The Journal of Extension (JOE) is the flagship journal for Extension education.
As of January 1st, 2021, the Journal of Extension is published by Clemson University Press.
As we enter JOE's sixtieth year, we are excited to announce a significant change to our submission policies: Beginning with issue 60(1), word count limits for most submission categories will be increased. We hope that this will allow authors the chance to more fully explore important topics in Feature Articles and Research In Brief submissions. We also remain committed, of course, to providing concise, practical articles in the form of Ideas at Work and Tools of the Trade submissions. Commentary submission guidelines have not changed. The word count limits for each category are as follows:
Feature Article: Up to 5000 words
Research in Brief: Up to 3000 words
Ideas at Work: Up to 2000 words
Tools of the Trade: Up to 1250 words
Commentary: Up to 1500 words (no change)
Prospective authors are invited to view the full submission guidelines by visiting the link in the sidebar.
Current Issue: Volume 62, Number 1 (2024)
Feature Articles
What Do Extension and Public Health Educators Need to Address Substance Misuse?
Lisa Washburn and Karen Franck
How to Build Community Networks and Resources Necessary for a Successful 4-H Program
Daniel P. Collins, K. S. U. Jayaratne, and Shannon McCollum
Exploring Land-grant Institution Partnerships to Better Serve Audiences
Carol A. Roberts, Kenya N. Washington, Alicia Betancourt, Holly Abeels, Dreamal Worthen, and Martha Monroe
South Carolina Master Naturalist Program Evaluation: A Mixed Methods Approach
Susan T. Guynn, James H. Blake, Nathan Nemire, and Joe Bible
Research in Brief
Promoting Organic Seed Systems: Directions for Extension Programming in Northeast Seed Systems
Megnot Mulugeta, Daniel Tobin, and Carina V. Isbell
The Recreational Ice Fishing and Ancillary Retail Communities on a Northern Latitude Lake: Yet-to-be-served Extension Audiences?
Mark Malchoff, Nate Trachte, and Kristine Stepenuck
Relational Dynamics Following Divorce: Evaluation of an Online Co-Parent Education Program
J. Kale Monk
Collaborations Across our Land Grant System: 1862 Extension Educators’ Experiences Working with 1994 Tribal Colleges and Universities
Katherine Hartmann
Assessing Extension Educators' Motivation for Program Evaluation Using Self Determination Theory
Adeola C. Ogunade, Megan Kruger, and Oluwafunke Abeleje
Extension Mentors: What They Do and What They Need
Amy Harder, Karlibeth Leitheiser, and Olivia Caillouet
Ideas at Work
Extension Professionals Support Agricultural Education Career Awareness
Rebecca Mott, John Tummons, Jon C. Simonsen, D.A. Cletzer, Jaelyn Peckman, and Seth Plaugher
California 4-H Computer Science Education Pathway
Steven M. Worker, Roshan Nayak, and Fe Moncloa
A Writing Retreat for Extension Professional Development Capacity Building: A Case Study of Arizona Cooperative Extension’s 4-H Youth Development Program
Jeremy Elliott-Engel
BeefSD: An Integrated and Intensive Extension Curriculum for Beginning Beef Cattle Producers
Krista A. Ehlert, Amanda D. Blair, Stacy Hadrick, and Ken Olson
Tools of the Trade
Needs Assessment Tool for a Value-Added Beef Extension Program for Small Farmers
Sarah Al-Mazroa Smith and Greg Miller
The Key to Coding Qualitative Data: Examples from the 4-H Youth Retention Study
Sarah Hensley, Janet Fox, Missy Cummins, Meggan Franks, Marianne Bird, Cindy Wells, and JoLynn Miller
