A Time for Thanks and Recognition
Published date | 01 May 2014 |
DOI | http://doi.org/10.1111/puar.12210 |
Date | 01 May 2014 |
Author | James L. Perry |
Editorial
A Time for Thanks and Recognition 291
Public Administration Review,
Vol. 74, Iss. 3, pp. 291. © 2014 by
The American Society for Public Administration.
DOI: 10.1111/puar.12210.
culture that he helped create at PAR. Our turnaround
times are exemplary. As an author myself, I know
how hard it can be to get a “rejection” letter. Michael’s
clarity, detailed explanations, respect for authors and
reviewers, and tone have helped focus stakeholders’
attention on the quality of our process and not results
or the message alone. Even more noteworthy is that
Michael invented the current process from scratch: he
selected, established, and confi gured the web-based
manuscript submission system we now use only after
our selection as editors in early 2011.
All of PAR’s stakeholders—especially me—owe
Michael McGuire a great debt for his service. You will
also understand why I began the transition with a great
deal of trepidation. It is not easy to replace someone
with Michael’s record of performance. We are all most
fortunate, however, that Rick Feiock stepped forward
as the new managing editor. Let me share with you a
few details about the experience and accomplishments
that Rick brings to the role of managing editor.
Rick holds the Jerry Collins Eminent Scholar
Endowed Chair at Florida State University. His cre-
dentials as a scholar are impeccable. ey include fi ve
books, more than 100 refereed articles, and principal
investigator on fi ve National Science Foundation
research grants totaling more than $1.5 million.
He is a multiple winner of the annual PAR awards
celebrated above. He received the 2009 William E.
Mosher and Frederick C. Mosher Award for best
article by an academic and the 2011 Marshall Dimock
Award for the best lead article in PAR. In addition
to his credentials as a scholar, Rick is involved in
a variety of services to community and profession.
Most recently, he directed the Network of Energy
Sustainable Communities, providing outreach to local
governments on energy sustainability and conserva-
tion for the U.S. Department of Energy.
Rick titled his editorial in this issue “Continuity with
Change” for a reason. Just as we all benefi ted from
Michael McGuire’s service to PA R and the profession,
I am looking forward to the continuity that Rick
Feiock brings.
—James L. Perry, Editor in Chief
This issue carries several editorial components,
most of which are reports we publish annually.
I am pleased to acknowledge, for instance, the
more than 600 reviewers who supported PAR with
their intellectual and professional input during 2013.
In addition to reviews from our hardworking Editorial
Board, we rely on a vast number of ad hoc reviewers
to give us advice about the hundreds of manuscripts
that must be reviewed each year. Our inclusion of the
names and affi liations of all our reviewers is a small
token of our appreciation for professional service that
happens behind the scenes.
We are also pleased to announce in this issue the
winners of the 2013 PAR awards. e Dwight Waldo
Award, won this year by Rosemary O’Leary from the
University of Kansas, recognizes career contributions
to the literature of public administration. e William
E. Mosher and Frederick C. Mosher Award, Louis
Brownlow Award, and Laverne Burchfi eld Award
recognize stellar contributions by academicians,
practitioners, and book reviewers, respectively, to PAR
during 2013. I congratulate all of this year’s winners
for well-deserved recognition for their achievements.
A third editorial component in this issue is Managing
Editor Richard Feiock’s report to readers, “Continuity
with Change,” which follows this editorial. is is
the third managing editor’s report during my term as
editor in chief. As Rick notes, his report concludes a
transition process that began late last year when we
announced in the November/December 2013 issue
that he would take on the managing editor duties
with Michael McGuire’s departure for a well-deserved
sabbatical. Rick rightly acknowledges our debt to
Michael. is editorial gives me an opportunity to
acknowledge how fortunate we all are—particularly
me—for both Michael and Rick’s service.
It will be diffi cult for many of you to understand fully
what Rick means when he refers to Michael McGuire’s
“exceptional insight and tireless work.” Let me off er
some concrete evidence. During his two and a half
years as managing editor, Michael read and processed
more than 1,000 new manuscripts and issued almost
3,000 unique reviewer invitations. More important
than the numbers, however, is the customer service
A Time for anks and Recognition
James L. Perry
Indiana University, Bloomington
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