The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science
Since 1889, The American Academy of Political and Social Science has served as a forum for the free exchange of ideas among the well informed and intellectually curious.
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Topics of recent and future volumes include:
- Preventing Gun Violence in America: What Works and What is Possible (November 2022)
The Social and Community Consequences of the Opioid Epidemic (September 2022)
Single Parent Families and Public Policy: Evidence from High-Income Countries (July 2022)
From Supervision to Opportunity: Reimagining Probation and Parole (May 2022)
Threats to Science: Politicization, Misinformation, and Inequalities (March 2022)
Democratic Vulnerabilities (January 2022)
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The AAPSS seeks to promote the progress of the social sciences and the use of social science knowledge in the enrichment of public understanding and in the development of public policy. It does so by fostering multidisciplinary understanding of important questions among those who create, disseminate, and apply the social sciences, and by encouraging and celebrating talented people who produce and use research to enhance public understanding of important social problems.
| Thomas A. Kecskemethy | University of Pennsylvania, USA |
| Stacy Y. Liu | The American Academy of Political and Social Science |
| Jennifer Glass | University of Texas, Austin, USA |
| Darrick Hamilton | The New School |
| Ariel Kalil | The University of Chicago, USA |
| Jamila Michener | Cornell University, USA |
| Angela Rachidi | American Enterprise Institute, USA |
| Rogers Smith | University of Pennsylvania, USA |
| Thomas J. Sugrue | New York University, USA |
| Marta Tienda | Princeton University, Emerita, USA |
| David Yokum | Brown University |
| Jim Ziliak | University of Kentucky |
| Marta Tienda | Princeton University, Emerita, USA |
| Paula D. McClain | Duke University, USA |
| Carol Anderson | Emory University, USA |
| Jamelle Bouie | The New York Times, USA |
| Dominique Brossard | University of Wisconsin, USA |
| Maria Cancian | Georgetown University, USA |
| Rodney Hero | Arizona State University, USA |
| Aaron Klein | Brookings Institution, USA |
| Taeku Lee | Harvard University |
| Paula D. McClain | Duke University, USA |
| Suzanne Mettler | Cornell University, USA |
| Mary A. Meyers | John Templeton Foundation, USA |
| Claude Steele | Stanford Graduate School of Education, Emeritus, USA |
| Mary Waters | Harvard University, USA |
| Phyllis Kaniss (deceased) | University of Pennsylvania, USA |
| Richard D. Lambert | University of Pennsylvania, USA |
The American Academy of Political and Social Science (AAPSS) welcomes proposals for future volumes of The Annals that promote the use of the social sciences to inform public opinion and improve public policy. The Academy seeks proposals with broad, interdisciplinary perspectives on important social issues. Typically, each volume consists of a preface/introduction and 10-12 articles for an average volume length of 279 typeset pages or approximately 250-300 double-space manuscript pages (including figures and tables).
The proposal should include the rationale for the volume, a summary of the issues it would explore, and an explanation of their importance to public policy. The proposal should also include an overview of the field of research under examination and how the proposed volume would advance that field as well as a list of proposed chapters and the names and affiliations of potential contributors. If you would be interested in serving as special editor of a volume of The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, please send a 2-3 page proposal to Tom Kecskemethy, AAPSS, 202 S. 36th Street, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-3806; E-mail: thomask@asc.upenn.edu