Judith C. Hays, PhD, RN
Co-Editor, Public Health Nursing, 2004 to present
Prior Editor Position: Book Review Editor, Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 2000-2004
Years as Editor: Since 2000
Other position: Associate Professor and Chair, Accelerated BSN Program, Duke University School of Nursing
Accomplishment: Shepherding special issues to press
Best: Working with young writers to hone publication skills
Worst: Authors, copy editors and other staff who do not follow instructions.
3 words: Exacting, cautious, wordsmith
Strangest request: "Even if you rejected our manuscript, could you publish it anyway, if we respond to the reviewers’ concerns?"
If not editor?: Read, garden, travel with spouse
Relax?: Read, garden, travel with spouse