{"686654":{"#nid":"686654","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Editor-in-Chief Summit: Navigating Academic Publishing","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJoin the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts for the Editor-in-Chief Summit, a signature event bringing experienced editors from major scholarly journals, academic presses, and publishing houses to Georgia Tech. The program includes a panel discussion from 10 to 11:30 a.m. on what it takes to succeed in academic publishing, followed by area-focused workshops from 12:15 to 2 p.m. led by participating editors.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis event is open to faculty, postdoctoral scholars, and graduate students. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gatech.co1.qualtrics.com\/jfe\/form\/SV_88ouyyVe9y9EH6C\u0022\u003EPlease RSVP\u003C\/a\u003E by Jan. 7, 2026.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch2\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EParticipating Editors\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJohn Beavers\u003C\/strong\u003E, Editor, \u003Cem\u003ELanguage\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESam Bell\u003C\/strong\u003E, Editor, \u003Cem\u003EInternational Studies Quarterly\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDavid Bradford\u003C\/strong\u003E, Editor, \u003Cem\u003EHealth Economics\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJulia Flanders\u003C\/strong\u003E, Editor, \u003Cem\u003EDigital Humanities Quarterly\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMark Hersey\u003C\/strong\u003E, Editor, \u003Cem\u003EEnvironmental History\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ENathaniel Francis Holly\u003C\/strong\u003E, Editor-in-Chief, \u003Cem\u003EUGA Press\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJenny Rice\u003C\/strong\u003E, Editor, \u003Cem\u003ERhetoric Society Quarterly\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EChristy Sadler\u003C\/strong\u003E, Editor, \u003Cem\u003ESage Publishing \/ CQ Press\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Ch2\u003EAbout the Editors\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cimg src=\u0022https:\/\/iac.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/2026-01\/beaver.jpg?itok=iMzpVB84\u0022 alt=\u0022\u0022 width=\u0022100\u0022 height=\u0022100\u0022\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJohn Beavers\u003C\/strong\u003E is the chair of the Department of Linguistics and the Robert D. 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He is co-author of \u003Cem\u003EThe Roots of Verbal Meaning\u003C\/em\u003E, published in 2020 by Oxford University Press, and he has published articles in many top journals in linguistics, including \u003Cem\u003ELanguage\u003C\/em\u003E, \u003Cem\u003ENatural Language and Linguistic Theory\u003C\/em\u003E, \u003Cem\u003EJournal of Linguistics,\u003C\/em\u003E \u003Cem\u003EJournal of Semantics\u003C\/em\u003E, and \u003Cem\u003EGlossa\u003C\/em\u003E.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cimg src=\u0022https:\/\/iac.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/2026-01\/bell.jpg?itok=L-E37iEL\u0022 alt=\u0022bell\u0022 width=\u0022100\u0022 height=\u0022100\u0022\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESam R. Bell \u003C\/strong\u003Eis a professor in the Department of Political Science at the University at Buffalo (SUNY). He was previously a professor and head in the Department of Political Science at Kansas State University and received his Ph.D. from Binghamton University in 2009. He currently serves as the co-editor-in-chief of\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EInternational Studies Quarterly\u003C\/em\u003E, the flagship journal of the International Studies Association, and previously served as an associate editor for\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EInternational Studies Review\u003C\/em\u003E. He studies international relations, with a focus on the causes of political violence. Much of his current research examines international organizations and human rights, including projects on the roles that the International Criminal Court, the United Nations, the International Committee of the Red Cross, as well as non-governmental organizations, play in human rights outcomes.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cimg src=\u0022https:\/\/iac.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/2026-01\/bradford.jpg?itok=TjpSWm7r\u0022 alt=\u0022bradford\u0022 width=\u0022100\u0022 height=\u0022100\u0022\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Ch6\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/h6\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EW. David Bradford \u003C\/strong\u003Eis a health economist and the George D. Busbee Chair in Public Policy in the Department of Public Administration and Policy at the University of Georgia. His research focuses on the design and impact of public policies affecting health behaviors and outcomes, with particular emphasis on substance use policy, pharmaceutical markets, housing instability, and decision-making under risk and uncertainty. A central area of his current work examines how cannabis and opioid policies influence health behaviors, morbidity, and mortality. He also studies the links between landlord-tenant policy, eviction, homelessness, and deaths of despair. Dr. Bradford\u2019s research has been widely published in leading economics and health policy journals. He is Co-Editor of \u003Cem\u003EHealth Economics\u003C\/em\u003E, serves on the board of the American Society of Health Economists, and chairs the oversight board for the Southeastern Health Economics Study Group.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cimg src=\u0022https:\/\/iac.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/2026-01\/flaunders.jpg?itok=joe2wl67\u0022 alt=\u0022\u0022 width=\u0022100\u0022 height=\u0022100\u0022\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJulia Flanders\u003C\/strong\u003E is a Professor of the Practice at Northeastern University where she directs the Centers for Digital Scholarship, the Digital Scholarship Group, and the Women Writers Project. She also serves as Editor in Chief of \u003Cem\u003EDigital Humanities Quarterly\u003C\/em\u003E, an open-access, peer-reviewed online journal of digital humanities. Her research interests focus on data modeling, textual scholarship, humanities data curation, and sustainable digital project management. She is the co-editor, with Neil Fraistat, of \u003Cem\u003EThe Cambridge Companion to Textual Scholarship\u003C\/em\u003E, and the co-editor, with Fotis Jannidis, of \u003Cem\u003EThe Shape of Data in Digital Humanities: Modeling Texts and Text-based Resources\u003C\/em\u003E (Routledge, 2019).\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cimg src=\u0022https:\/\/iac.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/2026-01\/hershey.jpg?itok=oqbaOje5\u0022 alt=\u0022hershey\u0022 width=\u0022100\u0022 height=\u0022100\u0022\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMark D. Hersey\u003C\/strong\u003E is an associate professor of history at Mississippi State University, where he directs the Center for the History of Agriculture, Science, and the Environment of the South (CHASES). 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You can read his work in the North \u003Cem\u003ECarolina Historical Review, History Compass, Early Modern Women, Oxford Bibliographies in Atlantic History\u003C\/em\u003E, and \u003Cem\u003EIndian Cities\u003C\/em\u003E (Oklahoma, 2022).\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cimg src=\u0022https:\/\/iac.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/2026-01\/rice.jpg?itok=t44P4Oaf\u0022 alt=\u0022\u0022 width=\u0022100\u0022 height=\u0022100\u0022\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJenny Rice \u003C\/strong\u003Eis a professor of writing, rhetoric, and digital studies at the University of Kentucky. Her books include \u003Cem\u003EAwful Archives: Conspiracy Theory, Rhetoric, and Acts of Evidence, Distant Publics\u003C\/em\u003E: \u003Cem\u003EDevelopment Rhetoric and the Subject of Crisis\u003C\/em\u003E, and \u003Cem\u003EInventing Place: Writing Lone Star Rhetorics\u003C\/em\u003E (with Casey Boyle). Her work has appeared in \u003Cem\u003EPhilosophy \u0026amp; Rhetoric\u003C\/em\u003E, \u003Cem\u003EQuarterly Journal of Speech,\u0026nbsp;Rhetoric Society Quarterly\u003C\/em\u003E, \u003Cem\u003EJournal of Right-Wing Studies\u003C\/em\u003E, \u003Cem\u003ECollege English, College Composition and Communication\u003C\/em\u003E,\u003Cem\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003Eamong other publications. Rice\u2019s research investigates public discourse around issues of extremism, pseudoscience, and fringe beliefs. 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She joined Sage in 2022 after more than two decades of editorial and marketing work in higher education, public policy, nonprofits, and academic publishing. 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