About this journal

The Journal of American College Health is a subscription-based, peer-reviewed journal that provides information related to health in institutions of higher education in the United States. The journal publishes articles encompassing many areas of this broad field, including clinical and preventive medicine, environmental and community health and safety, health promotion and education, management and administration, mental health, nursing, pharmacy, and sports medicine. International submissions will be considered for innovative work in college health that has an application to institutions of higher education in the United States.

The Journal of American College Health is intended for college health professionals: administrators, health educators, nurses, nurse practitioners, physicians, physician assistants, professors, psychologists, student affairs personnel, and students as peer educators, consumers, and pre-professionals.

The journal welcomes for consideration the following article types, and all articles received by the journal will be subject to double-anonymous peer review.

• Research articles presenting significant new data, insights, or analyses;
• Case Reports
• Brief Reports
• Comments
• Letters to the Editor
• Methods

Publication office: Taylor & Francis, Inc., 530 Walnut Street, Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106

Editor-in-Chief

Teri Aronowitz, PhD, FNP-BC, FAAN - Associate Dean of Research and Innovation,  University of Massachusetts Medical School, Tan Chingfen Graduate School of Nursing, Boston, MA, USA

Associate Editor

Kevin Antshel, PhD - Professor and Associate Chair, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, USA

Ralph Manchester, MD, FACP, FACHA - University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry 

Larry Olsen, DrPH, MCHES - Retired, New Mexico, USA

Scott Spear, MD, FAAP, FACHA - Retired, Texas, USA

Alison Thomas-Cottingham, PhD - Associate Professor, Rider University, Lawrenceville, NJ, USA

Consulting Editors

Jon Agley, PhD - Prevention Insights, Department of Applied Health Science,School of Public Health - Bloomington and Indiana University - Bloomington, IN, USA

Sarah A. Belstock, MS - Behavioral Health Planner,  The Public Health Institute at Denver Health, Denver, CO, USA

Chris Blackwell, Ph.D, ARNP, ANP-BC, CNE- Director of Adult/Gerontoloty Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Program and Associate Professor, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA

Diane Burgermeister, MSN, PhD - Professor and DNP Program Director, Madonna University, Livonia, MI, USA

M. Dolores Cimini, PhD, FACHA- Licensed Psychologist and  Director, Center for Behavioral Health Promotion and Applied Research, School of Education,  University at Albany, Albany, NY, USA

Tavis Glassman, PhD, MPH, MCHES - Professor, School of Population Health, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, USA

Patricia Goodson, PhD - Professor, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA

Jim Grizzell, MBA, MA, MCHES, ACSM-EP-C, FACHA, Staff Emeritus, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA, USA

Jennifer Irwin, PhD - Professor,  Western University, London, Ontario, Canada

Alyssa M. Lederer, MPH, CHES - Associate Professor, Department of Applied Health Science, Indiana University- Bloomington, IN, USA

Erin W. Moore, PhD - Professor, Department of Psychology,  Stetson University, DeLand, FL, USA

Sara Oswalt, MPH, PhD, CSE - Professor, Public Health, University of Texas at San Antonio, TX, USA

Robert L. Peralta, PhD – Professor, Director of the Center for Conflict Management, University of Akron, Akron, OH, USA

Alan M. Schwitzer, PhD - Professor, Department of Counseling & Human Services, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, USA

John Vaughn, MD - Division Chief, Student Health, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA

Robert J. Wellman, PhD -  Professor, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Uxbridge, MA, USA

Byron L. Zamboanga, PhD - Professor, Department of Psychological Science,  University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, USA

ACHA Officers

President (2024-2025)
Raphael D. Florestal-Kevelier, PhD, MPH
Assistant Vice Chancellor for Student Health and Wellness and
Executive Director of the UIC Counseling Center
University of Illinois Chicago

President-elect (2024-2025)
Joel Schwartzkopf, MPAS, MBA, FACHE
Executive Director, Hall Health Center
Washington State University

Vice President (2023-2025)
Andreea Baker, BSN, MSN
Director of Health and Wellness
Doane University

Immediate Past President (2023-2024)
Dana Tasson, MD
Associate Vice Provost,
Student Health & Well-Being Center for Student Health and Counseling
Portland State University

Chief Executive Officer
James Wilkinson, MA, CAE 

Treasurer (2024-2026)
Alisa (Leelee) Kates, MHA, MEd
Director of Operations
CSU Health Network
Colorado State University- Fort Collins

News, offers and calls for papers

News and offers

• Co-Editors-in-Chief needed for Journal of American College Health
• Read ACHA's White Paper on Gun Violence on College and University Campuses
• OPEN ACCESS: College Health Surveillance Network: Epidemiology & Health Care Utilization of Students

The American College Health Association (ACHA) is the official affiliated society for the Journal of American College Health.

Since 1920, the American College Health Association (ACHA) has served as the voice for student health and wellness. Through advocacy, research and education, ACHA stands at the forefront of issues that impact the health and wellness of our college students. ACHA represents nearly 800 institutions of higher education and the collective health and wellness needs of 19 million college students. ACHA serves over 11,000 individual college health and wellness professionals and leaders of all disciplines united together to advance the health and wellness of college students. Membership in ACHA is your key to unlocking tremendous vision and knowledge that can enrich your campuses’ health and wellness services, your professional development, and efforts toward creating a culture of wellness on your campus.

Learn more and become a member today: https://www.acha.org/