{"id":2140,"date":"2026-09-26T18:38:35","date_gmt":"2026-09-26T22:38:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/pardeeatlas\/?p=2140"},"modified":"2026-09-26T18:38:35","modified_gmt":"2026-09-26T22:38:35","slug":"editors-welcome-2026-2027","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/pardeeatlas\/2026\/09\/26\/editors-welcome-2026-2027\/","title":{"rendered":"Editor&#8217;s Welcome (2026-2027)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dear Readers,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I am honored to introduce myself as the sixth and current Editor-in-Chief of the Pardee Atlas Journal of Global Affairs. My name is Ellie Stout, and I am a second-year MAIA student specializing in Security Studies. I would like to thank my friend and colleague, Jack Whitten, for his previous leadership of the Atlas. While he left big shoes to fill, I am so excited to see how this journal continues to grow over the next year.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To say we are living in unprecedented times would be an understatement. It seems like every day there is a new disaster, another tragedy\u2013one more horrific headline we glance at between work and classes before moving on with our day. In the present era of artificial intelligence and social media, I truly believe that storytelling is more important than ever. Stories connect us, humanize us.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this institute of higher education, what you have to say matters. Whether that\u2019s a research paper, a policy memo, an opinion piece, or even a poem, I urge you to use your voice. Words hold power; an accurate representation of history holds power. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> hold power.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I am incredibly grateful for the opportunity to lead the Atlas this year. We have lots of exciting things planned that I can\u2019t wait to share with you, and you might have already noticed that a few things are different. You will also be hearing more from us, the editors, as we work to expand the journal and further incorporate different kinds of work.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Atlas is for our community, by our community. Whether you are a writer, a reader, or just someone who cares about current issues, you have a role here. We are currently accepting new submissions, and I want to encourage anyone who has considered publishing with us. We all have something worth saying.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIt might not be easy to change the reality, but at least I could bring their voice to the world.\u201d -Shireen Abu Akleh<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sincerely,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ellie Stout<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Readers, I am honored to introduce myself as the sixth and current Editor-in-Chief of the Pardee Atlas Journal of Global Affairs. My name is Ellie Stout, and I am a second-year MAIA student specializing in Security Studies. I would like to thank my friend and colleague, Jack Whitten, for his previous leadership of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26060,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/pardeeatlas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2140"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/pardeeatlas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/pardeeatlas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/pardeeatlas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26060"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/pardeeatlas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2140"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/pardeeatlas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2140\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2142,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/pardeeatlas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2140\/revisions\/2142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/pardeeatlas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/pardeeatlas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/pardeeatlas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}