Mary W. Chaffee, PhD, ScD(h), RN, FAAN
Disaster Care Column, AJN

Coordinator, Disaster Care Column, American Journal of Nursing

Prior Editor's Position: Guest Editor, Nursing Clinics of North America
Managing Editor, Policy, Politics, & Nursing Practice

Years as Editor: Since 2001

Years in INANE: Since 2001

Other Position: Captain, Nurse Corps, US Navy

Accomplishment: I served as the first managing editor of a new journal (Policy, Politics, & Nursing Practice).

Best: Mentoring novice writers.

Worst: Providing author feedback on really, really awful manuscripts.

3 words: I did an informal poll of my colleagues and got 20 different words — so I’ll go with: persistent, articulate, a pioneer

Strangest request: That I must accept a manuscript for publication urgently or the author would not receive a job promotion.

If not editor?: A stained glass artisan, disaster researcher, forensic investigator or humane society volunteer.

Relax?: Morning coffee in an Adirondack chair on the deck with the Boston Globe.