Another Changing of the Guard: Thank You, and Welcome Aboard!

• Published date: 01 January 2021
• Author: Jeremy L. Hall
• Date: 01 January 2021
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1111/puar.13346

Another Changing of the Guard: Thank You, and Welcome Aboard! 5

The transition from 2020 to 2021 is welcome

in many ways. I, for one, am increasingly

optimistic that we will finally be able to bid

farewell to the negative experiences that followed the

advent of COVID-19 and welcome a return to some

semblance of normalcy in this new year. In other

ways, this transition is bittersweet. The turning of

this particular leaf marks the end of my team’s initial

editorial term and the beginning of our second. We

are all too often victims of context, adapting to the

world as it presents itself anew each day. Certainly,

three years ago, we never envisioned editing the

journal during a pandemic, nor did we anticipate the

challenges and opportunities it would pose. We each

face unique individual challenges as well, many of

which are unavoidable. With this issue, we announce

a number of changes to the composition of our

editorial team. Armed with the wisdom of experience,

and facing unprecedented increases in workload, we

continue to restructure the PAR organization to make

it more productive; more efficient; and characterized

by fairness to all of our stakeholders, both authors and

reviewers.

I owe a debt of gratitude to Paul Battaglio, who has

served with me as coeditor in chief over the past three

years. Together, we charted a course for PAR that would

maintain its momentum and maximize its impact as the

discipline’s leading journal. It is in the spirit of gratitude

that I announce Paul is stepping away from the editor’s

post to concentrate on other personal and professional

priorities. We will not lose the benefit of his experience

and insight, however, as he will stay on the team in the

post of Associate Editor.

To fill this gap at the center of our organization, we

are adding capacity with the expansion from three

editors to six. This will allow PAR to better reflect

and showcase the rich diversity to be found across

our discipline. Existing editors Lotte Bøgh Andersen,

Nicola Bellé, and Sanjay Pandey will be joined by

Dominic Bearfield (Rutgers University—Newark),

P. Edward French (Mississippi State University), and

Staci M. Zavattaro (University of Central Florida).

We also welcome Cullen Merritt (Indiana University)

to our roster of Associate Editors.

The true workhorses of our enterprise are the

managing editors, who are responsible for much of

the day-to-day work of the journal. David Kanaan

has served admirably in this role alongside Paola

Cantarelli over the past three years. Like Paul, David

has decided to reprioritize personal and professional

matters, leading to his decision to resign later this

year. In the interim, he has agreed to stay on board to

facilitate the transition for his replacements.

With manuscript submissions up more than 50%

over 2017 levels, it seemed prudent to build in greater

capacity here as well. We are pleased to announce

Bert George (Ghent University) and Yuan “Daniel”

Cheng (University of Minnesota) as new managing

editors who will work alongside Paola in facilitating

day-to-day management and processing of

manuscripts.

As with each new volume year, we must now graciously

relieve a cohort of editorial board members who have

fulfilled their three-year commitment to PAR. This

group is special as they joined us on our first day on the

job and provided valuable service as expert reviewers

on many manuscripts. Those completing their term of

service to PAR’s editorial board are:

Teodoro J. Benavides

Ann O’M. Bowman

Enrique Cabrero Mendoza

Bianor Cavalcanti

Dan Chenok

Nani Coloretti

Diane M. Disney

Sean Gailmard

Ting Gong

Another Changing of the Guard: Thank You, and Welcome

Aboard!

Jeremy L. Hall

University of Central Florida

Editorial

Public Administration Review,

Vol. 81, Iss. 1, pp. 5–6. © 2021 by

The American Society for Public Administration.

DOI: 10.1111/puar.13346.