The International Journal for Research on Service Learning and Community Engagement (IJRSLCE) will host a peer review panel discussion on Friday March 24 from 1:00-2:30pm E.S.T. via Zoom. The Journal’s Editorial Leadership Team has organized this event on behalf of the Journal and IARSLCE, in cooperation with the Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, the Journal of Community Engagement and Scholarship, the Journal of Community Engagement and Higher Education, and the Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement.
This event will feature a facilitated conversation with experienced peer manuscript reviewers from our field. Discussion will cover a range of topics related to the process, expectations, and practices of peer review in our field. More details about participating panelists will be available shortly. The event will offer opportunities for Q&A with seasoned peer reviewers and editors, and will be free and open to all interested in learning more about the process as a current or prospective author, peer reviewer, or editor.
Contact Alan Bloomgarden, Senior Co-Editor for the IJRLSCE at abloomgarden@hcc.edu with any questions.
Panelist Bios:
Melody Bowdon, Ph.D. is Professor of Writing and Rhetoric at the University of Central Florida, where she has served in a number of leadership roles. Dr. Bowdon has been actively engaged in service-learning and community engaged teaching, research, and administration for nearly 30 years. Her related research has been published in venues such as Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, Science, and Technical Communication Quarterly. She co-authored Service-Learning in Technical and Professional Communication (2002) and co-edited two essay collections and two special issues of journals on community engagement topics. Bowdon has held a number of leadership roles in community-engagement and higher education, including Senior Research Fellow for Florida Campus Compact and conference chair for International Association for Research in Service-Learning and Community Engagement. Her technical and professional communication students have completed service-learning projects in collaboration with more than 150 local, regional, national, and international organizations.
Kimberly L. King-Jupiter holds a Ph.D. in Educational Policy with concentrations in International Comparative and Higher Education and a cognate in Sociology; and, a M.S. in Higher Education Student Affairs from Indiana University – Bloomington. She also holds a B.A. in Sociology from Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA. With more than 20 years teaching in higher education, Dr. KJ has taught courses in qualitative and advanced qualitative research; research methodology; policy; leadership; higher education; curriculum; social and cultural foundations in education; international and comparative education; and, Africana and women’s studies. Her research focuses on the intersectionality of race, class, and gender and equity in education. Dr. King-Jupiter has previously served as a dean and has expertise in institutional assessment and program evaluation. She is the recipient of the 2016 Distinguished Alumni Award and the 2017 Elizabeth A. Greenleaf Distinguished Alumni Award from Indiana University’s College of Education.
Dr. Paul Matthews is senior academic professional faculty and the associate director at the University of Georgia’s Office of Service-Learning, where he helps lead faculty development including a Faculty Learning Community on service-learning research and the university’s Public Service & Outreach Scholarship Academy. Since 2006, he has been a peer reviewer for over 50 articles for community-engagement journals, including JHEOE, where he now serves as the associate editor for Dissertation Overviews, as well as IJRSLCE, where he is in his third year as section co-editor of the Advances in Theory & Methodology section. Paul is also the 2023 recipient of the Gulf-South Summit’s “Outstanding Faculty Contributions to Service-Learning Research” award.