Call for Papers,  Volume XIV (2008)

Deadline Extended: December 31, 2007

The Harvard Journal of African American Public Policy accepts unsolicited articles year-round and is currently accepting submissions for Volume XIV to be published summer 2008.        The Harvard Journal of African American Public Policy is a student-run, nonpartisan scholarly review published annually by the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. Our mission is to educate and provide leadership that improves the quality of public policies affecting the African American community. In so doing, we hope to further the economic, social, and political empowerment of African Americans.      We are interested in manuscripts that emphasize the relationship between policy making and the political, social, and economic environments affecting African Americans in the United States. We encourage representatives from all policy areas, academic disciplines, and related organizations to submit manuscripts for publication that are consistent with this theme.  In addition to articles, the journal welcomes essays, lectures, speeches, community-based initiative profiles, symposia, position papers, interviews, and book reviews. Submission Guidelines   All submissions must be original and unpublished.   Articles should be 5 – 30 double-spaced pages. Commentaries should be 5 - 10 double-spaced pages.    Submissions should be formatted in Microsoft Word on one-sided, 8.5"x11" paper in 12-point   font.   Endnotes should be formatted in the author-date system via running text according to the guidelines in The Chicago Manual of Style.  Footnotes are not accepted. All figures, tables, and charts should be submitted as entirely separate files.   Include an abstract of no more than 100 words.   Include an electronic copy of your submission. Either as an attachment in an email or on a CD.   Include a cover page with the submission title, author’s name, mailing address, email address, daytime and evening telephone number, and a 50-word biography. Emailed submissions preferred. Authors are required to cooperate with editing and fact-checking during editorial review. Please mail your submission to the attention of the Editor-in-Chief at the address below or send by email to hjaap@ksg.harvard.edu   Harvard Journal of African American Public Policy John F. Kennedy School of Government Harvard University 79 John F. Kennedy Street, Box 106 Cambridge, MA 02138 Phone: (617) 496-8655 Fax: (617) 384-9555

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