Call for Applications - SRCD Newsletter Editor
SRCD is seeking applications for the position of Editor of the SRCD newsletter, Developments (see Current and Recent Issues). The position begins in spring 2011 with a term of six years. The Editor is responsible for four issues (fall, winter, summer, and spring) each year. The Editor works to solicit, review, edit, and occasionally write the newsletter content. The staff in the SRCD Executive Office manages the technical aspects of the newsletter formatting and online distribution.
The Editor is expected to be a member of SRCD with a sense of what issues may appeal to members. The Editor should have a clear vision of how the newsletter can contribute to the pursuit of SRCD's strategic plan (see Strategic Plan). Given that the newsletter is now distributed online, we are especially interested in applicants with a vision of how this medium may be used to membership experience of the newsletter. Finally, the nature of the newsletter requires that the Editor is able to meet publication deadlines.
The current newsletter Editor, Karen Brakke (kbrakke@spelman.edu), can be contacted for more detailed information regarding the activities of the Editor. Interested individuals can also contact the Chair of this Search Committee, Noel Card (ncard@email.arizona.edu), or any other member of this search committee: Ann Easterbrooks (ann.easterbrooks@tufts.edu), Velma McBride Murry (velma.m.murry@Vanderbilt.Edu), or AJ Schwichtenberg (ajschwichtenberg@ucdavis.edu).
To apply, please send a copy of your CV, a letter of interest that includes a vision statement for the newsletter and how your previous experiences prepare you for this position, and contact information for three recommenders to Noel Card: ncard@email.arizona.edu.
Review of application will begin September 1, 2010.
75th Anniversary Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Federal/State Partnership Meeting
Call for Papers - Infant and Child Development
Special Issue: Family Processes and Child Adjustment
Guest Editors: Dr. Alison Pike (University of Sussex) and Prof. Kirby Deater-Deckard (Virginia Tech)
Submission Deadline: April 1, 2011
Intended Publication Date: January, 2012
The aim of this Special Issue is to bring together recent research that considers the mechanisms whereby families influence children's behavioural, emotional, and/or academic adjustment. Drawing on theoretical traditions such as Bronfenbrenner's Ecological model and Family Systems theory, the scope of the issue encompasses family relationships (e.g., parent-child, sibling, marital) as well as the broader environment (e.g., parental workplace, neighbourhoods, culture) as it affects family life.
As Infant and Child Development enters its 3rd decade, this Special Issue will bring together cutting-edge research central to the journal's focus. All innovative empirical work concerning family processes and child adjustment will be considered, and academic quality will be the primary editorial criteria. As well as broad substantive content, the editors will endeavour to include submissions that include innovative methodologies and statistical techniques designed for data from families. Reflecting the sub-title of the journal, "An International Journal of Research," cross-cultural studies and research conducted outside of North America and Western Europe are particularly welcome.
Authors are encouraged to discuss the suitability of papers prior to submission with either of the guest editors.
Submissions should be made via Manuscript Central following the usual procedures of the journal. Please ensure that your manuscript title is prefaced with "FPCA Special Issue". All submissions will be sent out for peer review. Authors should be aware that if invited to submit a revised manuscript, there will be a 60-day deadline to enable timely publication of the Special Issue.
For further information about the Special Issue, please contact either of the Guest Editors:
Alison Pike: alisonp@sussex.ac.uk
Kirby Deater-Deckard: kirbydd@vt.edu
