IASS Annual Meeting
The 2008 Annual Meeting of the Indiana Academy of Social Sciences is being hosted by Indiana University Southeast in New Albany, Indiana. The Annual Board Meeting and Dinner is Thursday, October 16 and the IASS Annual Meeting will be held on Friday, October 17.
Call For Papers
Abstracts are due to the director of your discipline by July 1. If you would like to have your paper considered for publication in the Journal of the Indiana Academy of Social Sciences an initial draft of your paper is due no later than September 15. Between September 15 and the Annual Meeting your paper will be reviewed. At the Annual Meeting you will receive the comments from the reviewers.
A revision of your paper is due by November 15. A publication decision will be made by December 15. Those papers accepted for publication will appear in the Journal of the IASS the following year. See the Annual Call for Papers for information specific to your discipline. Link to IASS Style Guidelines to see how to write the paper.
2008 Program
Thursday, October 16, 2008
IASS Board Meeting and Dinner
Registration Form (Do not forget to register by October 1)
Holiday Inn Lakeview in Clarksville
505 Marriott Drive
Clarksville, IN 47129
Social Hour: 6:00 PM
Dinner: 7:00 PM
Board Meeting: After Dinner
Friday, October 17, 2008
IASS Annual Meeting
Registration Form (Do not forget to register by October 1)
4201 Grant Line Road
New Albany, Indiana 47150
School of Social Sciences
812-941-2391
Fax: 812-941-2591
Hotel Information
Holiday Inn Lakeview in Clarksville
505 Marriott Drive
Clarksville, IN 47129
1-877-894-6791
Front Desk: 1-812-283-4411
Fax: 1-812-283-1619
IASS Room Rate: $74.95 (Register by October 1, 2008)
Directions and Maps
Keynote Speaker
Dr. Denise Travis, Professor of Social Work, Indiana University Northwest
Professor Travis' talk is entitled "A Response to Senator Barack Obama's Philadelphia Speech on the Impact of the Politicization of Race in America."
Past Annual Meeting Keynote Speakers
2007 Annual Meeting
Dr. Randy Mills, Oakland City University
Professor Mills of Oakland City University received the 2006 IASS George C. Roberts Award with his co-author Stephen Bottoms for their paper, Are You a Communist: 1948 Evansville, Indiana, Bucyrus Erie Strike. His talk is entitled, "It is the Most Wonderful Thing: Research and Writing Opportunities in Your Own Back Yard."
2006 Annual Meeting
Dr. Sandra L. Barnes, Purdue University
Professor Barnes of Purdue University recently published the book, The Cost of Being Poor: A Comparative Study of Life in Poor Urban Neighborhoods in Gary, Indiana.
Dr. Richard Pierce, University of Notre Dame
Professor Pierce of the University of Notre Dame recently published, Polite Protest: The Political Economy of Race in Indianapolis, 1920-1970, by Indiana University Press.
2005 Annual Meeting
Miles Patterson, University of Missouri - St. Louis
Professor Miles Patterson was the guest speaker at the Indiana Academy of the Social Sciences Annual Meeting in Terre Haute on October 21, 2005. His address was entitled "Beyond Words: The Power of Non-Verbal Communication." The meeting was hosted by Indiana State University and St. Mary of the Woods College. Thirty-seven papers were delivered at the meeting.
2004 Annual Meeting
Ken Falk , Chief Litigator for the Indiana Civil Liberties Union
Ken Falk, Chief Litigator for the Indiana Civil Liberties Union, spoke at the 2004 Annual Meeting of the Academy at Butler University on October 15. His address was entitled "Order and Freedom in a Post 9-11 World."