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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Hello INES!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I had been waiting for Issue 17.1 to officially be published to share the editorial, but it appears it will be a bit.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Issue 17.1 will lead with an editorial about our field’s contributions to the current chaos we are currently experiencing in the U.S. as a result of changes in the federal landscape. I’m very honored to share
authorship with members of the journal’s board, the INES board, and our two former Editors-in-Chief.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#212121">Smith, J. M., Beddoes, K., Downey, G., Jesiek, B. K., Reddy, E., Riley, D., Rossman, J., Wylie, C., York, E., Marques, I., Konstantis, K., Mody, C. C. M. (2025). We have been here Before: Reflections
on<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="outlook-search-highlight"><span style="color:#212121">Engineering and Authoritarianism</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#212121">.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Engineering
Studies</i>, 1–10.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="https://doi.org/10.1080/19378629.2025.2466994" title="https://doi.org/10.1080/19378629.2025.2466994"><span style="color:#96607D">https://doi.org/10.1080/19378629.2025.2466994</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The editorial has already received ~1300 views, making it the most read article in the last 12 months. Thank you to all of you who have been sharing it with your colleagues.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">All the best,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Jessica<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://www.jessicamsmith.net/"><span style="color:#0563C1">Jessica M. Smith</span></a> (she/her/hers)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Editor-in-chief,
<i><a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/test20"><span style="color:#0563C1">Engineering Studies</span></a></i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Professor, <a href="https://www.mines.edu/eds/"><span style="color:#0563C1">Engineering, Design, and Society Department</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Colorado School of Mines<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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