Paul A. Gore, Jr. has been named the fifth editor of the Journal of The First-Year Experience & Students in Transition. Gore will succeed Jean M. Henscheid, who has served as the Journal’s editor since June 2007. Her term ends with the publication of Volume 23.2 in November 2011.
Gore is the student success special projects coordinator and director of institutional analysis at the University of Utah. In addition, he serves as an associate professor in the Department of Educational Psychology and as a training director of the graduate counseling psychology program. He earned his bachelor’s degree from Saint Louis University, his MS from the University of New Orleans, his MA from Northeastern Illinois University, and his PhD in counseling psychology from Loyola University. Prior to coming to the University of Utah, Paul served as the director of the Career Transitions Research Department at ACT, Inc., and as the co-director of the Freshman Seminar Program at Southern Illinois University. He is a widely published author, with articles appearing in the International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance, The Career Development Quarterly, Research in Higher Education, and the Journal of The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition. In addition to authoring journal articles, he co-edited Students in Transition: Research and Practice in Career Development (2011) and edited Facilitating the Career Development of Students in Transition (2005)—both published by the National Resource Center—and has contributed multiple book chapters on first-year and sophomore student success, academic advising, and career development. Gore has frequently presented on topics related to student success and engagement at the International Conference on The First-Year Experience and the Annual Conference on The First-Year Experience. In recognition of his service to the profession, he received the Outstanding Presentation Award from the Rocky Mountain Association for Institutional Research in 2008.
The Journal of The First-Year Experience & Students in Transition is a semiannual refereed journal providing current research on the first college year and other significant student transitions. The primary purpose of the Journal is to disseminate empirical research findings on student transition issues that inform practice in all sectors of postsecondary education, such as
• Explorations into the academic, personal, and social experiences (including outcomes related to success, learning, and development) of students at a range of transition points throughout the college years. These transitions include, but are not limited to, the first college year, the transfer transition, the sophomore year, the senior year and transition out of college, and the transition to graduate work.
• Transition issues unique to specific populations (e.g., non-traditional, traditional, historically underrepresented students, transfer students, commuters, part-time students)
• Explorations of faculty development, curriculum, and pedagogical innovations connected to any of the transitions identified above
The Journal is published by the National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition at the University of South Carolina.
New submissions for the Journal should be sent to Dr. Gore’s attention at NRCJour@mailbox.sc.edu beginning July 1, 2011. Dr. Henscheid will continue to review invited revisions through October 31, 2011.
