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From Our EditorKala J. Melchiori, Associate Professor,
In the Spring issue of the Forward, we highlight scholarship published in SPSSI journals and the researchers, questions, and collaborations that shape this work. Contributors to Voices from Our SPSSI Journals reflect on the research process, including what inspired their questions, what surprised them, and why a SPSSI journal was the right outlet for their work. We also share updates from SPSSI leadership, committee chairs, and journal editors. SPSSI President Kimberly Barsamian Kahn reflects on what it means to be a "SPSSI person" - a socially engaged, policy-oriented scholar who refuses to stay in the lab when communities need them. Director of Policy and Communications Sam Abbott reports on his and colleagues’ efforts to advocate for basic research funding and the National Science Foundation. SPSSI Secretary-Treasurer Alaina Brenick and Raffa Investment Adviser Matt O'Lone offer a transparent look at how SPSSI manages its financial reserves in alignment with our values. Harold Takooshian and Dinesh Sharma report on another active season of SPSSI New York programming, with an eye toward Manhattan's 400th anniversary this spring. And speaking of anniversaries, Harmony A. Reppond and Yara Mekawi share details of a record-breaking 90th anniversary SPSSI conference to be held later this month in New Orleans. Our journals continue to publish work on critical social issues and provide accessible, meaningful commentary by and for our SPSSI members. Patrick R. Grzanka and Elizabeth R. Cole introduce themselves as incoming JSI co-editors and announce two new calls for papers on environmental racism and food justice. Roxanne Moadel-Attie discusses the SPSSI Virtual Social Issue (VSI), a mechanism for curating previously published SPSSI scholarship into open-access collections tied to pressing policy debates. The journal author contributions highlighted here engage with some of the most urgent issues in social policy today:
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