Professors Paris and Staples Appointed to New Journal’s Editorial Board

Professors Ruth Paris and Lee Staples have been appointed to the editorial board of the Journal of Community Engagement and Scholarship (JCES), a new journal of The University of Alabama whose first issue will be published in Fall 2008. The appointments are through May 30, 2011.

The stated mission of this new journal is "to provide a mechanism through which faculty, staff, and students of academic institutions and their community partners disseminate scholarly works from all academic disciplines with the goal of integrating teaching, research, service, and community engagement." Drs. Staples and Paris were selected because of their commitment to and understanding of the integration of teaching, community engagement, and scholarship, as well as their areas of scholarly expertise.