Call for Papers
Volume 3, Issue 1 (Fall 2009)
We cordially invite undergraduate and graduate submissions to Social Dialogue, a University of Utah student publication administered by the graduate students in the department of Sociology. The purpose of Social Dialogue is to allow students to engage their community by discussing social issues in a public forum.
Each issue of Social Dialogue is distributed across the University of Utah as well as to local and state officials, local non-profits and to behavioral science departments at universities across the western United States.
Papers should address a contemporary social issue or problem. Papers should be 5-7 pages (double-spaced) in length, and should try to adhere to the following format: (1) Define the issue and explain its relevance or importance for the public; (2) Use a social theory to explain the issue; (3) Discuss the social research that supports, or refutes, the theoretical explanation of the issue; (4) Discuss how or why the social research should impact our way of thinking about this issue. For examples please see previous issues of Social Dialogue available online at www.soc.utah.edu/graduate/dialogue/index.html.
Where possible, we encourage authors to attempt to discuss the relevance of the issue for our local population (i.e. U of U students, or Utah citizens). Submissions should avoid discipline-specific terminology so as to be accessible to a wider audience. If you are working on a paper as part of a course, or you have a paper from a past course that you think may fit, please send it in!
All submitted papers from undergraduate students will be eligible for a $100 award for best paper and a $50 award for an honorable mention paper.
Submissions should be submitted electronically as an attachment (preferably in Microsoft Word format) to social.dialogue@soc.utah.edu by: September 14, 2009.
Fall 2008 Issue (PDF)
Spring 2008 Issue (PDF)
Fall 2007 Issue (PDF)
Letter from Department Chair