Villanova Graduate Student Research Journal Now Accepting Submissions

The deadline for submitting a paper to Villanova’s graduate student journal for research, CONCEPT, is Monday, Feb. 2, 2015.

The author of the best article in the 2015 issue will receive the Graduate Student Research Prize. Submissions should be material that has been researched and written as part of graduate work at Villanova and may be up to 25 pages. Scholars from all of the Graduate Studies Programs for the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences are invited to submit. We seek papers that are exemplary in their respective disciplines as well as papers that have an interdisciplinary appeal. Selection for publication is highly competitive.

We will recognize the top essay as the Graduate Research Prize Essay. The winning author will be formally recognized at the publication celebration on April 23rd @ 2:30 in Falvey Library.

Authors should register with the website, http://concept.journals.villanova.edu and follow the instructions there for posting their submission. (An author may submit no more than 1 article for consideration.) Any questions should be directed to the faculty editor-in-chief, Lisa Sewell (lisa.sewell@villanova.edu).

Call for Peer Reviewers

The journal is now seeking volunteers to serve as peer-reviewers. Peer-reviewers contribute to the process of determining the essays that will appear in the journal. The review process will begin soon after the deadline for submission, which is Monday, February 2, 2015. Those interested in serving as peer-reviewers should consult the job description posted on the website and then contact the faculty editor-in-chief, Lisa Sewell (lisa.sewell@villanova.edu) to volunteer.

You may also register with the website, http://concept.journals.villanova.edu, and follow the instructions there for becoming a peer-reviewer.

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