACAA Secretary Richard Fechter at rfechter@ksu.edu by no later than May 5, 2013.

 

Here's a brief summary of the job description for the Editor of the Journal of NACAA:

Job Description for Journal of NACAA Chair

• The Candidate must have a working knowledge of various types of technology used in the creation of documents for publication. Some examples are; the NACAA Web Page, internet links, the creation of spreadsheets for data tabulation, various document creation programs, wiki discussion pages, and photograph and chart creation and insertion techniques.
• The Candidate must establish a close working relationship with the NACAA Executive Director, the NACAA Electronic Communications Chair, the NACAA Internal Publications Committee, and the NACAA Secretary.
• The Candidate must administrate and communicate with the Journal Committee via conference call on a regular basis.
• The Candidate must administrate the recruitment of 25-50 reviewers for the reviewing process.
• The Candidate must design and provide training for reviewers that will improve the reviewing process for the journal.
• The Candidate must communicate regularly with reviewers to ensure timeliness in the reviewing process.
• After the deadline for receiving submissions has passed the Candidate must communicate with the participants informing them that their submission has been received.
• After the reviewing process is complete the Candidate should communicate with participants to inform them of the acceptance or rejection of their papers.
• Prior to or immediately after the "Call for Papers" the Candidate should communicate with NACAA membership to encourage the submission of papers.
• The Candidate must administrate the journal publication process to allow for publishing the journal at least on a biannual basis.