Huisman Invited to Serve as Member of New Journal’s Editorial Board

Kim Huisman, an associate professor of sociology at the University of Maine,  has been invited to serve as a founding member of the editorial board of a new journal, The International Journal of Somali Studies, according to Amy Blackstone, chair of UMaine’s Sociology Department.

“Kim’s invitation speaks to her strong reputation for exceptional scholarship in this area,” Blackstone says.

The International Journal of Somali Studies is a peer-reviewed interdisciplinary scholarly journal dedicated to advancing critical scholarship on the history, culture, politics and economics of Somali society, according to the journal’s mission statement.