Request for Proposals: Becoming a Polytechnic: The Nexus of 21st Century Scholarship

Humboldt Journal of Social Relations (1973-2023) 

50th Anniversary Special Issue 

Editors: Jennifer Eichstedt, Erin Kelly, Kyle Morgan, and Mary Virnoche

We invite 1-2 paragraph article proposals for the 2023 HJSR 50th anniversary issue. The issue will feature snapshots of the HSU intellectual landscape at a pivotal moment in the university's history, as our HSI and MSI campus transitions to a polytechnic. The deadline for proposals is Friday, December 3, 2021. 

HJSR is a peer reviewed, free online journal housed in the Department of Sociology. The full collection of past issues can be found in JSTOR. The most recent issues are also available directly at https://digitalcommons.humboldt.edu/hjsr/

We are hoping for:

• CREATIVE PARTNERSHIPS - seed and build what could become longer term research and creative teams for future projects.

• THOUGHT PIECES - as you think about and discuss pressing social problems with colleagues in the coming months, consider your writing as the way to share the heart of those conversations.

• COMPLEX PROBLEM SOLVING with MULTIDISCIPLINARY SYNERGIES - leaders across disciplines understand that the world faces challenges that require research synergies and planning across disciplines to apply our knowledge.

• FORWARD THINKING - bring together past and current HSU faculty research, applied partnerships, and pivotal questions shaping the work to be done.

Please direct questions to the issue editors: Mary.Virnoche@humboldt.edu;, Jennifer.Eichstedt@humboldt.edu, Erin.Kelly@humboldt.edu, or Kyle.Morgan@humboldt.edu

Proposal Requirements: Authors (more can be added later); 1-2 paragraphs describing the general article topic and conceptualization. Submit proposal information here. 

Topic ideas: Arts and Digital Renaissance; Cannabis, Place, and Communities; Computational Applications and Systems; Heat, Hurricanes, and Drought; Energy Systems; Fisheries and Food Systems; Forests, Fires, and Sustainability; Health, Care, and Living Well; Race, Social Justice, and Communities in Action; and many more.

Deadlines

One-Page Proposal Deadline: December 3, 2021

Proposal Decisions: December 10, 2021

Full Manuscript Deadline: August 1, 2022

Target Release: April 15, 2023