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Call for Extended Abstracts By Any Means: Black Women’s Collective Activism From the 20th Century to the Present

Call for Extended Abstracts

By Any Means: Black Women’s Collective Activism from the 2oth Century to the Present

Editors: Aisha Upton and Natalie Tindall

Background/Objective of Volume:

By Any Means: Black Women’s Collective Activism From the 21st Century to the Present takes a critical look at the activism of  Black women’s organizations in the U.S. from the 19th century to the present day. Through examining the activism of voluntary organizations like the NACW and the NCNW as well as fraternal organizations, auxiliary groups, and sororal organizations such as Black Greek-Letter sororities and the LINKS incorporated, this book provides critical insight into Black women’s organizations influences on civil society. The major features that make this volume unique are the scope and the topic. Many scholars have not addressed the influence and impact of black women’s social movements and groups. This book is a first attempt to shift the narrative and rectify the current scholarship.

Note: The book proposal is under review by a major academic press.

Scope of Volume/ Potential Topics:

This volume is open to all methodologies, including quantitative, qualitative, rhetorical, and mixed methods. Each chapter should have a theoretical foundation to ensure the overall scholastic quality of the volume.

Potential topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

  • Sorority responses to social movements
  • The activity of black sororities in activism and social movements
  • How leadership influences activism of the sorority
  • Membership engages in activism and advocate in different ways
  • Black women’s feminism and organizational activism
  • Non-responsiveness of mainstream organizations
  • Leadership development and opportunities for young black women within these organizations
  • Historical perspectives on black women’s organizing, social movements, and formal advocacy organization
  • Political efficacy of the organizations — getting people elected
  • Advocacy
  • Socioeconomic identities of the sorority on civic activism and engagement
  • Non-black membership with black sororities advocacy and activism, civil rights legacy
  • Cross collaborations between organizations
  • Sorority responses to hashtag/digital activism

Submissions:

If you are interested in contributing a chapter to this volume, please submit a 2-5 page extended abstract (excluding references) with your name, phone number, institution, email address, and a brief author bio to byanymeansbookproject@gmail.com by August 1, 2016. This volume is interdisciplinary, so you are encouraged to forward this call for abstracts to others outside of your academic discipline.

Important Dates:

  • Deadline to submit abstracts: August 1
  • Invitation to write book chapters: August 31
  • Deadline to submit book chapters: December 1

 

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Call for Submissions — Louisiana Speaks: The Journal of the Louisiana Communication Association — After/Until the Disaster: Louisiana Environments on the Edge

Call for Submissions — Louisiana Speaks: The Journal of the Louisiana Communication Association
After/Until the Disaster: Louisiana Environments on the Edge

On the tenth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina and in the spirit of Gerald Vizenor’s concept of survivance, we invite submissions pertaining to the natural environments of Louisiana, including their relationships to human cultural and ecologies. We seek especially submissions with insights on the rich history of the air, land and waters of Louisiana
and her neighbors, their current conditions, and future prospects.
Submissions may engage perspectives including environmental or science communication, cultural studies, rhetorical theory, performance, visual theory, mass communications such as public relations and advertising, or a mix of approaches to distill a distinct viewpoint. Traditional academic research, creative essays, short stories, poems, and visual or media works will all be considered.

Submissions may use any accepted referencing style, should include citations to all sources, and should not exceed 7,000 words. We invite interested parties to query the editor concerning the suitability of a particular project for publication in Louisiana Speaks.

Louisiana Speaks, the rechristened Journal of the Louisiana Communication Association, offers a vital opportunity for people from the discipline of Communication Studies, academia, and the community at large to come together to speak on, and back to, the questions and issues of these fascinating, often troubling, times. Louisiana Speaks will offer a rich mix of traditional research, creative essays, works of literature and art, guest commentaries, and interviews with Louisianans
and others, organized around a theme of vital concern to the state and Gulf States region.

The Louisiana Communication Association leadership includes:

Doug Marshall PhD, President of LCA and Assistant Professor of Communication Studies, Southern University of New Orleans.

Sarah K. Jackson PhD, Treasurer of LCA and Assistant Professor of Performance Studies, Southern University of New Orleans.

Phillip Madison PhD, Secretary of LCA and Assistant Professor of Mass Communication, Stephen F. Austin State University.

Stephanie Houston Grey PhD, Editor of Louisiana Speaks: The Journal of the Louisiana Communication Association and Associate Professor of Rhetoric and Culture, Louisiana State University.

Jonathan Broussard ABD, Editorial Assistant Louisiana Speaks: The Journal of the Louisiana Communication Association and Graduate Assistant, Louisiana State University.

Please submit completed works electronically by Feb 1, 2016 to Stephanie Houston Grey, Editor, Louisiana Speaks, Associate Professor, Louisiana State University houston@lsu.edu or shgphd1@yahoo.com .
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Call For Papers – The 100 Greatest Video Games (working title)

Call For Papers – The 100 Greatest Video Games (working title)

Robert Mejia (State University of New York, Brockport), Co-Editor
Jaime Banks (West Virginia University), Co-Editor
Aubrie Adams (University of California, Santa Barbara), Co-Editor

The field of game studies has grown substantially since the turn of the century, and yet the field lacks a rigorous reference collection on the cultural significance of video game franchises. Such a reference collection is needed as it can be difficult for even well-versed scholars to keep track of the range and complexity of the many significant franchises that populate the industry.

Hence, we are seeking essays for an edited collection on the cultural and historical significance of 100 video game franchises. The collection, titled “The 100 Greatest Video Games,” will be published by Rowman & Littlefield in early 2017. This collection will serve as a companion volume to the edited collection, titled “The 100 Greatest Video Game Characters.”

Academics, game industry personnel, gaming journalists, and others are invited to submit proposals addressing the historical and cultural significance of a specific video game franchise. Suggested franchises include (but are not limited to):

Age of Empires
America’s Army
Angry Birds
Assassins Creed
Batman
Call of Duty
Civilization
Dance Dance Revolution
Dark Souls
Donkey Kong
Doom
Ecco the Dolphin
Fallout
Farmville
Final Fantasy
Grand Theft Auto
Halo
Just Dance
Kingdom Hearts
King’s Quest
Leisure Suit Larry
Madden
Mario
Mass Effect
Medal of Honor
Mega Man
Metal Gear
Minecraft
Mortal Kombat
Myst
Pac-Man
Pokémon
Pong
Portal
Skylanders
Sonic the Hedgehog
Spacewar!
Tetris
The Legend of Zelda
The Oregon Trail
The Sims
Tomb Raider
Tony Hawk Pro Skater
Warcraft
Wii Sports
Wolfenstein
Xenosaga
Zork

We welcome (1) proposals focusing on franchises listed above or (2) proposals suggesting franchises not listed above. The hope is that this collection will serve as a rigorous reference guide to the historical and cultural significance of 100 of the most important video game franchises. Likewise, considering that the field of game studies consists of academics, industry professionals, and journalists, we encourage contributors to submit with an eye toward academic and non-academic audiences alike.

Please submit the following: (1) an abstract (250 word max) addressing the rationale for inclusion of your selected or proposed franchise in terms of the franchise’s cultural and historical significance; (2) a short bio (250 word max); and (3) a 1-page CV or 1-page publication list emphasizing expertise in game studies to 100rlgames@gmail.com by November 1st, 2015. Authors will be notified by December 1st, 2015 if their proposals have been accepted. Full essays should be within the range of 800 – 1000 words, submitted as a Word or Rich Text Format. Full essays will be due by January 15th, 2016. Multiple submissions are acceptable. For more information please contact the co-editors at 100rlgames@gmail.com.

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Call for Papers: Howard Journal of Communications Special Issue on The Barack Obama Presidency

Howard Journal of Communications: Call for Papers

Howard Journal of Communications: SPECIAL ISSUE
The Barack Obama Presidency

Barack Obama’s ascendancy to the Presidency of the United States in 2008
was historic and since then scholars have dissected his terms in office
by investigating several intersections, including race and power,
culture and communication, among others. In 2016, President Barack
Obama’s presidency will come to an end. Yet, there are still several
academic interests that surround his tenure and the days that would
follow it. The Howard Journal of Communications plans a special issue to
investigate “Obama’s America,” The time between his two presidential
terms as well as his impact on America after his tenure ends.

All submitted manuscripts must adhere to the journal’s focus on culture,
race, and gender intersecting with communication as it relates to Barack
Obama. There are several studies that are possible and they include, but
are not limited to, the following:

Post racial America
Obama’s presidency and the urban police crises
Obama rhetoric
Obama and the Supreme Court
Obama and religion: From Jeremiah Wright to Rev. Clementia Pinckney
Obama and social media: A comparison between both presidential terms
Mitchell Obama, race, and the African-American woman
Power, politics, and communication
Obama’s presidency and issues of image repair
America, communication and post-Obama
Media and the framing of Obama
Affordable Health Care
Issues of immigration
Talk shows, politics, race, and hate

Please submit a manuscript following the Howard Journal of
Communications’ guidelines for manuscript submissions, which can be
found at http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/uhjc20/current. No submission
should be longer than 7000 words. Include on the manuscript title and in
parenthesis “Special Issue on President Obama.” The deadline for
submitting manuscripts for this special issue is February 28, 2016.