Instructions for Authors
Issues in Integrative Studies (ISSN 1081-4760)
Issues in Integrative Studies, the journal of the Association
for Integrative Studies, seeks papers on the following topics:
1. Interdisciplinary theory and methodology.
2. The nature, means and problems of integrative research, especially on human experience.
3. Models of interdisciplinary/integrative curricular designs both undergraduate and graduate, supplemented by evaluative empirical studies.
4. Analyses of the relationships among social contexts, institutional arrangements and interdisciplinary programs of research and teaching.
5. Cross-campus surveys on the status of interdisciplinarity.
6. Conceptual and empirical attempts at distinguishing between disciplinary and interdisciplinary teaching, curricular models, and research.
7. Special pedagogical approaches for enhancing interdisciplinary/integrative comprehension, perspectives, knowledge, and utilization.
8. Substantial and critical reviews of literature published elsewhere on any of the above.
William H. Newell of Miami University and Gretchen Schulz of Oxford College of Emory University are the co-editors for the 2012 edition. Submissions for the 2012 edition are still being considered. Prospective authors should e-mail their manuscripts as attachments in Microsoft Word to William H. Newell (newellwh@muohio.edu). The manuscripts should be double-spaced, conform to current APA style and include an abstract. Photographs, illustrations and other graphics should be attached separately in a JPEG or TIFF format. To ensure anonymity during the refereeing process manuscripts should bear only the title as a means of identification. Contributors should send a cover letter giving title, author, affiliation, a brief biographical note to be included in the article, their full mailing address, phone number, and e-mail address.