JOURNAL OF ISSUES IN INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS
The JIIA editorial staff is seeking applications for both a co-editor position as well as editorial board members
POSITION DESCRIPTION, CO-EDITOR
JIIA co-editors have ultimate responsibility for ensuring the overall quality and intellectual rigor of JIIA articles. Co-editors share responsibility for overseeing a review process that is conducted fairly, consistently, and in a timely manner. JIIA co-editors must be committed to the mission and goals of the journal. Co-editors select editorial board members and seek out content-area-expert reviewers as necessary. The co-editors serve as co-chairs of the editorial board (EB). The co-editors may solicit special issues and assign guest editors for such special issues. The co-editors are responsible for planning, organizing, and managing an annual editorial board meeting and preparing an annual report for the College Sport Research Institute (CSRI).
In consultation with CSRI, co-editors are expected to fulfill the journal’s mission and goals, oversee the editorial review process, forward accepted manuscripts to JIIA acquisitions editors for publication on JIIA website, ensure JIIA adheres to customary publishing ethical policies, and report JIIA’s editorial activities to CSRI*.
The co-editor position is a three-year term that begins on January 1st, 2027.
POSITION DESCRIPTION, EDITORIAL BOARD
As the CSRI’s official journal, JIIA is dedicated to critically examining ethical, social, economic, and political issues surrounding college sport in the United States and providing readers with thought-provoking editorials, research articles, and reviews. Editorial board members serve a three-year term that begins on June 1. The primary responsibility of editorial board members is to work with the editors to provide timely feedback and reviews of assigned articles. Editorial board members are expected to review 3-5 manuscripts per calendar year and perform other duties as assigned by the co-editors.
The annual Editorial Board meeting is held in conjunction with CSRI Conference each year.
*The co-editors have final decision-making responsibility for the acceptance or rejection of any manuscript submitted to JIIA. CSRI staff will not become involved in individual editorial decisions.