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Editors Page Staying the Course: 20112016

In this issue, we are pleased to share with you the JEE Strategic Plan, 20112016. It is the result of months of discussions with the JEE Advisory Board, the journals partners, and others interested in advancing engineering education research. We are grateful for everyones thoughtful contributions and especially the ASEE Board of Directors for their support of the plan. As you read the strategic plan, I hope you notice that it proposes to continue to advance the journal as well as to further build a global community dedicated to scholarship in engineering education which are consistent with the journals first strategic plan (20052010). However, a principal difference between the plan five years ago and now is that engineering education research was an emerging field of somewhat disparate global communities then whereas today engineering education research is an established field of inquiry with a betterconnected global community. The journals strategic plan aligns well with this emergence and cohesion and charts our course to solidify the JEE gains and accelerate its progress. The journal editors are now developing specific actions to implement the two goals and seven strategies presented in the strategic plan. We would welcome the involvement from anyone interested in joining us in our efforts or linking their efforts with ours. Because we provided a final summary report of the journals achievements with the prior strategic plan in the October 2010 issue, which also included activities that would otherwise be reported in this editorial as part of our annual report to the community, we have only three major items to report at this time. We recently launched our new Web site, www.jee.org. Check it out! Among its features are easier public access to the journals archives, links to other important engineering education research communities, and current community news. Four senior associate editors and I have assumed other important responsibilities in addition to our editorial duties: Dr. Wendy Newstetter will lead our efforts in offering influential special issues, Dr. Joseph Shaeiwitz will guide JEE in fully leveraging the power of the Web; Dr. Barbara Olds will work with our partners, and others, to offer informative faculty development workshops; Dr. Jim Pellegrino will help JEE further strengthen our relationships with the learning science communities; and I will be focused on seeking out opportunities for JEE to sponsor important engineering education research events. Under the leadership of Dr. Jeff Froyd, we will celebrate JEEs centennial year at the upcoming ASEE annual conference. There will be a special exhibit in the exhibition hall, and with the co-leadership of President Renata Engel, the main plenary will commemorate the centennial through a celebration of engineering education scholarship in its many forms. The main plenary, together with a Distinguished Lecture, will also showcase some important results from ASEEs three-year effort promote a culture of scholarly and systematic innovation in engineering education. As always, I am especially grateful to the many individuals and organizations whose counsel and contributions have helped JEE achieve its success. They include the associate

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editors, the journals international partners, the JEE Advisory Board, the ASEE Board of Directors and headquarters staff, and my assistant editorand many others who have no formal role with JEE but who care deeply about its success. Among the later group are our colleagues who give generously of their time and expertise to review the journals manuscripts. Their contributions not only shape the quality of the journals articles but also the future of engineering education research through their thoughtful feedback to over 600 international authors annually. Each of the individuals listed on the following pages reviewed at least one manuscript in 2010. Thank you! Jack R. Lohmann

REVIEWERS for 20101 SUSAN AMBROSE Carnegie Mellon University MARY ANDERSONROWLAND Arizona State University ANTONY ANTONIO Stanford University JEFFREY ARNETT Clark University FRANK ASHBY Seattle Community College District CYNTHIA ATMAN University of Washington CAROLINE BAILLIE University of Western Australia DALE BAKER Arizona State University BANNY BANERJEE Stanford University FRANK BARNES University of Colorado at Boulder
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MARGARET BEIER Rice University Lisa Benson Clemson University UGO BESSON Universit degli Studi di Pavia MARY BESTERFIELD-SACRE University of Pittsburgh THEODORE BICKERT Colorado School of Mines PAULO BLIKSTEIN Stanford University GEORGE BODNER Purdue University BARBARA BOGUE Pennsylvania State University SHIRLEY BOOTH University of Gothenburg MAURA BORREGO Virginia Tech BRIAN BOWE Dublin Institute of Technology LORI BRESLOW Massachusetts Institute of Technology

SEAN BROPHY Purdue University EUGENE BROWN Virginia Tech SHANE BROWN Washington State University REBECCA BURNETT Georgia Institute of Technology JUAN CANO University of Zaragoza PAMELA CANTRELL Brigham Young University ADAM CARBERRY Tufts University MONICA CARDELLA Purdue University JOHN CARPINELLI New Jersey Institute of Technology JENNI CASE University of Cape Town CHRISTINE CHARYTON Ohio State University at Newark

Reviewers for the JEE centennial special issue were recognized separately in the January 2011 issue.

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JOHN CHEN California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo DARYL CHUBIN American Association for the Advancement of Science DAVID CORDRAY Vanderbilt University MARY COUPLAND University of Technology, Sydney ELIZABETH CREAMER Virginia Tech GEOFFREY CRISP University of Adelaide CHRISTINE CUNNINGHAM Museum of Science, Boston ODESMA DALRYMPLE Arizona State University JANICE DECOSMO University of Washington KAY C. DEE Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology TON DE JONG University of Twente CHRYSANTHE DEMETRY Worcester Polytechnic Institute LOUIS DIBELLO University of Illinois at Chicago DAVID DIBIASIO Worcester Polytechnic Institute HEIDI DIEFES-DUX Purdue University DAVID DIXON South Dakota School of Mines and Technology ANNA DOLLR Miami University TONI DOOLEN Oregon State University ELLIOT DOUGLAS University of Florida DAVID DOWLING University of Southern Queensland DENISE DRANE Northwestern University

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NORMAN FORTENBERRY National Academy of Engineering ELIZABETH GERBER Northwestern University SHANNON GILMARTIN SKG Analysis ELIZABETH GODFREY University of Technology, Sydney THOMAS GOLDFINCH University of Wollongong JEFF GRAY University of Alabama MICA GREEN University of Cambridge O. HAYDEN GRIFFIN East Carolina University ROGER HADGRAFT University of Melbourne DAVID HAMMER University of Maryland BETTY HARPER Pennsylvania State University WENDY HARRISON Colorado School of Mines JOHN HATTIE University of Auckland NANCY HEALY Georgia Institute of Technology CHARLES HENDERSON Western Michigan University CLYDE HERREID State University at Buffalo

LYN ENGLISH Queensland University of Technology OZGUR ERIS Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering ELIZABETH ESCHENBACH Humboldt State University DEMETRA EVANGELOU Purdue University DOROTHY EVENSEN Pennsylvania State University LYLE FEISEL Binghamton University (Emeritus) RICHARD FELDER North Carolina State University (Emeritus) CYNTHIA FINELLI University of Michigan CYNTHIA FOOR University of Oklahoma

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PENNY HIRSCH Northwestern University MARGRET HJALMARSON George Mason University JETTE HOLGAARD Aalborg University KARI HOLLEY University of Alabama SANDRA INGRAM University of Manitoba LARS PETER JENSEN Aalborg University ADITYA JOHRI Virginia Tech DAVID JONASSEN University of Missouri JEAN-CELESTE KAMPE Michigan Technological University PAUL KAUFFMANN East Carolina University PATRICIA KIERAN University College Dublin ROBERT KIRKMAN Georgia Institute of Technology ELIZABETH KISENWETHER Pennsylvania State University STACY KLEIN-GARDNER Vanderbilt University DANIEL KNIGHT University of Colorado at Boulder LISE KOFOED Aalborg University

PAT KOHL Colorado School of Mines STEPHEN KRAUSE Arizona State University GUL KREMER Pennsylvania State University CATHY LACHAPELLE Museum of Science (Boston) JEFF LACOMBE University of Nevada, Reno WILLIAM LAN Texas Tech University MICAH LANDE Stanford University TERESA LARKIN American University LISA LATTUCA Pennsylvania State University SANDRA LAURSEN University of Colorado at Boulder JENNIFER LEWIS University of South Florida JON LEYDENS Colorado School of Mines JULIE LIBARKIN Michigan State University GREGORY LIGHT Northwestern University THOMAS LITZINGER Pennsylvania State University JUAN LLORENS Universidad Politcnica de Valencia

SUSAN LORD University of San Diego MICHAEL LOUI University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign SUSAN LOWES Columbia University NOE LOZANO Stanford University LARRY LUDLOW Boston College TERRI LYNCH-CARIS Kettering University JED LYONS University of South Carolina XIN MA University of Kentucky CHRIS MAGEE Massachusetts Institute of Technology SPENCER MAGLEBY Brigham Young University MARTA MARGIERA Marquette University ROSE MARRA University of Missouri NORENA MARTIN-DORTA Universidad de La Laguna HOLLY MATUSOVICH Virginia Tech RICHARD MAYER University of California, Santa Barbara ANN MCKENNA Northwestern University

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GAYLE MCLAUGHLIN Florida State University LISA MCNAIR Virginia Tech JOSE MESTRE University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign KERRY MEYERS University of Notre Dame KEITH MILLIS Northern Illinois University EGON MOESBY Aalborg University PRABHAS MOGHE Rutgers University TAMARA MOORE University of Minnesota JIM MORGAN Texas A&M University ZOLTAN NAGY Loughborough University MITCHELL NATHAN University of WisconsinMadison WILLIAM NAVIDI Colorado School of Mines LAWRENCE NEELEY Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering BRENT NELSON Northern Arizona University MARY NELSON University of Colorado at Boulder BRYON NEWBERRY Baylor University CAROLYN NICHOL Rice University GILLIAN NICHOLS University of Alabama in Huntsville CAROLINE NOYES Georgia Institute of Technology WILLIAM OAKES Purdue University BARBARA OAKLEY Oakland University LORA OEHLBERG University of California, Berkeley MATTHEW OHLAND Purdue University BARBARA OLDS Colorado School of Mines MARY KAY ORGILL University of Nevada, Las Vegas MARIE PARETTI Virginia Tech MICHAEL PAVELICH Colorado School of Mines (Emeritus) ALICE PAWLEY Purdue University

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SENAY PURZER Purdue University CHRIS QUINTANA University of Michigan DEREK REAMON University of Colorado at Boulder ROBERT REASON Pennsylvania State University TERI REED-RHOADS Purdue University MARTIN REISSLEIN Arizona State University ANN RENNINGER Swarthmore College LARRY RICHARDS University of Virginia MICHAEL RICHEY The Boeing Company DONNA RILEY Smith College KELLY RODGERS University of Texas at San Antonio MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ University of Minnesota SUE ROSSER San Francisco State University DONNA RUSSELL University of MissouriKansas City GERHARD SALINGER National Science Foundation GINA SVAROVKSY Science Museum of Minnesota

ANTHONY PETROSINO University of Texas at Austin OLGA PIERRAKOS James Madison University CAROLYN PLUMB Montana State University MICHAEL PRINCE Bucknell University

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LINDA SAX University of California, Los Angeles JEN SCHNEIDER Colorado School of Mines PAUL SCHREUDERS Utah State University JOSEPH SHAEIWITZ West Virginia University MARIE-CLAIRE SHANAHAN University of Alberta SHERI SHEPPARD Stanford University ROBERT SHERWOOD Indiana University TIM SIMPSON Pennsylvania State University FINBARR SLOANE University of Colorado at Boulder KARL SMITH University of Minnesota, and Purdue University FRANCES STAGE New York University RUTH STREVELER Purdue University JOHANNES STROBEL Purdue University SHEILA SUMMERSTHOMPSON University of Denver GINA SVAROVSKY University of Notre Dame MARILLA SVINICKI University of Texas at Austin LLEWELLYN TANG University of Reading ROMAN TARABAN Texas Tech University JENEPHER TERRION University of Ottawa ANDREE TIBERGHIEN Ecole Normale Suprieure de Lyon LYDIA TIEN Monroe Community College KAREN TONSO Wayne State University JULIE TRENOR Clemson University DEBORAH TRYTTEN University of Oklahoma TIFFANY TSENG Stanford University JENNIFER TURNS University of Washington TRIS UTSCHIG Georgia Institute of Technology TAMARA VAN GOG Erasmus University CINDY VEENSTRA Veenstra and Associates

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NELLIE VERHOEF University of Twente KATHLEEN WAGE George Mason University SUSAN WALDEN University of Oklahoma RONALD WELCH University of Texas at Tyler EDWARD WHEELER Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology JIM WIDMANN California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo DYLAN WILLIAMS University of Leicester JOANNA WOLFE University of Louisville BUGRAHAN YALVAC Texas A&M University ALEXANDER YIN Pennsylvania State University MALINDA ZARSKE University of Colorado at Boulder GUILI ZHANG East Carolina University

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