Editor-in-Chief – Professor Wen-Ling Tu:
I am a Professor of public administration and Dean of the International College of Innovation, at National Chengchi University, Taiwan. My research focuses on environmental policy and governance, risk communication, and public participation, especially related to the field of science and technology and energy transition. I have been involved in the environmental movement in Taiwan since the 1990s and am an active organizer of citizen deliberative forums on various kinds of policy issues in Taiwan. As the journal’s Editor-in-Chief (EiC), I oversee the journal’s quality maintenance – making sure that all submissions go through constructive reviewing processes.
Associate Editor – Professor Jia-shin Chen
I am Professor and Director at the Institute of Science, Technology and Society at National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (NYCU), Taiwan. I was trained as a clinical psychiatrist and a medical sociologist. As an Associate Editor of EASTS, my role is to support the EiC in journal-related issues, such as screening incoming submissions, recommending initial assessments, suggesting potential reviewers, and other administrative work.
Associate Editor – Professor Hsin-Hsing Chen
Since graduating from the STS department at RPI in 1999, I have been teaching at the Graduate Institute for Social Transformation Studies at Shih-Hsin University. My initial research interests include anthropology of technology and appropriate technology, which are closely connected to my involvement in the labor and environmental movements both in Taiwan and internationally.
For the past 15 years, I have developed a keen interest in law and science, spurred by my involvement with colleagues in the STS community in a long-running collective lawsuit filed by RCA workers in Taiwan against their former employers for workplace-related cancers. As an Associate Editor, I assist the EiC by screening incoming submissions, finding suitable reviewers, and helping authors navigate the review and revision processes.
Managing Editor – Ryoko Nishijima
While serving as Managing Editor of EASTS, I am also currently a postdoctoral fellow at National Chengchi University with academic background in cultural anthropology. My role at EASTS includes assisting the EiC in making initial assessments to new manuscript submissions, keeping track of each manuscript’s progress and organizing the contents before the publication of each issue.
I prepare and edit various documents on the EiC’s behalf, such as editorial articles, editorial letters, and meeting agenda for annual international editorial meetings. Along with our Project Manager Ting and the Editorial Assistants, we keep track of the progress of each article, communicate with authors, reviewers, editorial members and special issue guest editors, and report on the progress of the articles at our editorial meeting to ensure smooth operation of the journal.
Project Manager – Shih-Ting Wang
Holding an MSc in Sociology and a BA from the Interdisciplinary Program of Humanities and Social Sciences, with a major in Sociology and double minors in Gender Studies and Literature & Creative Writing, I am pleased to serve as the Project Manager for EASTS. Sponsored by the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) in Taiwan, EASTS operates as a long-term project that requires comprehensive management, including proposal and report writing, budget planning and execution, and various logistical tasks.
In my role, I assist the EiC to ensure that these administrative tasks are handled smoothly. This involves facilitating communication between NSTC, the EASTS Editorial Office (including our book review and cover curating teams), and several publisher departments to coordinate online and in-print publications, as well as journal mailings. In addition to the “paper” work, I also coordinate local and international meetings and lectures to promote academic exchange among scholars from different regions and generations.
Read the full interview on Taylor & Francis's website
Taylor and Francis’s interview—Meet the Guest Editors: Dr Giulia De Togni & Dr James Wright
https://think.taylorandfrancis.com/meet-the-editorial-members-easts-journal/
