29. Don’t Be a Peer Review Jerk

Whether you're just starting out as a peer reviewer or you've been doing it awhile and want a refresher, I've got four recommendations for how to be a good peer reviewer. TLDR: Be a good human and provide meaningful feedback. In this episode, I draw from writing studies scholarship and my experience as an edited collections and special journal issue editor.  If you're looking for some student- and/or faculty-friendly readings on how to be a good peer reviewer (yes, you can use these readings in your classrooms to teach students how to effectively peer review), check out writing studies scholar Richard Straub's "Responding--Really Responding--to Other Students' Writing," MIT's Broad Institute "Peer Review--Best Practices," and Paraminder Dhillon's "How to be a Good Peer Reviewer of Scientific Manuscripts." Oh, and that salty Facebook group is called Reviewer 2 Must Be Stopped! Happy listening!