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)

 

Indiana University Southeast

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

Maps and Driving Directions

Campus Map of Indiana University Southeast

Hotel Map and Directions

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."