Communications Committee

About this Committee

Through its various subcommittee, the Communications Committees strives to:

  • Maintain standards, provides guidelines, and assists as necessary with all our publications, including: the Journal of the American Institute for Conservation, AIC News, annual meeting abstracts and postprints, and specialty group publications, the wiki, and the our website, and others. 
  • Develop “Best Practices” guidelines for publications and submission of abstracts for our publications to AATA. 
  • Facilitate development of Specialty Group and Network web content as incorporated into or supplementing the our website. 
  • Assess advances in publication technology to enhance the quality and availability of our publications and online resources. 
  • Monitors and improves content, alliances, and strategic activities that facilitate outreach, 

Roster  

The Communications Committee replaced the Publications Committee as of February 1, 2020.

The current chair is Katherine Kelly. *Login required to search committee rosters.

Sarah Reidell is the current AIC Board Liaison to the Communications Committee and subcommittees/working groups.

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Subcommittees

Conference Proceedings Subcommittee (incl. General Sessions Postprints team)

  • Jennifer Evers, Chair

Outreach Subcommittee

  • Megan Narvey, Chair

Publications Subcommittee

  • Rebecca Rushfield, Chair

Website Subcommittee

  • Bruce Bumbarger, Chair

Education (K-12) Outreach Subcommittee

  • Ellen Chase, Chair

Wiki Working Group

  • Rachael P. Arenstein, Chair

Explore our Publications

We have published and co-published several books and guides, have 10 postprint series, and offer a peer-reviewed journal. Discover our publications and resources for authors. 

Publications