NAIS Editorial Board

The Editorial Board advises the editors on issues of publishing ethics, peer reviews of submitted manuscripts, and suggestions of reviewers of submitted manuscripts and published books and other appropriate media. The Editors seek to assemble a Board that represents the demographic, geographic, and scholarly diversity of NAISA’s membership.

Board terms are four years and are staggered so that approximately one-quarter of the Board cycles off each year. Applications for Board seats are currently being accepted – scroll down for more information or go to: https://naisa.org/job/call-for-nais-journal-editorial-board-members/.

NAIS Editorial Board

2024-2028

Hiʻilei Julia Hobart

(Kanaka Maoli)

University of Texas at Austin

Arini Loader

(Ngāti Raukawa te au ki te tonga)

Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington

Keith Richotte

(Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians)

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Kelly Aguirre

(Nahua and ñuu savi mestiza)

University of Victoria

Jenny L. Davis

(Chickasaw)

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Every year Native American and Indigenous Studies seeks applicants for the Editorial Board of the academic journal. New members’ terms begin on the date of the year’s annual NAISA meeting. The Editors will issue a Call for Applications each year; the Call will specify the deadline. The Editors occasionally reach out to recruit members of the Editorial Board in order to maintain a Board that represents the demographic, geographic, and scholarly diversity of NAISA’s membership.

Deadline to receive applications: Specified in each year’s Call for Applications or until Board is named.

Scope of NAIS: NAIS is a blind/peer-reviewed scholarly journal published two times a year by the University of Minnesota Press.

Key qualities of Editorial Board members:

• An established record of scholarship in Native and Indigenous studies;
• Strong awareness of the worldwide scope of Indigenous studies;
• Commitment to actively serving in an advisory capacity to the editors, furthering their vision of the Journal, their vision of the Journal and fulfilling its mandate;
• Willingness to take up various duties appropriate to the role of Editorial Board, especially (at the editors’ discretion) the assessment of manuscripts and recommending peer readers and reviewers.

Candidates must be members in good standing of NAISA and maintain their membership for the duration of the appointment.

The application packet should include:

• Cover letter providing information about the applicant’s qualifications
• Curriculum vita