A Note From the New Editor

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I am Jerry Trusty, the new editor of The Career Development Quarterly (CDQ). I am honored to assume this position and look forward to working in this capacity. As the incoming editor, I have been working closely with Mark Pope, the outgoing editor, for more than a year now. 1 express my thanks to Mark for many things. First, Mark leaves me a journal in very good condition. That is, there was an effective, functional system of manuscript review in place; there is no large backlog of manuscripts; and the editorial board and the ad hoc editorial board are strong. I was able to easily step into and use Mark's well-organized system and resources and continue with the high level of functioning. Mark's editorial assistant, Mika Ross, has also been very helpful in the organizational aspects of the editor transition process. Second, I thank Mark for his unending patience with me during this transition. I know I have asked him hundreds of questions, and I have likely asked him several questions more than once. All who know Mark know his patience. He took time at The National Career Development Association (NCDA) and the American Counseling Association (ACA) conferences to meet with me, and there were countless phone calls and e-mails from him. Mark worked diligently at making the transition a smooth one. Third, I thank Mark for leaving me and NCDA a quality journal. Others are responsible for this also (e.g., editorial board, ad hoc editorial board, NCDA leadership, authors, production staff), but the editor of a journal carries a large portion of the responsibility for the quality of a journal. CDQ has consistently been a highly rated journal in the field, and the journal's ratings have been trending upward during Mark's tenure as editor. I understand that ratings are not always truly reflective of a journal's quality. A more objective indicator of quality for me is the high degree to which I and many others depend on CDQfor knowledge about career development. I thank our exceptional editorial board for the work they have been doing and continue to do. This work is often tedious, but it is work that is salient to our knowledge bases. CDQhus enjoyed a healthy number of submitted manuscripts during the past year. I am genuinely impressed with the thought fulness, care, knowledge, and effort that editorial board members devote to reviewing manuscripts. CDQ welcomes several new members to the editorial board: Patrick Akos, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill; Dennis Engels, University of North Texas; Spencer Niles, The Pennsylvania State University; Marie Shoffner, University of Virginia; Graham Stead, Cleveland State University; and Sherri Turner, University of Minnesota. These new members have been reviewing manuscripts for several months, and some have been reviewing manuscripts for a longer period because they are former members of the CDQAd Hoc Editorial Board. …