Illinois Political Science Association

Website: http://castle.eiu.edu/~ipsa/index.php

The Illinois Political Science Association (IPSA) seeks to represent the full range of fields and specializations in the political science discipline while providing a forum for Illinois political scientists to assemble to discuss their research and ideas on government, politics and policies. Annual conferences of the IPSA bring together faculty members from the full range of institutions in the state, from community colleges on through public and private colleges and universities, and high value also is placed on providing opportunities for students, both graduate and undergraduate, to present the results of their scholarly research.

Over the years, the IPSA also has embraced the value of interdisciplinary collaboration and communication, and to that end it has reached out to faculty and students from disciplines such as Sociology, Anthropology and History. As part of its ongoing commitment to the scholarly enterprise, the IPSA also sponsors an academic journal, the Illinois Political Science Review. This journal not only serves as an outlet for the best papers presented at the association’s annual conference but also seeks submissions from the wider scholarly community of political scientists.

Journal:
Illinois Political Science Review
The Illinois Political Science Review accepts manuscripts in all areas of political science, including the teaching of political science.

Editor: Christopher D. Newman, Elgin Community College, cnewman@elgin.edu

Submission Guidelines: Only electronic submissions are accepted. Submit one file with an abstract of 150-200 words, manuscript title and identifying and contact information for the author(s) in MSWord or Rich Text format. Please identify a single author for communication and correspondence. Submit one manuscript copy, with minimal internal formatting and no identifying information for the author(s), in MSWord or Rich Text format to both editors listed above. Manuscripts must not be longer than 10,000 words including text, tables, figures, notes, references, and appendices. Citations must follow the APA style. Review of books related to Illinois politics or written by Illinois scholars are welcomed with prior approval of the editions. Manuscripts must not be submitted to other publishing venues while under consideration at the IPSR. The Illinois Political Science Review is published in every odd year. A general publication timeline will be provided upon acceptance for publication of any new submissions.

Contact information:
Richard Wandling
Eastern Illinois University
600 Lincoln Avenue
Charleston, IL 61920
Tel: (217) 581-2523
rawandling@eiu.edu