Editorial Change and Continuity for the Journal of College Counseling

Abstract

This issue, Volume 10, Number 2, marks 10 years of publication of the Journal of College Counseling (JCC). Over this time, JCC has provided its readers with 20 issues containing more than 175 Research, Professional Issues, and Innovative Practice articles. The aim of these articles was to advance the college counseling knowledge base and positively affect the day-to-day work of counseling professionals on 2- and 4-year college and university campuses. JCC is now a mature scholarly journal and remains one of the only such publications with a strong, clear focus on college counseling. Receiving JCC is an important benefit of membership in the American College Counseling Association (ACCA), a member association of the American Counseling Association. The journal is widely read by professional counselors, psychologists, psychiatrists, and others on campus and appears in important indexes, including Current Indexes in Journals in Education, Psychological Abstracts, PsycINFO, and Ulrich's Periodicals Directory. Just under 25% of submissions to JCC are accepted for publication. We use an efficient electronic submission and review process, and an author's wait time between manuscript acceptance and seeing his or her article in print is as short as possible. This issue also marks a change in editors. Laura Hensley Choate of Louisiana State University has completed her tenure as JCC's fourth editor. Laura further advanced the journal's reputation. She emphasized careful writing and ensured that articles spoke to readers and offered clear implications for practice. I worked as Laura's associate editor, and I saw firsthand the energy, time, and commitment she brought to her leadership of the journal. She now turns to other scholarly work and to the demands of a growing family. I know the ACCA Executive Council and JCC's readers, authors, and editorial review board join me in thanking Laura for her leadership and hard work on the journal's behalf. Thanks to Laura, too, for her support and guidance during our editorial transition. I am privileged to begin my own term as editor as JCC prepares to enter its 2nd decade of publication. I have been an editorial board member, associate editor for research, and interim editor, and I am honored by my association with JCC. My background includes more than 20 years as a college counseling practitioner, researcher, and educator. I practiced college counseling at Virginia Commonwealth University, The University of Texas at Austin, Tulane University, and lames Madison University. I am indebted to my mentors, including Steven B. Robbins and the late John C. Jack Corrazini at Virginia Commonwealth University and Dave Drum and Augustine Baron at The University of Texas at Austin. I want to express my sincere gratitude to the ACCA Executive Council and membership for their confidence and support. There are few professional homes built especially for college counseling professionals; ACCA is an inviting organization that serves its members and the field with distinction. Old Dominion University (ODU) now hosts the JCC editorial office. Sincere thanks are due to ODU's Dean Graves, Provost Isenhour, and President Runte for their support of the journal and its mission. Douglas Guiffrida, of the University of Rochester, continues as the journal's associate editor for Professional Issues and Innovative Practice. Kelly Wester, of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, joins him as associate editor for Research. Kelly Wester also continues as the journal's statistical consultant. Both have strong ties to JCC and bring a combination of clinical expertise and scholarly acumen to their roles. A journal's editorial review board is its backbone. Board members' names and affiliations appear on the inside front cover. Finally, ODU graduate student Shabari Bhattacharyya is the journal's editorial assistant. JCC's 2nd decade promises to be an exciting one. I hope to maintain the journal's traditions and high quality and also plan new advances. …