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About the editor-in-chief

Cynthia Robinson served as editor-in-chief for JME from 2010 through 2021. She is the director of museum studies and senior lecturer at Tufts University, where she specializes in museum education. She spent 25 years working in and with museums and has extensive experience in developing programs, curricula and exhibitions, as well as in museum management and administration. Cynthia received the 2017 John Cotton Dana Award for Leadership, presented by the Education Committee of the American Alliance of Museums. The award recognizes individuals outside the field of museum education who exhibit outstanding leadership and promote the educational responsibility and capacity of museums. Cynthia also serves on the board of the New England Museum Association.

Notes

1 Museum Education Roundtable, “About.”

2 Nevins, “An Invitation to Write,” 299.

3 Issue 37.1 (2012) was with the first issue with the current format of a guest edited section (solicited) and other sections (unsolicited).

4 This is the timeframe for which we have data, through Taylor & Francis’ (JME’s publisher) editorial platform.

5 See Kawamura Ostwald, Hawkins, and Paynter’s article, “A Perspective on Grief and Fierce Compassion,” for an example of how museum practitioners successfully grounded outsider expertise in museum work without requiring the expert to know about museum practice.

6 For a history and description of JME’s calls for papers, see Nevins, “An Invitation to Write,” 300.

7 Robinson, “From the Editor-in-Chief,” 84.