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Community, Inclusivity, Adaptability, and Integrity  

In today’s post, Alice Meadows talks to Randy Townsend and Miranda Walker about the recent work they led to identify and articulate SSP’s core values, and how they’ll be embedded in the society’s future activities.

  • By Alice Meadows, Randy Townsend, Miranda Walker
  • Mar 29, 2022
  • 1 Comment
  • Time To Read: 5 mins

Guest Post — Why the “Who” of Peer Review is Important

Continuing our series of posts for Peer Review Week 2021, guest authors Matt Giampoala, Randy Townsend, and Paige Wooden of AGU share their efforts to improve reviewer and editorial board diversity.

  • By Matt Giampoala, Randy Townsend, Paige Wooden
  • Sep 22, 2021
  • 2 Comments
  • Time To Read: 7 mins

Collective Voices: The Society for Scholarly Publishing Joins in Making a Statement Against Racism

Reaffirming our Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.

  • By Miranda Walker, Randy Townsend
  • Jun 4, 2020
  • 13 Comments
  • Time To Read: 3 mins

Guest Post — One Society’s Journey towards Equity

Randy Townsend from the American Geophysical Union discusses the strides that organization has made toward equity and diversity.

  • By Randy Townsend
  • Apr 4, 2019
  • 2 Comments
  • Time To Read: 4 mins

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The mission of the Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) is to advance scholarly publishing and communication, and the professional development of its members through education, collaboration, and networking. SSP established The Scholarly Kitchen blog in February 2008 to keep SSP members and interested parties aware of new developments in publishing.

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