Volunteer Opportunities
NEAIR relies heavily on volunteers. Throughout the year there are many ways for members to get involved and help make NEAIR the best organization possible to serve the needs of our members.
Volunteering is also a great networking and professional development opportunity!
Interested in being a Mentor? You'll find more information on our Mentoring Page.
Conference-Related Volunteer Opportunities.
Peer Reviewers Needed
The Annual NEAIR Conference succeeds because of the quality and variety of its many presentations. Each year, the work of our proposal reviewers helps to continue that tradition. To keep the review system fair and the workload as light as possible, the Program Committee uses an automated proposal-review tool to process the proposals submitted. For the review process to work, we need volunteers!
To serve as a reviewer for this year's conference:
- login to NEAIR [Forgot your username and password? Click on Member Login, click on "forgot password" and enter your email]
- once logged in to the Members Area, click on the Proposal Review Icon
- indicate your top three topics you would like to review
- receive a confirmation email with links to your assigned proposals or look for links to these proposals in the Members Area
- the call for peer reviewers will remain open through Wednesday, July 1, 2026
You can review proposals in any of the topic areas and formats noted in the Call for Proposals – we will do our best to honor reviewer preferences. The earlier you sign up, the better your chances of being assigned your preferred topics and formats.
Each proposal will be read by at least three reviewers. Reviewers evaluate each proposal in response to a succinct rubric in a blind review process. In the spirit of collegiality and professionalism for which NEAIR is well known, reviewers are encouraged to make comments for the conference program committee and the proposal authors.
Each reviewer will read and evaluate between two and five proposals by July 3, 2026. If you have any questions or comments, please contact the Proposal Review Coordinator, Marcia Preston at mlpreston@loyola.edu
Thank you for your support in continuing to make our conferences the best for our membership!