We are very pleased to announce that Maryam Sayab has graciously agreed to join The Scholarly Kitchen as a regular contributor. Maryam is the Director of Communications at the Asian Council of Science Editors (ACSE) and Co-Chair of Peer Review Week. She also serves on the Editorial Committee of Katina, contributing to its Open Access Knowledge section. With a background rooted in research integrity and publication ethics, she actively works to advance regional conversations around responsible peer review, transparent editorial practices, and inclusive open science. Maryam is dedicated to building bridges between global publishing standards and the practical realities faced by researchers and editors, particularly across Asia and the Arab world. She also supports initiatives that strengthen community-driven collaboration, ethical scholarship, and the sustainable development of research ecosystems.

Scholarly publishing, and the research it supports, is a global enterprise. One of our ongoing goals at The Scholarly Kitchen has been to better represent that global community and bring in voices from outside of the US/UK/EU. With Maryam’s broad connections throughout Asia and the Middle East, we’re looking forward to her ability to share that view and provide new insights to our readers. Please join me in welcoming Maryam, her previous guest posts can be found here, and her first official post as a Chef, “When the Scoreboard Becomes the Game, It’s Time to Recalibrate Research Metrics“, is now available.

David Crotty

David Crotty

David Crotty is the Executive Director of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press. Founded in 1933, CSHL Press is an internationally renowned publisher of books, journals, and electronic media, and is a division of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, an innovator in life science research and the education of scientists, students, and the public. Previously, David was a Senior Consultant at Clarke & Esposito, a boutique management consulting firm focused on strategic issues related to professional and academic publishing and information services. David was the Editorial Director, Journals Policy for Oxford University Press. He oversaw journal policy across OUP’s journals program, drove technological innovation, and served as an information officer. David acquired and managed a suite of research society-owned journals with OUP, and before that was the Executive Editor for Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, where he created and edited new science books and journals, along with serving as a journal Editor-in-Chief. He has served on the Board of Directors for the STM Association, the Society for Scholarly Publishing and CHOR, Inc., as well as The AAP-PSP Executive Council. David received his PhD in Genetics from Columbia University and did developmental neuroscience research at Caltech before moving from the bench to publishing.

Lettie Y. Conrad

Lettie Y. Conrad

Lettie Y. Conrad, Ph.D., is an independent researcher and consultant, leveraging a variety of methods to drive human-centric product strategy and evidence-based decisions. Lettie also serves as the Deputy Editor for The Scholarly Kitchen and an active volunteer with the Society for Scholarly Publishing and the Association for Information Science and Technology.

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Thank you so much for the warm welcome! I’m truly honored to join The Scholarly Kitchen as a Chef and grateful to the team for this opportunity. I look forward to contributing to the important conversations happening here and to bringing perspectives from Asia and the Arab world into the mix. Excited for the journey ahead and to learn from this wonderful community!

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