As per all the GA’s Committees and Special Interest Groups, the Teaching Geography Editorial Board is a sub-committee of the Education Group and subject to the statutes and standing orders of the GA. Its terms of reference state that the Board exists to support GA members by:
- keeping members informed of progress and developments in all aspects of teaching geography at secondary school level
- maintaining the quality and relevance of the journal
- deciding on the content of three issues of the journal per year
- encouraging GA members to become contributors to Teaching Geography and supporting them to produce high-quality content for the benefit of the geography subject community
- managing any developments of the journal in line with GA policies and strategy.
The Chair of the Board is invited to the meetings of the Education Group, providing a valuable link between the Board and the wider GA.
The Editorial Board currently comprises:
- Editor – Dr Richard Bustin, Head of Geography and Director of Pedagogy, Innovation and Staff Development, Lancing College, Sussex
- Hannah Finch Noyes, Head of Geography at St Helen and St Katharine, Abingdon, Oxfordshire
- Lucy Fryer, Geography and Geology Teacher, King Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford
- Dr Grace Healy, Education Director (Secondary), David Ross Education Trust, Honorary Research Fellow, University of Oxford, and Honorary Associate Professor, IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society
- Dr Aidan Hesslewood, Head of Geography, Spalding Grammar School, Lincolnshire
- Fred Martin, Consultant to the GA
- Dr Emma Rawlings Smith, Lecturer in Sustainability and PGCE Geography, University of Southampton
- Dr Ian Selmes, Former secondary geography teacher and former Lecturer in Secondary Geography Education, University of Leicester
- Katie Richardson, Head of Geography at Weald of Kent Grammar School.
- Daryl Sinclair, Academic Administration at WABE International School, Pinneberg
- Tessa Sittner, geography teacher at Highgate School. Tessa is currently a visiting lecturer in Geography Secondary Teacher Education at Middlesex University and is a Chartered Geographer (Teacher).
Supporting the Board are:
- a GA Production Editor/staff contact and freelance professionals for copy-editing, design and typesetting and cartography/illustrations.
For enquiries regarding the Teaching Geography Editorial Board please contact Elaine Anderson (Head of Publishing).