Academic journal read: 1
Monograph indexed: 1
Hairs torn out: rather a lot!
It’s so rewarding when something you have worked on goes into print and finally after several months of waiting reaches you as a shiny new book or journal article. This time it wasn’t even my words that had gone into print, but rather a journal of which I am reviews editor. I still feel quite maternal about the project though and feel marvelous now it is officially out in the world. Reviews editor is one of those academic jobs that very few people do for the money, in fact my role is completely voluntary. Like me, you may do it for the love of scholarship, others do it for the free books (we get to pick the cream of the latest books in our subject and keep them for ourselves to review later. We also get to give free books to our friends, which is great!). Others still do it for career enhancing CV potential, it always looks great if you can show an employer that you do these little extras, and it’s a way of keeping abreast of your field.
