<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>The SIGCAS Executive Committee seeks applications for multiple editorial positions for our<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Computers and Society</i> publication.  We are grateful for the leadership and thoughtful attention that Rick Blumenthal has brought as Editor, and we thank him for his tireless dedication in producing a high quality publication. Since he is stepping down, we are looking to build on Rick's significant efforts by increasing the diversity of authorship and overall visibility of<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Computers and Society</i>. To that end, we are expanding its editorial team via this call for applications. Please feel free to distribute this call widely.</div><div><br></div><div>Thank you,</div><div>Michelle<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="gmail-il">Trim</span>, SIGCAS Chair</div><div><br></div><div><b>To express interest in any of the following volunteer positions, please send a cover letter and C.V. to<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:michelletrim@umass.edu" target="_blank">michelletrim@umass.edu</a>.  All applications will be reviewed by the SIGCAS executive committee. We hope to fill these positions soon, so please don't wait to let us know that you might be interested!</b></div><div><br></div><div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="times new roman, serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">SIGCAS </span><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Computers and Society</span><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> Editor in Chief  - </span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="times new roman, serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Deadline: November 1, 2023, with review of applications commencing October 16</span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="times new roman, serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><br></span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="times new roman, serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">SIGCAS brings together computer professionals, specialists in other fields, and the public-at-large to address concerns and raise awareness about the ethical and societal impact of computing technology. </span><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Computers and Society*</span><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> is an online publication indexed by the ACM Digital Library that publishes articles addressing current and historical social impacts of computing. The SIGCAS executive committee seeks applications for the role of SIGCAS </span><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Computers and Society </span><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Editor-in-chief. This volunteer position reports directly to the executive committee and oversees the solicitation of submissions, organizes the submission and review process, produces the newsletter proof, and ensures compliance with ACM formatting and style guidelines.  The Editor-in-chief position carries a 2 year, renewable, term limit. The Editor-in-Chief will produce 3-4 issues a year, and beginning in 2024, one of three issues will be exclusively hosting student work. Once this position is filled, the expectation is that </span><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Computers and Society</span><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> will transition to 4 issues per year, with one student issue, one special topic issue, and 2 standard issues. The intention is to identify guest editors for the special and student issues on an annual, rotating basis.</span></font></p><font face="times new roman, serif"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="times new roman, serif">Ideal candidates will have:</font></span></p><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><p role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="times new roman, serif">A passion for facilitating a community of professionals in discourse on topics integral to understanding the intersection of computers and society</font></span></p></li><li style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><p role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="times new roman, serif"> >5 years working in a computing context, or post-tenure or well-established into teaching or industry positions </font></span></p></li><li style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><p role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="times new roman, serif">High attention to detail</font></span></p></li><li style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><p role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="times new roman, serif">Comfort collaborating with and communicating with individuals of diverse backgrounds</font></span></p></li><li style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><p role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="times new roman, serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">An ability to discern the difference between weak writing that they agree with and well written/well-evidenced texts that they might not, as<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Computers and Society does</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span>not purport only one worldview</span></font></p></li><li style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><p role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="times new roman, serif">Ingrained organizational skills that enable the balancing of competing deadlines and tasks efficiently</font></span></p></li><li style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><p role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="times new roman, serif">Familiarity with using desktop publishing/layout software (such as Adobe InDesign (or its predecessor, Pagemaker, or similar application)</font></span></p></li><li style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><p role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="times new roman, serif">Sensitivity to issues of accessibility as they relate to text and graphics</font></span></p></li></ul><font face="times new roman, serif"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="times new roman, serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">*(please note that </span><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Computers and Society </span><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">is not currently a peer-reviewed publication.)</span></font></p><font face="times new roman, serif"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="times new roman, serif">SIGCAS Magazine Guest Editor(s)</font></span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="times new roman, serif">Deadline: November 15, with review of applications commencing after October 16.</font></span></p><font face="times new roman, serif"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="times new roman, serif">The SIGCAS executive committee seeks applications for the role of Guest Editor for the Student Issue and Guest Editor for the Special Topics issue. The Guest Editor solicits, edits, and creates the proof for the content of a single issue, including providing a foreword or editor’s note that thematically characterizes the submissions appearing in that issue. The Guest Editor reports to the <i>Computers and Society</i> Editor-in-Chief who will be responsible for the final formatting, processing, and publication of the issue. These are rolling positions, with roughly one of each type (special and student) releasing per year. Applicant</font></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"times new roman",serif;font-size:11pt">s for the Guest Editor for Special Topics position should submit with their application materials a 400 word abstract describing the theme they intend to pursue for their issue.</span></p><font face="times new roman, serif"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="times new roman, serif">Ideal candidates will have:</font></span></p><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="times new roman, serif">A passion for an aspect of the intersection of computers and society and engaging in its related professional or academic discourse</font></span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="times new roman, serif"> >2 years working or studying in a post-undergraduate computing context. PhD students are eligible and invited to apply.</font></span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="times new roman, serif">High attention to detail</font></span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="times new roman, serif">Ability to energetically solicit submissions from diverse perspectives</font></span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="times new roman, serif">Experience communicating with individuals of diverse backgrounds</font></span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="times new roman, serif">An ability to engage the interest and productivity of potential authors</font></span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="times new roman, serif">Ingrained organizational skills that enable the efficient balancing of competing deadlines and tasks</font></span></p></li></ul></div><div><br></div><div><b>To express interest in any of these volunteer positions, please send a cover letter and C.V. to<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:michelletrim@umass.edu" target="_blank">michelletrim@umass.edu</a>.  All applications will be reviewed by the SIGCAS executive committee. We hope to fill these positions soon, so please don't wait to let us know that you might be interested!</b><br clear="all"></div></div><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);border-collapse:separate"><span style="border-collapse:separate;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><div><div style="font-size:12px">Douglas Schuler</div><div style="font-size:12px"><a href="mailto:douglas@publicsphereproject.org" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">douglas@publicsphereproject.org</a></div><div style="font-size:12px">Twitter: @doug_schuler</div><div style="font-size:12px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12px">------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div></div></span>Public Sphere Project<span style="border-collapse:separate;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><div><div style="font-size:12px">     <a href="http://www.publicsphereproject.org/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">https://www.publicsphereproject.org/</a></div></div></span><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-style:no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