We invite you to participate in JDEED's scholarly engagement offerings, you might consider: 

• Joining a bi-weekly Writing Circle: This informal gathering provides both community and dedicated time for you to work on a writing project. Regardless of your project’s stage—from idea to final draft—or genre, you are welcome to join. 

• Stopping in for Drop-in Hours: During the first biweekly Writing Circle of the month, a member of the JDEED editorial team will hold open drop-in hours. Pop in if you are interested in learning more about the journal, interested in the academic journal publishing process, have questions about your project's alignment with the journal,  or simply want to say hello. No registration needed. 

• Attending a quarterly Meet the Scholar event: This ongoing series aims to showcase the scholarship of educational developers whose work aligns with JDEED’s aims and scope. In addition to discussing their work, featured speakers demystify some aspect of the academic publishing process. Previous Meet the Scholar presenters have included Isis Artze-Vega, James, Lang, and Tolu Noah. 

• Applying for the JDEED-The OpEd Project Commentaries Fellowship: In partnership with the OpEd Project, a national non-profit organization that elevates new voices and new knowledge to broaden the range of writers engaging in public discourse, JDEED sponsors a group of Fellows to participate in a virtual OpEd Project “Write to Change the World” workshop and receive mentorship to complete a commentary for potential publication in JDEED. 

• Signing up for our mailing list to learn about additional opportunities, such as the POD Academic Writing Scholars Program.  

• Becoming a JDEED reviewer: Even if you do not have previous review experience or if you have not reviewed a particular manuscript type before, we encourage you to sign up. We provide resources for reviewers and in the coming months we will offer reviewer training to support you in the review process. 

• Submitting a manuscript: We encourage you to review our Aims and Scope, as well as information about the types of manuscripts we accept and our submission guidelines. If you have questions, are unsure whether your work aligns with our focus, or if you would like to propose a manuscript type that falls outside of our current categories, please contact us [jdeed@podnetwork.org]. If you have questions about a particular section or articles in that section, please contact JDEED [jdeed@podnetwork.org] the relevant Associate Editor will respond:

• Research Articles: Fikayo Odugbemi
• Conversations: Fikayo Odugbemi
• Reflections on Practice: Dr. Linda Hasunuma 
• Commentaries: Dr. Linda Hasunuma and Dr. Derisa Grant
• From Draft to Final: Dr. Derisa Grant