CALL FOR PAPERS FOR SPECIAL ISSUE ON RACE AND HEALTH Du Bois Review: Social Science Research on Race
CALL FOR PAPERS FOR SPECIAL ISSUE ON RACE AND HEALTH Du Bois Review:
Social Science Research on Race
“The problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color line.”
With those words, W.E. Du Bois discussed the racial progress in the
United States and foreshadowed the critical part race would continue
to play in understanding inequality, mobility, and quality of life in
American society.
This quote serves as a springboard for this special call of the Du Bois Review
(DBR) soliciting abstracts for papers that describe novel and exciting
research directions for studying how race and ethnicity affect health
in the twenty-first century. That is, what are the next big ideas
that can potentially unpack how and why race is so strongly associated
with physical and mental health? What are the most promising new
directions for the study of racial inequality and health? What are
the key unanswered questions that researchers and policy makers should
invest in? What is needed to make more progress in effectively
addressing racial inequalities in health? The DBR is truly
multidisciplinary, spanning economics, political science, psychology,
sociology, history, public health, and more. If you are not already
familiar with the journal, we encourage you to go to the Cambridge
University Press website and examine previous issues:
http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=DBR
Guest editors for this special issue are David R. Williams (Harvard
University) and David T. Takeuchi (University of Washington).
Submission Process
Two-page proposals for papers are due January 25, 2010. Two types of
papers will be accepted for this special call: (a) state of the
discipline presents lead essays that synthetically critique broad
areas of research regarding race and health ; and (b) state of the
art, is dedicated to observations and analyses of empirical research.
Proposals should state a tentative title, the type of paper to be
written, listing of authors, contact information, and a synopsis of
the paper idea. We will select papers that hold the most promise for
advancing the field and that best combine, as a collection of papers,
into a synergistic whole appropriate for this special call. We expect
to make our final selection of proposals by February 15, 2010. Final
papers will be due July 31, 2010 with publication of the special issue
expected for early 2011.
DBR is a blind peer-reviewed journal and publishes only original,
previously unpublished whether hard copy or electronic work. Submitted
manuscripts may not be under review for publication elsewhere while
under consideration at DBR.
Please send an electronic version of proposals for papers to both
David Williams (DWILLIAM@hsph.harvard.edu) and David Takeuchi
(dt5@uw.edu).
About DBR
DBR is an innovative journal that presents and analyzes the best
cutting-edge research on race from the social sciences. It provides a
forum for discussion and increased understanding of race and society
from a range of disciplines, including but not limited to economics,
political science, sociology, anthropology, law, communications,
public policy, psychology, linguistics, and history. The editors of
this peer-reviewed journal are Professor Lawrence D. Bobo (Harvard
University) and Professor Michael C. Dawson (University of Chicago).
Published by Cambridge University Press, and sponsored by the W. E.
B. Du Bois Institute at Harvard University, each issue of the DBR
contains between 200 and 225 pages.
For further information about DBR please go to:
http://www.journals.cambridge.org/jid_DBR
Social Science Research on Race
“The problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color line.”
With those words, W.E. Du Bois discussed the racial progress in the
United States and foreshadowed the critical part race would continue
to play in understanding inequality, mobility, and quality of life in
American society.
This quote serves as a springboard for this special call of the Du Bois Review
(DBR) soliciting abstracts for papers that describe novel and exciting
research directions for studying how race and ethnicity affect health
in the twenty-first century. That is, what are the next big ideas
that can potentially unpack how and why race is so strongly associated
with physical and mental health? What are the most promising new
directions for the study of racial inequality and health? What are
the key unanswered questions that researchers and policy makers should
invest in? What is needed to make more progress in effectively
addressing racial inequalities in health? The DBR is truly
multidisciplinary, spanning economics, political science, psychology,
sociology, history, public health, and more. If you are not already
familiar with the journal, we encourage you to go to the Cambridge
University Press website and examine previous issues:
http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=DBR
Guest editors for this special issue are David R. Williams (Harvard
University) and David T. Takeuchi (University of Washington).
Submission Process
Two-page proposals for papers are due January 25, 2010. Two types of
papers will be accepted for this special call: (a) state of the
discipline presents lead essays that synthetically critique broad
areas of research regarding race and health ; and (b) state of the
art, is dedicated to observations and analyses of empirical research.
Proposals should state a tentative title, the type of paper to be
written, listing of authors, contact information, and a synopsis of
the paper idea. We will select papers that hold the most promise for
advancing the field and that best combine, as a collection of papers,
into a synergistic whole appropriate for this special call. We expect
to make our final selection of proposals by February 15, 2010. Final
papers will be due July 31, 2010 with publication of the special issue
expected for early 2011.
DBR is a blind peer-reviewed journal and publishes only original,
previously unpublished whether hard copy or electronic work. Submitted
manuscripts may not be under review for publication elsewhere while
under consideration at DBR.
Please send an electronic version of proposals for papers to both
David Williams (DWILLIAM@hsph.harvard.edu) and David Takeuchi
(dt5@uw.edu).
About DBR
DBR is an innovative journal that presents and analyzes the best
cutting-edge research on race from the social sciences. It provides a
forum for discussion and increased understanding of race and society
from a range of disciplines, including but not limited to economics,
political science, sociology, anthropology, law, communications,
public policy, psychology, linguistics, and history. The editors of
this peer-reviewed journal are Professor Lawrence D. Bobo (Harvard
University) and Professor Michael C. Dawson (University of Chicago).
Published by Cambridge University Press, and sponsored by the W. E.
B. Du Bois Institute at Harvard University, each issue of the DBR
contains between 200 and 225 pages.
For further information about DBR please go to:
http://www.journals.cambridge.org/jid_DBR