Editor's Note

Based on experiences since the launching of this journal in 2001, the editorial board structure of Identity has being modified to represent the various substantive areas in which identity research and theory is currently being undertaken. Associate Area Editors have been allocated to ten specifically designated substantive areas that are especially active in the identity field. Associate Area Editors will participate in the review process, by recommending potential reviewers to the Chief Editor (from the Board-at-Large, or from scholars in that area), and by providing a recommendation to the Chief Editor regarding publication of a submission on the basis of reviews. As specified in the front matter of this issue, the Editorial Board will now comprise: a Chief Editor, three Regional Associate Editors, an Associate Area Editor for each substantive area, and a Board at Large. The substantive areas are: ?Applied identity issues ?Gender identity & sexuality ?Identity politics and social construction ?Identity and emerging adulthood (including "youth" and the transition to adulthood) ?Identity development in adulthood ?Psychological perspectives on racial & ethnic identity ?Psychosocial, personal, & ego identity ?Self & social identity ?Sociological perspectives on racial & ethnic identity ?Vocational identity The Editors of Identity welcome submissions of research and theory relevant to, but not limited by, these substantive areas.