About this journal

The Journal of Technology in Human Services explores the potential of information and communication technologies (ICT) across the social, development, and human services sectors. This journal illuminates the intersections of the evolving infosphere, including how human beings interact with data and devices and the impacts these innovations have on the full range of individual, organizational, and social structures. We publish work that is conceptual in nature in addition to research reports and meta-analyses. The journal welcomes interdisciplinary scholarship as well as papers reporting on computational and statistical methods.

The Journal of Technology in Human Services focuses on areas such as:

• New ICT specific to human services practitioners, community development professionals, community organizers, and those working in public agencies at all levels.
• Research studies on topics such as factors that influence application uptake, mechanism for identifying and overcoming resistance, ethical challenges, worker displacement, data ownership and transparency, and social justice issues related to ICT implementation and use; as well as theory building and testing.
• Clinical and experimental designs of innovative ICT applications, including: multimedia, geographic information systems, performance support systems, telehealth, virtual assistants, novel applications of virtual reality, and other allied ICTs.
• Big data, data science, and predictive analytics as both a modality and mechanisms for conducting research in all sectors related to human services including child welfare, juvenile justice, and public education.
• Small data and integrated data sharing. Data management, impact assessment, and outcome management for use in agency-based settings.

Peer Review Policy: All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the Editor, and, if found suitable for further consideration, to peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees. All peer review is double-anonymous.

Editor-in-Chief
Lauri Goldkind, PhD - Fordham University, New York, USA

Associate Editor
Mamello Thinyane, PhD - United Nations University Institute on Computing and Society, China

Managing Editor
Lea Wolf, LMSW - Doctoral Student, CUNY Graduate Center, New York, NY, USA

Editor-at-large
Dale Fitch, PhD, MSW - Associate Professor, School of Social Work, University of Missouri, MO, USA
Walter LaMendola, PhD, LMSW - Professor Emeritus, School of Social Work, University of Denver, CO, USA

Editorial Board
Mary Jane Alexander, PhD - Center for the Study of Issues in Public Mental Health, Orangeburg, NY, USA
Azy Barak, PhD - University of Haifa, Israel
Randall Basham, PhD - University of Texas-Arlington, Arlington, TX, USA
Rebecca Bolen, PhD - University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA
Klaus Bredl, PhD - University of Augsburg, Germany
Georgina Cardenas-Lopez, PhD - Universidad Nacional Autnóoma de México, Mexico
Moon Choi, PhD - Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, South Korea
John D. Fluke, PhD - University of Colorado, Denver, CO, USA
Dale Fitch, PhD - University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA
Paul P. Freddolino, PhD - Michigan State University, East Lansing , MI, USA
Andrea Gagglioli, PhD - Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy
Michael Garkisch, PhD – The Regensburg University of Applied Sciences, Regensburg, Germany
Philip Gillingham, PhD - The University of Queensland, Australia
Walter F. LaMendola, PhD - University of Denver, CO, USA
Patrick Leung, PhD - University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA
Jennifer M. Lilly - Fordham University, New York, NY, USA
Darlene Lynch, PhD - Indiana University Northwest, Gary, IN, USA
Elizabeth Matthews, PhD - Fordham University, New York, NY, USA
Heather McCabe, JD, MSW - Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, USA
John McNutt, PhD - University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA
Goutham M. Menon, PhD - Loyola University, Chicago, IL, USA
Menachem Monnickendam, PhD - Bar Ilan University, Israel
Gareth Morgan - Ferret Information Systems, Cardiff, UK
Mike Nellis, PhD - University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland
David A. Patterson, PhD - The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA
Jackie Rafferty - University of Southampton, England
Maria Y. Rodriguez, PhD - University of Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA
Andrew Sears, PhD - Rochester Institute of Technology, NY, USA
Jan Steyaert, PhD - Fontys School of Social Work, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Daniel Velez Ortiz, PhD - Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
Robert Vernon, PhD - Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN, USA
Bruce Vieweg, PhD - Concordia College, Moorhead, MN (Emerita), USA
Joanne Yaffe, PhD - University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Wong Yu-cheung, PhD - The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China