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From the Editor

Welcome to the final issue of the American Journal of Evaluation for 2004! It is a bittersweet experience for me to write those words, as this is the final issue of my editorship. In this issue’s From the Editor, I address three general topics. First, I introduce the incoming editorial team. Second, as usual, I overview the contents of this issue. Third, I offer some parting observations, drawing on my experience as editor, and give thanks to the many people who have contributed to AJE during my term. As noted in the previous issue, Robin Miller has been appointed as the new Editor of AJE. Robin is currently Associate Professor in the Ecological-Community Psychology program within the Department of Psychology at the Michigan State University. Until recently, Robin was on the faculty of the Department of Psychology at the University of Illinois at Chicago, where she served as Associate Director of the Prevention Research Training Program and as Associate Chair of the Division of Community and Prevention Research. Prior to assuming an academic position, Robin was active in evaluation, having risen to Director of Evaluation Research at Gay Men’s Help Crisis. Robin brings an impressive array of accomplishments, experiences, and skills to her new position as Editor. Robin is or has been Principal Investigator or Co-Investigator on numerous evaluation projects, including ones funded by the National Institute of Mental Health, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the American Foundation for AIDS Research. She serves on the Executive Committee of the Society for Community Research and Action. Her service to AEA has been extensive and highly valued, including her work as conference chair, associate conference chair, local arrangements chair, and co-chair of the Health Topical Interest Group. Among Robin’s awards are the Marcia Guttentag Award for outstanding career promise from AEA, a teaching award from the University of Illinois at Chicago, and the Humanitarian Award for Research from the Illinois Psychological Association. She is a Core Scientist at the Center for AIDS Intervention Research at the Medical College of Wisconsin. Robin’s own work predominantly falls in the area of HIV/AIDS prevention. She has published in a variety of journals and books. Her work is first-rate. Robin has also been a key member of the Oral History Project Team, which has been working to capture the history of evaluation from the vantage of key participants; two interviews have appeared in AJE to date (2003, 2004) and more are in the works. Among the experiences and skills Robin brings to her new role at AJE is her considerable editorial experience. Robin has served with great skill as Associate Editor of AJE and in the same role at New Directions for Evaluation. She has also had extensive editorial experience elsewhere, including the Editorial Boards of New Directions and the Journal of Primary Prevention, as well as service as a reviewer for numerous other journals. I am delighted that Robin has accepted the invitation to serve as AJE’s next Editor. I am confident that she and her editorial team will do an outstanding job and that the journal will improve under her leadership. I’m also delighted to be able to introduce several of the members of Robin’s editorial team. Katherine Ryan, one of the new Associate Editors, is currently Associate Professor of Educational Psychology at the University of Illinois at Urbana. Like Robin, she was involved