The Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement Volume 23(1), March 2019 is now available. In this first issue of 2019, it offers another venue in which to complicate the notion of the community engagement professional and raise additional avenues of knowledge, skill, disposition, and critical commitment. The articles in this special issue offer an array of new inquiry and insight. It is my hope that these articles spark additional work on the topic of community engagement professionals. Additionally, the articles within this special issue help to bring complexity and add a diversity of practices to the existing work on community engagement professionals.

The JHEOE editorial team is committed to continuously improve our internal processes to ensure we are handling our authors’ scholarly work in the most efficient and effective way.  Therefore, we are introducing a trimester review process allowing for a more concentrated effort to respond more quickly to our authors and expedite the peer review process.  Most importantly, it serves our mission “to serve as the premier peer-reviewed, interdisciplinary journal to advance theory and practice” related to community engagement.  Although you may submit a manuscript at any time, the review due dates are February 1, June 1, and October 1. You will find more detail in the submission guidelines.