Volume 9, Number 2 (2017)

Below is a preview of “Final Editorial Notes,” the full document is available as the first manuscript in this issue.

This is my last issue as editor of JCPS. In the 7 years I have been editor, JCPS has seen many changes. JCPS is now read in 181 countries, and in the past year has had over 26,000 downloads. We currently have 50 active editorial board members from across the United States. Since its inception in 2009, JCPS has published 19 issues with a total of 109 articles, and we receive over 70 manuscripts a year.

Every NARACES Executive Board member has given JCPS, and me, full support. I want to thank Larry Burlew, Jane Webber, Ellery Parker, Massiel Rosario, Andriana Matos, editorial board members, and the host of GAs that have worked to make JCPS a high-quality journal.

As with any journal, completing final edits of manuscripts is laborious. For this issue, with the amount of manuscripts published, (14!), completing final edits in time for publication would have been difficult. Several editorial board members stepped up to aid their support, by completing final edits, sometimes with a less than 24-hour turn around. Because this issue would not have been published on time without their help, I want to thank Roberto Abreu, Vanessa Alleyne, Jennifer Beebe, Stuart Chen-Hayes, Blaire Cholewa, Louisa Foss-Kelly, Yuh-Jen Guo, Les Kooyman, Eric Owens, Lacey Ricks and Tyler Wilkinson.

I have enjoyed my work with JCPS, and am ready to start a new adventure.