connexions • international professional communication journal | revista de comunicação profissional internacional ensures an international editorial board to carry out blind reviews of the submitted manuscripts, guide the growth and development of the journal, and promote the overarching area of international professional communication.
Composition of the Editorial Board
The editorial board is composed of an Editor, Reviewers, Associate Editors, Regional Editors, Consulting Editors, and Copyeditors.
Editor
Rosário Durão *
University of Lisbon, Center for Comparative Studies, Portugal 
Reviewers
Amparo Hurtado Albir
Autonomous University of Barcelona, Department of Translation and Interpretating, Spain
Natalia (Natasha) Artemeva
Carleton University, School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies, Canada
Roberto Mayoral Asensio
University of Granada, Faculty of Translation and Interpreting, Spain
Frank Austermühl
University of Auckland, School of European Languages and Literatures, New Zealand
Heloisa Gonçalves Barbosa
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Faculty of Letters, Brazil (professor emeritus)
Deborah Bosley
University of North Carolina at Charlotte, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, United States
Lynne Bowker
University of Ottawa, School of Translation and Interpretation, Canada
Rebecca Burnett
Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Literature, Communication and Culture, United States
Jody Byrne
Irish Translators’ & Interpreters’ Association, Ireland
Silvio Barreto Campello
Federal University of Pernambuco, Department of Design, Brazil
Kelli Cargile Cook
Texas Tech University, Department of English, United States
Marjorie Davis
Mercer University, School of Engineering, United States
Daniel Dejica-Cartis
Polytechnic University of Timisoara, Department of Communication and Foreign Languages, Romania
Mahmoud Galander
Qatar University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Qatar
Yves Gambier
University of Turku, School of Classical and Romance Languages, Finland
Vijai N. Giri
Indian Institute of Technology, Department of Humanities & Social Sciences, Kharagpur, India
Catherine Gouge
West Virginia University, Department of English, United States 
Carlos A. M. Gouveia
University of Lisbon, Faculty of Letters, Portugal
John R. Hayes
Carnegie Mellon University, Department of Psychology, United States
David Katan
University of Salento (Lecce), Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literatures, Italy
Manuel Lima
Microsoft Bing, United States
Bernadette Longo
University of Minnesota, Department of Writing Studies, United States
Laura McGrath
Kennesaw State University, Department of English, United States
Ricardo Muñoz Martín
University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Department of Modern Philology, Spain
Carlos Castilho Pais
Open University, Department of Humanities, Portugal
Anthony Pym
University Rovira i Virgili, English and German Studies Department, Spain
Regina Queiroz
New University of Lisbon, Nova School of Business and Economics, Portugal
Hermínio Duarte Ramos
New University of Lisbon, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, Portugal (professor emeritus)
Janice (Ginny) Redish
Redish & Associates, Inc., United States
Hanna Risku
University of Graz, Department of Translation Studies, Austria
Alexandra Assis Rosa
University of Lisbon, Faculty of Letters, Portugal
Ursula Hasler Roumois
ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland
Aimee Kendall Roundtree
University of Houston-Downtown, Department of English
Debopriyo Roy
University of Aizu, Center for Language Research, Japan
Jaime Sánchez
University of Chile, Department of Computer Science, Chile
Karen Schriver
KSA Communication Design & Research, Inc., United States
Kerstin Severinson-Eklundh
KTH Royal Institute of Technology, HCI Group, Sweden (professor emeritus)
Ali Simsek
Anadolu University, Faculty of Communication Sciences, Turkey
David Sless
Australian National University, Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science, Australia; Communication Research Institute
Clay Spinuzzi
University of Texas at Austin, Department of Rhetoric and Writing, United States
Alcinda Pinheiro de Sousa
University of Lisbon, Faculty of Letters, Portugal
Joo-Seng Tan
Nanyang Technological University, Nanyang Business School, Singapore
Pasi Tyrväinen
University of Jyväskylä, Faculty of Information Technology, Finland
Jean Vanderdonckt
Catholic University of Louvain, Louvain School of Management, Belgium
Iris Varner
Illinois State University, College of Business, United States
Sue Walker
University of Reading, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, United Kingdom
Associate Editors
Carol Barnum
Southern Polytechnic State University, English, Technical Communication, & Media Arts Department, United States
Karen Bennett
University of Coimbra, Faculty of Letters, Portugal
Luis Carriço
University of Lisbon, Department of Informatics, Portugal
Margarita Correia
University of Lisbon, Faculty of Letters, Portugal
João Ferreira Duarte
University of Lisbon, Center for Comparative Studies, Portugal (professor emeritus)
António Fidalgo
University of Beira Interior, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Portugal
Charles Kostelnick
Iowa State University, Department of English, United States
Teresa Malafaia
University of Lisbon, Faculty of Letters, Portugal
Vicente Montalt Resurreccion
University Jaume I, Department of Translation and Communication, Spain
David Russell
Iowa State University, Department of English, United States
Helena Sousa
University of Minho, Departament of Sciences and Communication, Portugal
Kirk St. Amant
East Carolina University, Department of English, United States
Regional Editors
Marco A. Fiola
Ryerson University, Department of French and Spanish, Canada
Ricardo Muñoz Martín
University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Department of Modern Philology, Spain
AnaJulia Perrotti-Garcia
Faculdades Metropolitanas Unidas, Brazil
Consulting Editors
Pedro Estácio
University of Lisbon, Faculty of Letters, Portugal
Catherine Gouge
West Virginia University, Department of English, United States
George Hayhoe
Mercer University, School of Engineering, United States
Kristian Van Haesendonck
University of Lisbon, Center for Comparative Studies, Portugal
Copyeditors
Marta Pacheco Pinto
University of Lisbon, Center for Comparative Studies, Portugal
Ana Hermida Ruibal
University of Vigo, Department of Translation and Linguistics, Spain
Editorial Board Roles and Responsibilities
Editor. The Editor guides the direction for the journal, and is responsible for all aspects of publication associated with maintaining connexions • international professional communication journal | revista de comunicação profissional internacional. The responsibilities of the Editor include:
- Defining the overall strategic direction for the journal.
- Actively soliciting manuscripts for the journal.
- Maintaining regular communications with members of the Editorial Board to discuss the journal review policies and procedures and the direction of the publication.
- Serve as liaison to authors.
- Coordinating journal production.
Reviewers. Reviewers ensure the quality of the manuscripts in the topic, or topics for which they were invited. The responsibilities of Reviewers include:
- Reviewing articles according to the journal’s criteria.
- Promoting the journal among the communities it serves.
- Encouraging the submission of high-quality manuscriptsfor the journal in the area for which they have been invited.
- Respecting confidentiality, declaring conflicts of interest, and notifying the Editor if, for any reason, they are not able to carry out their reviewing responsibilities.
- Notifying the Editor if they are the author, or co-author of a manuscript submitted for consideration.
Associate Editors. Associate Editors guide the growth and development of the journal in the topic, or topics for which they were invited. The responsibilities of Associate Editors include:
- Aiding the Editor by participating in the editorial process.
- Suggesting themed issues.
- Contributing editorials.
- Encouraging the submission of high-quality manuscriptsfor the journal in the area for which they have been invited, by personally contacting authors and assisting with outreach.
- Consolidating the journal’s reputation among the communities it serves.
- Identifying reviewers to become part of the reviewer database.
Regional Editors. Regional Editors guide the growth and development of the journal in the region for which they were invited. The responsibilities of Regional Editors include:
- Aiding the Editor by participating in the editorial process.
- Suggesting themed issues.
- Contributing editorials.
- Encouraging the submission of high-quality manuscriptsfor the journal in the region for which they have been invited, by personally contacting authors and assisting with outreach.
- Consolidating the journal’s reputation among the communities it serves.
- Identifying reviewers to become part of the reviewer database.
Consulting Editors. Consulting Editors guide the growth and development of the journal by aiding the Editor in the topic for which they were invited. The responsibilities of Consulting Editors include:
- Aiding the Editor by participating in the editorial process.
- Consolidating the journal’s reputation among the communities it serves.
Copyeditors. Copyeditors ensure that the manuscripts are readable, accurate and ready for publication, in the language for which they were invited. The responsibilities of Copyeditors include:
- Checking manuscripts to ensure they are complete, well written, logically structured, linguistically and stylistically correct, and the adequate length.
- Ensuring that the manuscripts are in line with the journal’s language, hypertext, and style requirements.
- Checking that tables, illustrations and captions are correct.
- Write copyediting reports for the authors to revise the manuscript before submitting it to the journal for publication.
* Rosário Durão acknowledges the support of Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia through an individual post-doctoral research fellowship (grant No. SFRH/BPD/43227/2008) which enabled her to develop and edit the journal.
connexions • international professional communication journal | revista de comunicação profissional internacional (ISSN 1647-2373) is edited by Rosário Durão, and published by the University of Lisbon, Center for Comparative Studies, an R&D institution funded and evaluated by Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia, Portugal. © 2009-2011. All rights reserved.
