Sandra P. Thomas, PhD, RN, FAAN
Editor-in-Chief, Issues in Mental Health Nursing
Start date: 1997
Editor Position prior to your current editorial position: Associate Editor, Issues in Mental Health Nursing
Dates: 1990-1997
Total number of years as Editor: Since 1997 (11 years)
Total number of years in INANE: This is my first year
Position other than as an editor: Professor and Director, PhD Program in Nursing, University of Tennessee
Dates: since 1983
Which editing accomplishment is the one about which you feel most proud?
I am proud that the volume of submissions to my journal has increased so much that we are now publishing monthly (double the number of issues from the time that I took over as editor)
What is the best thing about being an editor?
Contributing to the specialty and the discipline
What is the worst thing about being an editor?
Having to remind late reviewers
Tell an amusing story about editing. I learned from my predecessor, Mary Swanson Crockett, that a journal editor must have an indoor pool. I informed my husband of this necessity, and I have been enjoying water aerobics in my indoor pool since 1998.
Which three words would your colleagues use to describe you?
Organized
Efficient
Committed
What is the strangest request a potential author has ever made of you? I have had several authors who sent a thesis in toto…
What would you like to do if you were not an editor? I would spend more time writing
How do you relax? Gardening, water aerobics