Academia

Dean's Call for Papers

Submission Deadline: February 15, 2013

St. Mary's University students in the Graduate School, currently enrolled and recent alumni, are invited to submit papers, projects, and creative works for consideration for publication in the next issue of Academia, set for November 2013.

Publication in the journal is intended to signal high achievement in the field in which the student has studied; to stimulate intellectual life by helping to push current limits in students' fields or to make contributions to the professional field in which the student is engaging; and to recognize the student as a promising researcher, producer, originator of a creative work, or professional. Submissions are limited to graduate students and recent graduate alumni only. The works may recognize, without sharing authorship, the contributions of faculty advisers.

Works of all types will be considered by an editorial board appointed by Dr. Henry Flores, Dean of the Graduate School. All works should be submitted for initial review by February 15, 2013.

Submittees must enlist and identify a faculty sponsor who agrees, if the manuscript is accepted for publication, to assist the submitter through review and rewriting, in order to elevate the manuscript to publication quality. Successful submitters will be provided three copies of the journal and their publication in .pdf form, suitable to share with prospective educational institutions, employers, and others.

Submissions should be made in digital form to: theacademia@stmarytx.edu

A $200 prize will be awarded by the Dean's office, through the Editorial Board of Academia, to the student paper judged to be the best of the issue.

Questions may be addressed to:

Professor Camille Langston
Editorial Board Chair
clangston@stmarytx.edu or

Professor Bill Israel
Managing Editor
bisrael@stmarytx.edu

Author Guidelines for Submissions

To facilitate fair review and efficient handling of your work, please prepare your manuscript consistent with the following:

1) Email submissions to theacademia@stmarytx.edu

2) Deadline for submissions is February 15, 2013.

3) Student must have a faculty mentor who agrees, in writing, to assist the graduate student through the editing process. Faculty mentors may email a brief statement of agreement to theacademia@stmarytx.edu

4) The length of submissions should be no fewer than 2,500 words and no more than 5,000 words, although the journal occasionally will publish shorter or longer pieces when the subject matter warrants.

5) Send the manuscript file saved as a .doc or.docx format.

6) Use 12-point type, 1" margins, and double spacing for text.

7) Please include an abstract as part of the manuscript, following the title and preceding the body of the text. You may wish to include the research topic, research questions/hypotheses, participants, methods, results, brief analysis, and conclusions. You may also include possible implications of the research and future work connected with the findings. The abstract should be a single paragraph of about 150 words.

8) The use of graphics, including photographs, tables, maps, drawings, charts, graphs, and mathematical equations, is encouraged. Place graphics where needed in the document, not at the end or in an Appendix. Caption all graphics.

9) Please note that the Editorial Board will review submissions in any format, but the revised version must follow the guidelines of APA Style®, which are detailed in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 6th edition with the editor’s exceptions specified in these guidelines.

10) The Editorial Board will acknowledge articles as they are submitted. Our goal is to respond to authors within 6 weeks.