This marks our final contribution as the Editors of Emotion Researcher. We have both had the privilege to serve in this capacity for the past several years (Eric since 2017; Cain since 2019). Our position has connected us with countless scholars of emotion and helped to round our professional perspectives of our science.
Emotion Researcher is unique in its ability to bring together affective scientists from diverse backgrounds and fields of study. We are thankful for the numerous thematic contributions made to each of the issues, covering topics such as anger, empathy, evolution, and feeling. Moreover, this outlet has allowed us to share the research of rising stars in the field of emotion, informed our junior scholars about the efforts of the Early Career Researchers Section, and spread the word about 4 ISRE Meetings.
We are excited by the energy and ideas that new Editor, Rebecca Dickason, brings with her to Emotion Researcher. This publication has evolved over the decades of ISRE, from a brief newsletter to a veritable sourcebook of emotion. During the transition process, Rebecca has shared with us her vision for the years of content to come and how they will meet the needs and interests of the growth and diversity represented in ISRE. We look forward to the new Emotion Researcher content to come under her stewardship.
Warmly and with many thanks,
Eric & Cain
Cain Todd is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at Lancaster University (UK). His research covers a wide range of issues centring on emotions and evaluative experience, most recently the phenomenology and objectivity of emotional experience and the role of attention and imagination therein. His co-edited collection Emotion and Value (OUP) was published in 2010, and his new monograph Aesthetics and Emotion (Bloomsbury) is due to appear in 2024.
Eric Walle is Associate Professor of Psychological Sciences at the University of California, Merced. His theoretical writings emphasize the functions of emotions, particularly in interpersonal contexts. His empirical work examines emotional development, principally in infancy and early childhood, as well as how individuals perceive and respond to others’ emotional communication. He is also a Co-Editor of the Oxford Handbook of Emotional Development (2022) and is an Associate Editor for Emotion Review, Affective Science, and Infancy.
