Become a Reviewer/Join the Editorial Board

Become a Reviewer

If you are interested in being a reviewer for RHE, we invite you to fill out the survey found at bit.ly/RHE_reviewer. RHE’s editorial team considers and selects reviewers based on areas of need. RHE welcomes recent graduates with a terminal doctoral degree as well as more established scholars to become reviewers!

Becoming an Editorial Board Member

Serving as a reviewer is a pathway to the RHE Editorial Board. During the annual process to appoint members to the RHE Editorial Board for a three-year term, the Editors consider ASHE members who have completed excellent reviews during the previous year.

Every fall, RHE Editors recommend to the Publications Committee current ASHE members for appointment to the editorial board.  Editorial board members serve a three-year term at the pleasure of the editor. An editor may appoint an editorial board member for a second, consecutive three-year term, subject to approval of the Publications Committee. After a hiatus of at least three years and in rare cases, an editorial member may be appointed for one additional three-year term on a given board, subject to approval of the Publications Committee. 

Becoming an Editor or Associate Editor

The Publications Committee is charged with expressly soliciting recommendations, including by the incumbent editor and the membership of the association, in making a recommendation to the board on the appointment of the editor of all ASHE publications. The board, by two-thirds vote, shall appoint each editor to a five-year term, once renewable for five years by a vote of two-thirds of the board. Editors wishing to renew their appointment are subject to an evaluation during the last year of their initial appointment, with the review committee appointed by the board of directors.

RHE Editors Penny Pasque and Thomas Nelson-Laird were first appointed to a five-year term beginning November 1, 2019. After an evaluation process in 2023, they were reappointed to an additional three-year term from November 1, 2024-November 1, 2026. The final year of this term will be a transition year with the newly appointed editor(s). The Publications Committee will launch a search for a new editor(s) in Fall 2025.

RHE Editors recommend to the Publications Committee current ASHE members for appointment to as Associate Editors. Associate Editors serve for a term(s) set by the editor, with approval of the Publications Committee, and at the pleasure of the editor.