Book reviews are accepted either as single book or a comibination of books that have a recurrent theme (e.g. four or five books that may relate to the non-profit sector). Book review should adhere to APA guidelines and should not be more than 1500 words. Your reviews should provide thoughtful insight and analysis concerning the meaning or theme expressed. What are the messages being conveyed? How does the book relate to positive social change in a particular field? Book reviews will be published at the discretion of the editors.

 

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Call for Papers and Proposals

 

Walden University seeks proposals from researchers, scholars, and practitioners for competitive papers, poster sessions, interactive workshops, multimedia presentations, panels, and artistic performances for the 2009 Minneapolis, MN,  Residency.

Walden is dedicated to positive social change through the development of principled, knowledgeable, and ethical scholar-practitioners who are and will become civic and professional role models by advancing the betterment of society. The annual Minneapolis Residency highlights scholarship leading to positive social change.  Submissions are welcome from any field, but primarily in the fields of psychology, management, public policy, education, engineering, or health services, non-profit sector, and emergency management.

We seek to highlight the ways in which scholars, practitioners, and community activists align their work to promote social justice and equality by relying on positive social change as a core principle. There are abundant examples of this, including:

• The field of environmental psychology, which analyzes the relationship between human behavior and the natural environment
• Green economics and natural capital, avenues for considering the relationship between human beings and commerce
• Education for sustainability, including programs or curricula that help learners to understand systemic relationships, root causes, and the interactive effects of seemingly independent decisions
• Distributing access to fresh water, clean air, and open spaces in the context of urban development has led planners to focus on controlling sprawl
• Increased investment in science and math education in our schools prepares the next generation for lives of environmental stewardship
• Engineers and businesses are now working on the life cycle of engineered products, taking account of the costs of retiring obsolete materials
• Health and human services professionals link with community organizers to champion environmental justice because too often pollution, noise and other negative effects of density fall unevenly on those without power or privilege
• Efforts by systems theorists and change researchers to define and model sustainability in social movements or change efforts, and also to explore the relationships between ecological sustainability and sustainability of communities or cultures
• Partnerships among individuals, grass-roots organizations and/or social institutions in creating and facilitating sustainable social change

Submission Procedures

 

We invite submissions in three categories: (1) academic papers, (2) interactive poster sessions and (3) proposals for interactive workshops, multimedia presentations, panels or artistic performances. Submission procedures differ for each form of involvement, and are detailed below. Multiple submissions within or across the three categories will be considered.

 

Academic Papers

 

Academic papers must be submitted no later than April 2, 2009. Submissions will undergo a peer review process, and selection is competitive. Authors of accepted papers will be notified no later than May 15, 2009. Submissions must conform to the guidelines for the Journal of Social Change and be submitted using the Journal’s online submission process. When submitting your paper online, please indicate “Walden Minneapolis- Paper” as the publication. Papers accepted for presentation may be invited for publication in a special issue of the Journal, tentatively scheduled for October 2009.

 

 Proposals should include:

• Cover page, including the following information: Name(s) and title(s) of presenter(s) and designation of lead presenter, mailing and email contact information, title of presentation (15 words or fewer), type of presentation (workshop, multimedia presentation, panel discussion, artistic performance)
• Curriculum vitae of the presenter(s)
• A 50-word abstract and/or outline of the presentation
• A narrative not to exceed three pages that summarizes the topic, the goals of the presentation, the research or community practice on which the presentation is based, and the connection to sustainability and social change
• DVDs, videotapes, Web sites, support materials, or other means of accurately describing the presentation (if applicable)
• Audio-visual requirements, if any

Proposals (and questions) should be emailed to david.mlen@waldenu.edu or mark.gordon@waldenu.edu