Academia calls for papers / publications

Call for Papers for a Special Issue of Women, Gender, and Families of Color: Race, Gender, and Disability

Abstracts Due: 6/1/13

Manuscripts Due: 10/20/2013

Despite discourse on gender/sexuality and race/ethnicity or gender and disability, there are few studies about the intersections of race, gender and disability from a critical perspective. This issue will focus on articles that analyze these intersections from different disciplinary perspectives. Categories include interrogations into the lives of people of color and white subjects from a critical whiteness perspective; gender as it encompasses interrogations of femininity, masculinity, transgender, or intersex subjectivity and any form of sexual expression and identity and their intersection; and disability to encompass impairment and the socio-cultural aspects that accompany it.

Topics include but not limited to:

Family caregiving or parenting at the intersections of gender/race/disability

Lived experiences of disabled women/people of color

Representations of disability in families of color in films and literature

News and media representations of race, disability and gender/sexuality

Historical analysis that highlights these intersections (e.g., eugenics)

Policy, activism and interventions that empower disabled people of color

Articles connecting disability studies, queer theory and women's studies to critical race theory and critical whiteness studies

Analysis of policies related to education, employment, immigration and incarceration that centers on the intersections of race, gender and ability.

Contact: Guest-Editors Sandy Magana, maganas@uic.edu; Liat Ben Moshe, lbenmosh@uic.edu, University of Wisconsin.

Call for Papers for a Special Issue of Psychology of Popular Media Culture: Video Games and Children

February 1, 2014: submission deadline

The degree to which video games do or do not impact children, both positively and negatively, continues to be a topic of discussion and controversy in the scholarly community and general public. The ensuing debates have made clear the divergent opinions within the scholarly community regarding the potential impact of violent video games on children's behavior.

At times, these debates have become acrimonious, arguably because these debates are not merely academic, but entwined with both phenomena related to societal violence and "culture war" debates about what media content is moral. The tenor of such debates, both within the scholarly community and general public can, at times, stifle efforts by scholars with differing perspectives to find common ground and understand their divergent views and data.

This special issue is viewed as an opportunity to provide a public forum for scholars on all sides of these debates to discuss new data and new directions in video game science.

Thus, papers addressing the influences of video games on children are invited. It is expected that a range of differing views and data will be included in the final special issue.

These are some guidelines for papers that will be particularly competitive for inclusion in the special issue:

Empirical papers will be given priority over review or theoretical papers. Review/theoretical papers that advance understanding beyond past "video games are good/bad" debates may be competitive, however.

All papers should consider influences on children or teenagers. College student samples will not be given priority.

To avoid publication bias issues, papers finding statistically significant effects as well as those finding null results will be given equal weight. In all cases, careful consideration of the interpretation of effect sizes should be given greater emphasis than a binary statistical significance decision.

Papers examining both positive and negative outcomes are welcome. Papers need not be on aggression/violence or mental health, but could also consider cognition, problem solving, stress, etc.

Papers should be no more than 30 pages in length, total, including references.

By exchanging views and data across debates in this field it is hoped that the special issue will provide a new start for collegial discussion of these issues as the field moves forward.

Manuscripts can be submitted through the Journal's Manuscript Submission Portal. Please note in your cover letter that you are submitting for this special issue and send in attention to Christopher J. Ferguson.

Questions about the special issue can be addressed to the guest editor Christopher J. Ferguson.

First submission papers will be accepted through February 1, 2014.

Call for Papers for a Special Issue of Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience: Mechanisms of Motivation-Cognition Interactions

Editor-in-Chief: Deanna Barch

Special Guest Editor: Todd Braver

In the last decade, investigations of motivation have been revitalized by progress in social, affective, and cognitive psychology, as well as by progress in systems and computational neuroscience, that begin to elaborate the mechanisms by which motivation influences higher-level learning and information processing. Exciting investigations of motivational effects have now been carried out in a number of domains including attention, working memory, episodic memory, executive control, decision-making, and implicit goal formation. Importantly, this recent work has provided new theoretical frameworks, methodologies and analytical tools for characterizing the nature of motivation-cognition interactions. These range from experimental paradigms that provide more precise behavioral and cognitive assays, to neuroimaging methods enabling identification of neural activity dynamics in both localized regions and large-scale brain networks, to computational approaches that provide formalisms for understanding reinforcement learning and decision-making. Additionally, new work has addressed questions of how developmental, aging, and clinical populations are impacted by changes in the nature of motivation-cognition interactions.

This special issue of Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience will bring together a comprehensive set of articles identifying and addressing the mechanisms by which motivation interacts with cognitive and affective function. Consistent with the journal mission, submissions should provide a neuroscience-based perspective, with a particularly high priority placed on work that integrates across psychological and neurobiological levels of analysis.

Submissions may target any issues related to motivation-cognition interactions, including those that may overlap with topics within affective function, reward processing, or reinforcement learning. However, for these latter topics, it will be important to make clear how invoking the construct of motivation provides added theoretical and/or experimental leverage to the question of interest. We particularly encourage submissions that include a lifespan or aging perspective. Both original empirical articles and review/opinion pieces are welcomed.

One-page proposals are due July 1, 2013, and full manuscripts will be due October 1, 2013, with the goal of publishing the Special Issue in March of 2014. Please send the one-page proposal to Deanna Barch at dbarch@wustl.edu.

Call for Submissions: 2013 Condon Prize for Best Student Essay in Psychological Anthropology

The SPA is now accepting submissions to the 2013 Condon Prize for Best Student Essay in Psychological Anthropology

The Society for Psychological Anthropology solicits entries for the 2013 Richard G. Condon Prize for the best student essay in psychological anthropology.

Please encourage students to submit papers for this competition.

The winner will be awarded $500 and one year’s free membership in the Society for Psychological Anthropology.

The winning essay will be published in Ethos after working with the Editor to revise and prepare the final manuscript.

The prize is named for the late Richard G. Condon, whose work included the study of adolescence, family, and change among the Canadian Inuit.

Psychological anthropology is defined broadly to include interrelationships among psychological, social and cultural phenomena.

Essays will be judged on their relevance to psychological anthropology, theoretical and methodological strengths, and organization and clarity.

The winner will be recognized at the 2013 SPA Business Meeting in Chicago.

Papers submitted for consideration must follow these guidelines:

1. No evidence of the author's identity may be provided in any way through the text or by reference in the paper.

2. The author's name, address, email, student affiliation, and the title of the paper must be provided in an email message to which the paper is attached, and the paper should only be identified by title – and not by author's name – in the attachment.

3. Authors must be students at the time of submitting the paper, but they need not be members of the Society for Psychological Anthropology.

4. Papers must not exceed 9000 words inclusive of references.

5. Papers must follow the American Anthropological Association style guide, available at: http://www.aaanet.org/publications/guidelines.cfm.

6. Papers must be submitted and received by August 15, 2013. Entries should be emailed as MS Word attachments to Harold Odden, SPA Secretary-Treasurer, at Oddenh@ipfw.edu.

Please direct any questions to Merav Shohet, Condon committee chair, at mshohetg@gmail.com.

Merav Shohet, Ph.D.
merav@post.harvard.edu
617.520.4891
 

Call for Chapters: High Performance and Cloud Computing in Scientific Research and Education

Editors

Dr. Marijana Despotovic-Zrakic (University of Belgrade, Serbia)

Dr. Veljko Milutinovic (University of Belgrade, Serbia)

Dr. Aleksandar Belic (University of Belgrade, Serbia)

Proposals Submission Deadline: June 15, 2013

Full Chapters Due: July 15, 2013

Submission Date: September 30, 2013

Nowadays, requirements for design and implementation of information systems that are used for educational and research purposes at universities become more complex. These information systems include a plethora of services, applications, resources, and interactions. The resulting conglomerate of services and solutions is getting increasingly difficult to deal with and further improve. In addition to that, new and extremely important concepts, such as mobility, pervasiveness, and services on demand, have further fuelled the need for changing and improving existing approaches. As a result, efforts to design a new computing architecture--the so called cloud computing--have been initiated over the last couple of years and are ongoing across the world. New paradigms such as high performance computing and cloud computing will provide reliable and cost effective IT infrastructure that enhance realization of research and educational processes at universities.

The main subject of the book is high performance computing and cloud computing applications in the area of scientific work and education. Supercomputers are used for compute-intensive tasks such as problems including quantum physics, weather forecasting, climate research, oil and gas exploration, molecular modeling (computing the structures and properties of chemical compounds, biological macromolecules, polymers, and crystals), and physical simulations (such as simulation of airplanes in wind tunnels, simulation of the detonation of nuclear weapons, and research in nuclear fusion). In the scope of this publication, the following areas of high computing application were discussed and presented through case studies and exercises: industry, research and academic community works, simulation, and hydroinformatics. Cloud computing is an emerging area that includes a set of disciplines, technologies, and business models used to deliver IT capabilities (software, platforms, hardware) as an on-demand, scalable, elastic service. This book presents the applications of cloud computing in scientific research, education, e-learning, ubiquitous learning, CRM and social computing.

Objective of the Book

The primary goal of the proposed publication is to provide a variety of research and survey articles in the field of modern computer technologies and their application in science and education. Findings and discussion provided within publication should foster the potentials and capabilities of research, the academic community, and also industry. The publication is oriented towards making an impact in practice. A loy research presented in the publication will leverage dissemination of knowledge and awareness of the potential benefits of cloud computing.

Target Audience

The publication research provides numerous examples, practical solutions, and applications of high performance computing and cloud computing that can improve capacity and capability as well as the quality of research, teaching, and learning processes. This publication can contribute to the seamless adoption of modern technologies in the areas of science, research, and business; it can also foster new IT infrastructures and services, enable efficient and cost-effective usage of software and hardware resources, and determine what is of significant importance for each business entity, particularly in developing countries. In addition, the presented works are expected to contribute to introducing cloud computing and high performance application and services in other areas (business, industry). Guidelines and case studies provided in the book can help developing cost effective solutions in business and industry. This manuscript is also beneficial to computer and system infrastructure designers, developers, business managers, entrepreneurs, and investors within the cloud computing related industry. The target audience of this book will be composed of professionals and researchers working in the field of information and communication technologies, and their applications in science and education. Researchers and scholars will gain insight on how modern technologies can be used as a support for scientific research. The book will also provide resources on how cloud technologies can be used to build effective infrastructure of educational institutions.

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

1. High performance computing:

High performance computer architectures and technologies

Grid computing

Parallel and distributed algorithms

Scalable servers and systems

Energy efficient high-performance computing

Software support and advanced micro-architecture techniques

Operating systems for scalable high-performance computing

High performance computing in science

Emerging applications such as biotechnology and nanotechnology

2. Cloud computing concepts and architecture:

Cloud architecture

Virtualization

Transition from traditional high performance architecture to cloud architecture

IaaS, PaaS, SaaS

Middlewares for implementing clouds

Development and applications of cloud concepts

Autonomic cloud management

Security issues and risk management in cloud environments

3. Cloud computing in science:

Synergy between grid computing and cloud computing in science

Synergy between ubiquitous computing and cloud computing in science

Synergy between pervasive computing and cloud computing in science

Cloud computing in specific scientific domains

Cloud services as support to scientific research

GIS and cloud technologies

4. Cloud computing in education:

Cloud architecture for e-education

Allocation and resource management

Federation of university clouds

Digital identity management in the cloud

Cloud services as support to education

Knowledge management in the cloud

5. Applications and projects

Submission Procedure

Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before June 15, 2013, a 2-3 page chapter proposal clearly explaining the mission and concerns of his or her proposed chapter. Authors of accepted proposals will be notified by June 30, 2013 about the status of their proposals and sent chapter guidelines. Full chapters are expected to be submitted by July 15, 2013. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis. Contributors may also be requested to serve as reviewers for this project. For additional information regarding the manuscript, please visit www.elab.rs/cc-book/.

Publisher

This book is scheduled to be published by IGI Global (formerly Idea Group Inc.), publisher of the “Information Science Reference” (formerly Idea Group Reference), “Medical Information Science Reference,” “Business Science Reference,” and “Engineering Science Reference” imprints. For additional information regarding the publisher, please visit www.igi-global.com. This book is anticipated to be released in 2013.

Important Dates

June 15, 2013: Proposal Submission Deadline

June 30, 2013: Notification of Acceptance

July 15, 2013: Full Chapter Submission

August 15, 2013: Review Results Returned

September 30, 2013: Final Chapter Submission

November 30, 2013: Final Deadline

Editorial Advisory Board Members:

Borko Furth, Florida Atlantic University, USA

Ivan Stojmenovic, University of Ottawa, Canada

Vladimir Brusic, Boston University, USA

Milorad Stanojevic, University of Belgrade, Serbia

Srdan Krco, Ericsson Ireland Research Centre, Ireland

Inquiries and submissions can be forwarded electronically (Word document):

Dr. Marijana Despotović-Zrakić
Faculty of Organizational Science
University of Belgrade, Jove Illića 154
Tel.: +381698893144

Call for Chapters: Global Issues and Ethical Concerns in Human Enhancement Technologies

Editors
Dr. Steven John Thompson (Johns Hopkins University and University of Maryland University College, USA)

Proposals Submission Deadline: June 15, 2013

Full Chapters Due: September 1, 2013

Submission Date: November 30, 2013

Society is struggling with issues regarding rapid advancements in Human Enhancement Technologies (HET), especially in terms of definition, effects, participation, regulation, and control. These are global matters that legislators must sufficiently address, as was evidenced partly by debate within the 2008 European Parliament’s Science and Technology Options Assessment (STOA), among other discussions; yet, relevance must not be relegated entirely to scientists, legislators, and lobbyists who may gain power and control at the expense of those parties most affected by these life-changing technologies. Since current and future HET initiatives should be in the best interests of those who will eventually participate, research into critical pragmatic elements of HET must expand beyond government and scientific experimentation for eventual societal adoption to incorporate deeper relevant inquiry from within the humanities.

Objective of the Book

While much of the realm of HET is in a state of growing experimentation, there is benefit to exploring ground that may be covered regarding universal concerns, ethics, objectives, and principles in aspects of HET as viewed through the humanities. This compendium will include contributions of professional researchers and others working with HET issues today and into the future. It will also provide a well-rounded composite of the HET field in emerging technologies.

Target Audience

The target audience of this book will be composed of researchers, graduate students, practitioners, and professionals in academe and the medical industry who should all find value in this publication. The recent surge in academic course offerings associated with the role of the body in the humanities and computer science will benefit, as will some persons engaged in a humanities approach to study of metasystems, new artificial life, and robotics. This book will merge some of the leading allied field voices regarding HET into a singular compelling voice of inquiry on the topic of human enhancement technology. Moreover, the book will provide insights and support executives concerned with the management of expertise, knowledge, information and organizational development in different types of work communities and environments.

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

Theory and Definition

• Body and Machine

• Cyborg Creation

• Enhancement and Modification

• Uses in Medicine and Science

Ethics and Philosophy

• Internet Brain Implants and Related Interfaces

• Human Rights and Requisite Modification

• Human Values and Freedom in Experimentation

• Safety Concerns

Policy and Regulation

• Control and Threat

• Corporations, Governments, and Military Axes

• Issues in Science, Technology, and Society

Digitality and Neuronics

• Access, Availability and Privilege

• Technological Production and Purposed Results

• Ubiquity

Levels of Participation

• Current Trends

• Freedom, Requisite Implementation and Universal Adoption

• Future and The Collective Hive

Submission Procedure

Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before June 15, 2013, a 2-3 page chapter proposal clearly explaining the mission and concern of the proposed chapter. All authors of accepted proposals will be notified by July 1, 2013 about status of their proposals and sent chapter guidelines. Full chapters are expected to be submitted by September 1, 2013. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis. Contributors may also be requested to serve as reviewers for this project.

Publisher

This book is scheduled to be published in 2014 by IGI Global (formerly Idea Group Inc.), publisher of the “Information Science Reference” (formerly Idea Group Reference), “Medical Information Science Reference,” “Business Science Reference,” and “Engineering Science Reference” imprints. For additional information regarding the publisher, please visit www.igi-global.com.

Important Dates

June 15, 2013: Proposal Submission Deadline

July 1, 2013: Notification of Acceptance

September 1, 2013: Full Chapter Submission

September 30, 2013:  Review Results Returned

November 30, 2013: Final Chapter Submission

January 31, 2014: Final Publication Deadline

Inquiries and submissions can be forwarded electronically (Word document):

Dr. Steven John Thompson (rhetorist@jhu.edu)

Call for Abstracts on the Topic "Patents for Humanity" for a Special Issue of Technology & Innovation: Proceedings of the National Academy

The journal Technology & Innovation: Proceedings of the National Academy of Inventors is currently soliciting manuscripts for a special issue: Patents for Humanity.

Abstracts should be submitted by June 3, 2013. The abstract submission should contain the title, author affiliation, an abstract of no more than 250 words, key words, and corresponding author’s contact information. Upon approval, full manuscripts will be due by Aug. 23.

Articles should concern patented technologies or innovations that have made/have the potential for making significant contributions to humanity. Articles may include commentaries by field experts concerning patents, original articles describing the development and research toward a technology or patent, and/or narrative-like stories that emphasize the societal benefits of select innovations.

Submissions may include (but are not limited to) the following topics:

Economics of a technology, governmental and policy action, and innovation

Environmental impact of various technologies/patent types

Health impacts of technologies and innovations

Analyses of the distribution and access to technology

All submissions should meet Technology and Innovation’s author instructions and should be submitted online.

Questions? Contact Diana Vergara (TIJournal@research.usf.edu), editorial assistant.

Call for Papers for a Special Issue of Child Maltreatment: Child Maltreatment & Emerging Adulthood: Developmental Outcomes & Service Delivery

Child Maltreatment, the journal of the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children, is preparing a special issue on developmental outcomes and service delivery during emerging adulthood. The purpose of this special issue is to highlight research examining empirical links between child maltreatment and developmental outcomes during emerging adulthood, broadly defined as that period of development from 18 to 25 years of age when young people living in technologically oriented cultures make the transition from adolescence to early adulthood.

Guest Editors Thomas J. McMahon, Ph.D. & Tanya Nichols, M.A., Yale University School of Medicine

Developmental outcomes of potential interest include, but are not necessarily limited to:

• Subjective identity

• Emotional stability

• Substance use

• Sexual behavior

• Quality of friendships

• Quality of romantic relationships

• Vocational-educational adjustment

• Quality of family relations

• Financial support

• The transition to independent living

• The transition to marriage

• The transition to parenthood

• Community engagement

Developmental outcomes representing both psychopathology and social competence will be acceptable; and the journal is particularly interested in papers that highlight positive developmental outcomes in the face of early adversity that represent resilience. Reports of research done within survey, case control, and longitudinal designs will be considered. Papers that draw upon the strengths of longitudinal designs with consideration of mediating or moderating influences are preferred.

This special issue will also highlight empirical research on service delivery during the transition from child to adult oriented systems of care for young people with a history of child maltreatment. The journal is particularly interested in papers that describe psychosocial intervention and patterns of service utilization for young people leaving the care of the child welfare system.

The deadline for submitting manuscripts is September 2, 2013. All manuscripts submitted for consideration will be subjected to peer review. Full length manuscripts should be limited to 35 double spaced pages, inclusive of tables, figures, and references. Manuscripts should also be formatted according to guidelines outlined in the sixth edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, and they should be accompanied by a letter requesting the paper be considered for this special issue on emerging adulthood.

If you have any questions about this special issue, please do not hesitate to contact Thomas McMahon at (203) 974-
5950 or thomas.mcmahon@yale.edu

Call for Papers for the International Journal of Behavioral Medicine on Research to Reality: The Science of Dissemination and Implementation in Behavioral Medicine

Public health programs are only effective if they are widely disseminated and implemented. The different values and perspectives of practitioners, program implementers, policy makers and researchers may be a significant barrier to this. Practitioners often find generic evidence-based interventions difficult to implement in community settings, especially when there is limited information about how to adapt programs to the local context. Furthermore, public health decision makers and program implementers are often reluctant to consider new interventions when effectiveness has not been demonstrated in their particular setting or country. In contrast, researchers place greater emphasis on internal validity than on generalizability and external validity.

“Dissemination” refers to the flow of evidence-based but customised information or intervention to well-defined target audiences.  “Implementation” refers to the adoption and integration of evidence-based health interventions into specific settings. “Translation” refers to applying or adapting research findings or evidence to different community or population settings.

Effective dissemination, implementation and translation of public health and behavioral medicine interventions require the triangulation of evidence from formal trials with case studies, expert opinion, network analysis, and systems thinking, as well as assessment of the local context.

As a follow-up to a highly successful satellite forum on dissemination and implementation at the 11th International Congress of Behavioral Medicine, Budapest, August 2012, the International Journal of Behavioral Medicine is issuing an international call for papers to address issues pertaining to dissemination, implementation and translation in behavioral medicine. Manuscript submissions are due July 1, 2013.

Research Questions: We are particularly interested in papers that address, but are not limited to, these topics:

What theoretical models and approaches are relevant to understanding and improving dissemination, implementation and translation in Behavioral Medicine? What evidence demonstrates the effectiveness of these models and approaches?

What methods and strategies are being used in dissemination and implementation studies in behavioral medicine?

How can we maximize the impact of behavioral medicine evidence on public health policy and practice?

We will consider papers that report original research, conceptual or theoretical papers, meta-analyses, systematic reviews, and papers that highlight innovative methodologies. Papers from studies conducted in both developed and developing countries are welcome.

Instructions: Please submit your manuscript by July 1, 2013 following the standard requirements for IJBM articles and are subject to standard editorial and peer review processes. See http://www.springer.com/medicine/journal/12529#.

Please address any questions regarding this special issue to the Guest Editors: Dr. Carina Chan (carina.chan@monash.edu), Dr. Brian Oldenburg (brian.oldenburg@monash.edu) and Dr. Vish Viswanath (vish_viswanath@dfci.harvard.edu).

Call for Papers: Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research

Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research (CPJ) is a quarterly, peer-reviewed journal that seeks to advance knowledge and practice in all areas of consulting psychology (including but not limited to coaching, assessment, leadership, corporate consulting, consulting to schools, team consulting, etc.) by publishing high-quality, evidence-based research for consulting practice as well as theoretical articles and select case studies. All submissions must have relevance for consulting psychology in at least one area that the field addresses (individual, group, and/or organizational/systemic).

The journal is international in scope and is uniquely placed to reach both academic and consulting practitioner audiences. Articles in the following areas are welcomed:

theoretical/conceptual research with implications for consulting

original research regarding consultation

in-depth reviews of the research and literature in specific areas of consultation practice

case studies demonstrating the application of innovative consultation methods and strategies that highlight critical or often overlooked issues or have unusual features that would be of general interest to consultants

research on consultation practice development

manuscripts addressing the unique challenges encountered by consulting psychologists in applying their knowledge and skill to the problems of clients

Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research is published by the APA's Journals Program. APA authors benefit from exceptional support, knowledge, and resources and enjoy a worldwide exposure: Upon publication, CPJ articles are distributed to individuals and organizations internationally through our PsycINFO and PsycARTICLES databases, the most comprehensive and widely used psychological databases in the world. Through print and electronic access, articles published in CPJ are available to a global audience of over 3,000 institutions and 60 million potential readers. In addition to APA’s own databases, all CPJ is also accessible through ProQuest, EBSCO, Ovid, and ScienceDirect, among other platforms.

Although CPJ does not yet have an impact factor, it is part of a growing number of major abstracting and indexing databases that are accessible to academics, consultants, and practitioners.

Additional information about the journal is available on the CPJ web page. http://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/cpb/index.aspx

Submitted manuscripts must be written in the style outlined in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.), must not have been previously published, and should not be under consideration for publication elsewhere.