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An Invitation to Write

From 2011 to 2016, I had the privilege of serving on the Museum Education Roundtable (MER) board of directors, including three years as the co-chair of the Editorial Team. This group supports the work of the Journal of Museum Education’s (JME) Editor-in-Chief. Team members review Guest Editor proposals, tap our networks for potential authors, and brainstorm topical subjects for future JME issues. Additionally, the Editorial Team amplifies the ideas explored in the JME through the creation of Reader Guides, a blog, and virtual discussion groups. An ongoing challenge for the Editorial Team has been motivating museum educators to write and submit articles to the JME to be considered for publication, particularly when we moved to quarterly publishing in 2016 and needed even more submissions. In the “publish or perish” world of academia, publishing in peer-reviewed journals is a critical requirement for promotion in tenure-line positions, and thus we receive a healthy number of submissions from academics. Yet over its 44-year history, the JME primarily has served as a forum for and by museum educators. The publication’s 42 volumes are filled with the ideas, research, and wisdom of hundreds of practicing museum educators – those of us doing the work, getting it done, and making it happen day in and day out.