Papers and Pub(lication)s: A Southeastern Interdisciplinary Journal of Undergraduate Research

Mission Statement:Papers and Pub(lication)s promotes student learning by disseminating undergraduate research and creative works that make an intellectual or creative contribution to the discipline or to applied practice.

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We will be opening up submissions for our second volume soon. Please keep checking http://digitalcommons.northgeorgia.edu/papersandpubs/ for the latest announcements and information.

 

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Papers and Pub(lication)s is an open access peer reviewed online and print journal of undergraduate research. Papers and Pubs is published by the University Press of North Georgia and supported by the Center of Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities at North Georgia College & State University.

Papers and Pubs promotes student learning by disseminating undergraduate research and creative works that make an intellectual or creative contribution to the discipline or to applied practice. Its Editor-in-Chief is Dr. Miriam Segura-Totten; its co-managing editors are Dr. Tanya Bennett and Dr. Frank Corotto.

Papers and Pubs is now accepting submissions for its second issue. The deadline for submission is February 1, 2013. Students in the southeastern region and their faculty mentors may submit original work that has been presented at a conference, showcase, or capstone course either on their own campus or at a regional/national conference site. Original research papers are welcome from all departments and disciplines, including fiction, creative non-fiction, works of art, and poetry (providing the creative work has been presented at a conference or in a class). All submissions will be reviewed by faculty reviewers.

Submission Guidelines

Students may submit original work that has been presented at a conference, showcase, or capstone course either on their own campus or at a regional/national conference site. The work must have been completed while the student was an undergraduate; the student may submit research within six months after graduating. Original research papers are welcome from all departments and disciplines, including fiction, creative non-fiction, works of art and poetry (providing the creative work has been presented at a conference or in a class). The work may not be under consideration by other publications.

Manuscripts should be typed, double-spaced, with one inch margins, 12 point Times New Roman font, and numbered pages. Length: 5,000 words maximum.

Manuscripts should be formatted in the most recent editions of the citation style appropriate to their academic disciplines i.e., MLA, Chicago, APA, etc.

Submissions must include an abstract of 250 words (maximum) and an author biography, written in third person, of 300 words (maximum).

All submissions will be reviewed by at least two faculty reviewers.

Submission procedure: Submit article electronically through the journal web portal: http://digitalcommons.northgeorgia.edu/papersandpubs/

Deadline for receipt of manuscripts: February 1, 2013

Tentative Publication Date: May 2013

Forms:
AUTHOR AGREEMENT AND FACULTY MENTOR APPROVAL FORM

Both the student and their faculty mentor must sign the Author Agreement and Faculty Mentor Approval form. The faculty mentor should have guided the student during completion of the research project and must also be available for guidance during the manuscript submission and peer-review process.

Faculty Editorial Board Members:
Miriam Segura-Totten, Ph. D. – Editor-in-Chief
Frank Corotto, Ph. D. – STEM Editor
Tanya Bennett, Ph. D. — Humanities Editor
B. J. Robinson, Ph. D. – Editor
Jon Mehlferber, Ph. D. – Graphic Designer
Matt Pardue – Project Editor
April Loebick – Production Manager

Tanya Bennett, Ph. D.
Carl Cavalli, Ph. D.
Brian Corrigan, Ph. D. — Reader
Robert Fuller, Ph. D. – Reader
Craig Greathouse – Reader
Carolynn DeSandre, Ph. D. – Reader
Shawn Tonner, Ph. D.

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