IASS Annual Meeting
The 2009 Annual Meeting of the Indiana Academy of Social Sciences is being hosted by DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana. The Annual Board Meeting and Dinner is Thursday, October 15 and the IASS Annual Meeting will be held on Friday, October 16.
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.
2009 Annual Meeting Poster (pdf)
IASS Board Meeting and Dinner, Thursday, October 15, 2009
Registration Form (Do not forget to register by October 1)
Walden Inn & Conference Center at DePauw University
2 West Seminary Street
Greencastle, IN 46135
Phone: 765-658-1000
Fax: 765-653-4833
Social Hour: 6:00 PM
Dinner: 7:00 PM
Board Meeting: After Dinner
IASS Annual Meeting, Friday, October 16, 2009
Registration Form (Do not forget to register by October 1)
Walden Inn & Conference Center at DePauw University
2 West Seminary Street
Greencastle, IN 46135
Phone: 765-658-1000
Fax: 765-653-4833
Reserve a Room at Walden Inn by October 1, 2009
2009 Keynote Speaker
Dr. Dave Mason, Professor of Political Science, Butler University
Professor Mason is the author of the widely acclaimed book The End of American Century. He will discuss the theme of his book and autograph copies of his book.
Past Annual Meeting Keynote Speakers
Dr. Denise Travis, Professor of Social Work, Indiana University Northwest
Professor Travis' talk was entitled "A Response to Senator Barack Obama's Philadelphia Speech on the Impact of the Politicization of Race in America."
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.
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."