Dr. Jill Murray Named an Editorial Board Member for Esports Journal A recent press release announced on May 18, 2021, Lackawanna College President, Dr. Jill Murray has been named as an Editorial Board Member for the new journal for Esports, Annals of Esports Research (AER). Read the Annals of Esports Research (AER) press release below. We pleased to announce a new journal for Esports, Annals of Esports Research (AER). AER is the first North American Esports journal and is an international, peer-reviewed journal dedicated to expanding the scientific basis and qualitative and quantitative knowledge of Esports by publishing quality articles concerning the field. AER publishes innovative original research, opinion, and educational information related to Esports. All disciplines and approaches to understanding Esports are encouraged with a special interest in the health, performance, and experience, and well-being of players, fans, and coaches and industry practices and outlooks and the teaching, management, and research of Esports. Our goal is to advance academic and industry discussions and research in Esports. We welcome empirical, conceptual, and qualitative research and industry-driven manuscripts. As Annals, we are interdisciplinary and cross the barriers between industry, the academy, and medicine. AER is a gold-standard open access journal published through Harrisburg University. It is a no-fee journal and all published articles will be freely accessible. We are an Emerging Sources Citation Index Journal. The journal welcomes submissions from international contributors and researchers of all specialties. Our Editorial Board includes academic and industry partners. Eric Darr, Ph.D. – President, Harrisburg UniversityMark Candella – Director of Student and Education Programs, TwitchJoey Gawrysiak, Ph.D. – Program Director, Associate Professor of Esports, Shenandoah UniversityWayne Kimmel – Chairman of the Board, Managing Partner, SeventySix CapitalLindsey Migliore D.O. – Esports Physician, Founder, GamerDoc, Faculty associate for NYIT Center for Sports Medicine.Glenn Mitchell, M.D., MPH – Professor of Healthcare Informatics, Vice Provost for Institutional Effectiveness, Harrisburg UniversityJill Murray, Ph.D. – President, Lackawanna UniversityCharles Palmer – Associate Professor of Esports, Director C.A.R.E, Harrisburg UniversityWim Stocks – EVP Partnerships & Commercial, Belong Gaming & Vindex Categories of Interests: Clinical Topics, Esports and Medicine, Esports and Health, Analytics/Modeling, Bio-Medical, Business, Marketing, Economics, Esports Management, AR/VR, AI, Finance, Education/Pedagogy, and Esports, Sociology, Psychology, Communications, Media, Cultural Studies, Statistics, Prose and Other. Please visit our website: Annals of Esports Research (harrisburgu.edu) To submit a manuscript to AER, please visit: https://harrisburguniversity.submittable.com/submit Please direct manuscript inquiries and general journal questions to Jennifer L. Metz, Ph.D., at AnnalsofEsports@harrisburgu.edu or jmetz@harrisburgu.edu
National Band Association Journal Publishes Article by Dr. F. David Romines An article addressing advanced saxophone instructional techniques by Fred David Romines, D.M.A., associate professor of music education, director of bands and co-chairperson of the Music, Theatre, and Dance department at Marywood University, was published in the November 2020 issue of the National Band Association Journal. The submission reveals several instructional insights routinely addressed in the Marywood course, “MUSC 303A Woodwind Methods I” (a course required of all Marywood music education majors). Dr. Romines has been a member of the National Band Association (NBA) since 1977 and presently serves the NBA as Pennsylvania State Chairperson. The National Band Association Journal has a current circulation of approximately 2,500 band directors from all 50 United States, Europe, and Asia. Dr. Romines has studied saxophone with several of the country’s leading performers and teachers, including: Anthony D’Andrea, Gary Sperl, Jerry Coker, William Scarlett, Douglas Masek, and Steven Mauk. For additional information about Marywood’s Music, Theatre, and Dance department, go to marywood.edu/mtd, or call the Office of Admissions, at (570) 348-6234.