2023 Call for AJE Student Board Members

The American Journal of Education (AJE) is seeking graduate student applicants for
the AJE Student Board. AJE is a core journal in the field of education that covers a
broad spectrum of educational research including K-12, higher ed, adult ed, and
beyond. AJE’s Student Board provides an exciting opportunity for graduate students
to publish original pieces of writing, learn more about reviewing and publishing in
the field of education, collaborate with fellow grad students across the country, and
form relationships with senior scholars.

Student Board members run the AJE Forum website (www.ajeforum.com), an online
publication that complements and extends the print edition of AJE by publishing
original opinion pieces, interviews with top scholars, and reviews of work in
high-interest areas of education research. Student Board members craft original
content for AJE Forum, solicit content from other education scholars, help to
manage the day-to-day operations of the AJE Forum, and network with other
scholars via online platforms to create an ongoing dialogue about educational issues
among researchers, practitioners, and policymakers.

Benefits of becoming an AJE Student Board member
Student board members…
● develop experience in writing about educational issues for a wide audience
● learn important skills for disseminating one’s work as a scholar, such as
building a social media presence and managing a website
● strengthen their CVs through the leadership opportunities provided within
AJE Forum, as well as through the writing opportunities the Forum provides
● gain experience reviewing articles submitted for the AJE Forum website, as
well as potentially reviewing articles submitted for publication in the
American Journal of Education
● participate in professional development workshops led by AJE editors and
board members on topics such as reviewing, editing, and publishing and
raising the voices of critical education scholars
● grow their network of fellow education scholars

The base time commitment is estimated at 5-10 hours per month, with formal
meetings/professional development once a month, but mostly independent,
on-your-own-schedule work. Appointments to the Student Board will be for one
academic year, with the possibility of reappointment. The Student Board is
supported by AJE’s editors, senior associate board members, advisory board and
managing editors.

Application Procedures
We are looking for general members of the AJE Student Board who can already or
are eager to learn a variety of tasks, including but not limited to: reviewing pieces,
conducting final technical edits of manuscripts, posting to and maintaining the
website, writing engaging and scholarly articles, managing social media accounts,
and coordinating with author series/collaborative articles.

The priority deadline for applications is Friday, June 23rd. After this time,
applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis through Friday, July 14th (until all
spaces are filled). If interested in becoming a member of the Student Board, please
submit a writing sample (instructions found in the application) and complete the
following application via Google Forms: https://forms.gle/Veca1o5A7gQq7fy48

If you have any questions, please email AJE Managing Editors, Semonti Dey & Jilli
Jung, at ajed@psu.edu.

Thank you,
Dana Mitra and Emily Hodge, Editors
Semonti Dey and Jilli Jung, Managing Editors
American Journal of Education