Founding Editor
- Jeremiah Spence, University of Texas at Austin, USA
Editor in Chief
- Yesha Sivan, i8 Ventures and a visiting professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong Business School
Coordinating Editor
- Tzafnat Shpak
Issue Editors & Co-Editors
- Patricia Anderson, East Carolina University, USA
8:1 – Assembled 2015
- Urs-Vito Albrecht, Braunschweig University & Hannover Medical School, Germany
7:2 – Assembled 2014
- Mark Bell, Indiana University, USA
1:3 – Cultures of Virtual Worlds (Prime)
- Kelly Bergstrom, the University of Hawai’i at Manoa, USA
10:3 – EVE Online (Prime)
- Stephanie Blackmon, University of Oklahoma, USA
8:1 – Assembled 2015
- Robert Bloomfield, Cornell University, USA
2:3 – Technology, Economy and Standards
- Tom Boellstorff, University of California, Irvine, USA
3:1 – The Researcher’s Toolbox (Prime)
- Maged N. Kamel Boulos, University of Plymouth, UK
2:2 – 3D Virtual Worlds for Health and Healthcare (Prime)
7:1 – Lantern – part 1
7:3 – Lantern – part 2
- Tuncer Can, The University of Istanbul, Turkey
12:2 – Impact – Education Cases - Marcus Carter, The University of Sydney, Australia
10:3 – EVE Online
- Stephen Carpenter, Texas A&M University, USA
2:1 – Pedagogy, Education, and Innovation
- Enchi (Katherine) Chang, University of Manchester, UK
4:1 – Metaverse Assembled 2.0
- Young Hoan Cho, National Institute of Education, Singapore
5:2 – Asian Perspectives
- Lynn Schofield Clark, University of Denver, USA
3:2 – Virtual Worlds for Kids
- Jason Coley, Maria College, Albany, New York, USA
12:3 – Assembled 2019 (Prime)
- Mia Consalvo, Ohio University, USA
1:3 – Cultures of Virtual Worlds
- Samuel Cruz-Lara, LORIA (UMR 7503) / University of Lorraine, France
4:3 – MPEG-V and Other Standards
7:2 – Assembled 2014 (Prime)
- Angie Cox, Trident University International, Cypress, CA, USA
12:3 – Assembled 2019 (Prime)
13:1 – The Dark Side of Virtual Worlds (Prime) - Elizabeth Dean, RTI, USA
3:1 – The Researcher’s Toolbox
- Miao Feng, NORC at the University of Chicago, USA
12:3 – Assembled 2019
13:1 – The Dark Side of Virtual Worlds - Richard E. Ferdig, Kent State University, USA
10:2 – Real Virtual Relationships (Prime)
- Suely Fragoso, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
7:2 – Assembled 2014
- Hanan Gazit, MetaverSense Ltd and H.I.T-Holon Institute of Technology, Israel
2:5 – The Metaverse Assembled (Prime)
- David Gefen, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
7:1 – Lantern – part 1
7:3 – Lantern – part 2
- Jean H.A. Gelissen, Philips Research, Netherlands
4:3 – MPEG-V and Other Standards (Prime)
- Sue Gregory, University of New England, Australia
7:2 – Assembled 2014
9:1 – Assembled 2016 (Part 1) (Prime)
9:2 – Assembled 2016 (Part 2) (Prime)
- Celeste Lovette Guichard, Savannah College of Art and Design
6:2 – Arts (Prime)
- Gary Hardee, University of Texas at Dallas, TX, USA
6:2 – Arts
- David Kurt Herold, HK Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
5:1 – Assembled 2012 (Prime)
- Dan Hunter, QUT Law School, Australia
6:3 – Legal and Governance Challenges
- Leslie Jarmon, the University of Texas at Austin, USA
2:1 – Pedagogy, Education, and Innovation (Prime)
- Abhishek Kathuria, The University of Hong Kong
7:1 – Lantern – part 1
7:3 – Lantern – part 2
- Kathy Keeling, University of Manchester, UK
4:1 – Metaverse Assembled 2.0 (Prime)
- Debbie Keeling, University of Manchester, UK
4:1 – Metaverse Assembled 2.0
- Greg Lastowka, Rutgers University, USA
6:3 – Legal and Governance Challenges
- Garrison LeMasters, Georgetown University, USA
2:5 – The Metaverse Assembled
- Christopher Lueg – University of Tasmania, Australia
7:2 – Assembled 2014
- Kenneth YT Lim, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
12:1 – Pedagogy – Taking Stock & Looking Forward (Prime)
11:3 – Pedagogy – Taking Stock & Looking Forward (Prime)
5:2 – Asian Perspectives (Prime)
2:1 – Pedagogy, Education and Innovation
- Sun Sun Lim, National University of Singapore, Singapore
3:2 – Virtual Worlds for Kids (Prime)
- Thomas Malaby, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, USA
3:1 – The Researcher’s Toolbox
- Victoria McArthur, University of Toronto, Canada
10:1 – Assembled 2017 (Prime)
- Brian Mennecke, Iowa State University, USA
5:3 – Managerial and Commercial Applications
- Oskar Milik, Northwood University, Midland, MI, U.S.A
13:1 – The Dark Side of Virtual Worlds - Shailey Minocha, Department of Computing, The Open University,UK
5:1 – Assembled 2012
- Leonel Morgado, INESC TEC (formerly INESC Porto), UTAD – University of Trás-os-Montes Alto Douro
6:1 – The Metaverse Assembled (2013) (Prime)
- Glenn W. Muschert, Miami University, USA
10:2 – Real Virtual Relationships
- Fiona Fui-Hoon Nah, Missouri University of Science and Technology, USA
5:3 – Managerial and Commercial Applications
- Felipe Becker Nunes, Antonio Meneghetti College, Santa Maria, RS – Brazil
12:3 – Assembled 2019
13:1 – The Dark Side of Virtual Worlds
- Nadia Papamichail, University of Manchester, UK
4:1 – Metaverse Assembled 2.0
- Celia Pearce, Georgia Tech University, USA
3:1 – The Researcher’s Toolbox
- Michael Piller, National Defense University, USA
4:2 – Government and Military
- Marius Preda, Institut TELECOM, France
4:3 – MPEG-V and Other Standards
- Kristine E. Pytash, Kent State University, USA
10:2 – Real Virtual Relationships
- Paulette Robinson, National Defense University, USA
4:2 – Government and Military (Prime)
- Natalia Rybas, Department of Communication Studies, Indiana University East, USA
5:1 – Assembled 2012
- Laura Salciuviene, Lancaster University Management School, UK
6:2 – Arts
- Mandy Salomon, Smart Services CRC, Australia
2:4 – Virtual Economies & Goods (Prime)
- Shu Schiller, Wright State University, USA
5:3 – Managerial and Commercial Applications (Prime)
- Yesha Y. Sivan, Tel Aviv University, Israel, and Metaverse-labs, Israel
2:3 – Technology, Economy and Standards (Prime)
4:3 – MPEG-V and Other Standards
7:1 – Lantern – part 1 (Prime)
7:3 – Lantern – part 2 (Prime)
8:2 – Futures (Prime)
9:3 – Edge (Prime)
- Jeremiah Spence, University of Texas at Austin, USA
1:1 – Research Past, Present and Future (Prime)
3:3 – The Researcher’s Toolbox II (Prime)
- Michael Thomas, University of Central Lancashire, UK
12:2 – Impact – Educational Cases (Prime) - Maria Toro-Troconis, Imperial College London, UK
2:2 – 3D Virtual Worlds for Health and Healthcare
- Tracy Tuten, Longwood University, USA
3:1 – The Researcher’s Toolbox
- Michael Vallance, Future University, Hakodate, Japan
5:2 – Asian Perspectives
12:2 – Impact – Educational Cases
- Dmitri Williams, University of Southern California, USA
3:1 – The Researcher’s Toolbox
- Natalie Wood, Saint Joseph’s University, Philadelphia
1:2 – Consumer Behavior
- Nelson Zagalo, University of Minho, Portugal
6:1 – The Metaverse Assembled (2013)
- Melissa de Zwart, University of Adelaide, Australia
6:3 – Legal and Governance Challenges (Prime)
Recognized Reviewers
- Lynna J. Ausburn
- Mark Bell
- Maged N. Kamel Boulos
- Gloria Gómez Diago
- Celeste Lovette Guichard
- David Kurt Herold
- Christopher Todd Jennings
- Kenneth Y T Lim
- Natalia Rybas
- Jeremiah Spence
JVWR Friends
- Nancy Baym, University of Kansas, USA
- Axel Bruns, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
- Edward Castronova, Indiana University, USA
- James Gee, Arizona State University, USA
- Ang Peng Hwa, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
- Steve Jones, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
- Wolfgang Kleinwachter, University of Aarhus, Denmark
- Nadie Machado-Spence, University of Texas at Austin, USA
- Ralph Schroeder, Oxford Internet Institute, UK
- Serge Soudoplatoff, ESCP-EAP / Hetic, France
- Joseph Straubhaar, University of Texas at Austin, USA
- Francis X. Taney, Jr., Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, PC, USA
- Kathleen Tyner, University of Texas at Austin, USA
- Natalie Wood, Saint Joseph′s University, USA
- (Jim) Chee Siang Ang, University of Kent, UK
- Mark Bell, Indiana University, USA
- Maged N. Kamel Boulos, University of Plymouth, UK
- Stephen C. Bronack, Clemson University, USA
- Connie Cassarino, Center for Advanced Learning, IBM, USA
- Myriam Dunn Cavelty, Center for Security Studies, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
- Aaron Delwiche, Trinity University, USA
- Suely Fragoso, Universidade do Vale do Rio do Sinos / Unisinos, Brazil
- D. Linda Garcia, Georgetown University, USA
- Eric Hackathorn, National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, USA
- David Haden, BIAD / University of Oxford, UK
- Maria Koletsi, Panteion University, Greece
- Sun Sun Lim, National University of Singapore, Singapore
- Gilson Schwartz, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Mandy Salomon, Smart Services CRC, Australia
- Stephanie Smith, NASA JSC Learning Technologies, USA
- Kurt Squire, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Caja Thimm, University of Bonn, Germany
- Robert Vinet, Community Chest, France
JVWR Veterans
- Max Burns, USA
- Andrea Muñoz, Brazil
- Roque Planas, USA
- Betsy Campbell, USA