{"id":1432,"date":"2026-03-13T17:28:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T00:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news-briefs\/?p=1432"},"modified":"2026-03-13T19:24:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T02:24:09","slug":"sarah-feakins-editor-in-chief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news-briefs\/faculty-recogntion\/2026\/03\/sarah-feakins-editor-in-chief\/","title":{"rendered":"Sarah Feakins"},"content":{"rendered":"  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--article-intro \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--article-intro\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  \n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <h2><strong>Sarah Feakins<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1433\" src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news-briefs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/182\/2026\/03\/sarah-feakins-800x450-1-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Woman in red top in front of a window\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news-briefs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/182\/2026\/03\/sarah-feakins-800x450-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news-briefs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/182\/2026\/03\/sarah-feakins-800x450-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news-briefs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/182\/2026\/03\/sarah-feakins-800x450-1.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/profile\/sarah-feakins\/\">Sarah Feakins<\/a><\/strong>, professor of Earth sciences, has been named editor-in-chief of the scientific journal <em><a href=\"https:\/\/agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/journal\/25724525\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology<\/a><\/em>. Feakins will oversee publication of research papers and promote peer review. Noting the potential of research in the field to impact policy, she says she also intends to \u201chelp the global <em>Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology<\/em> community voice their research progress and societal relevance,\u201d particularly through public-friendly (<a href=\"https:\/\/eos.org\/editors-vox\/plain-language-summaries-explained-in-plain-language\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">plain-language<\/a>) summaries of the research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/profile\/sarah-feakins\/\"><strong>Sarah Feakins<\/strong><\/a>, professor of Earth sciences, has been named editor-in-chief of the scientific journal <em><a href=\"https:\/\/agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/journal\/25724525\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology<\/a><\/em>. Feakins will oversee publication of research papers and promote peer review. 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