Journal of Young Investigators Staff Recruitment

Since 1997, JYI has published over 500 research and features articles reviewed by members of our staff, who currently represent over 50 academic institutions from six countries. Featured in Nature, The New York Times, and Science, JYI aims to promote undergraduate science research through monthly publications of scientific manuscripts, features and news articles, and information pertinent to careers in science.

Students interested in joining our staff are encouraged to submit applications for available positions. All JYI staff members contribute their time on an unpaid basis, so a strong passion for promoting scientific research is desired. For more information on joining our journal's staff, please go to: http://www.jyi.org/participate.php. We are currently actively seeking candidates for the following positions:

Executive Board (average commitment of 10 hours/week)

• Director of the Career Center
• Director of Human Resources
• Chief Development Officer
• Chief Technical Officer
• Director of Public Relations
• Managing Editor
• Senior Research Editor

General Staff (average commitment of 3-5 hours/week)

• Science Journalist
• Research Associate Editor
• Career Researcher

We are also soliciting submissions for our research departments, which include Biology, Chemistry, Engineering, Physical Sciences and Mathematics, and Psychology and Social Sciences. Our editorial staff members carefully review and consider manuscripts for publication on our website. Senior honors theses and summer research papers are especially welcomed.

Tim Xu
Director of Public Relations
Journal of Young Investigators
http://www.jyi.org

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Intercollegiate Studies Institute Scholarship Essay Competition

The Intercollegiate Studies Institute (ISI) is pleased to welcome currently enrolled undergraduate students at University of Southern California to participate in our annual scholarship essay competition. This year's contest, "Totalitarianism, Tweets, and Turf: Human Community in an Age of Techno-Globalism," invites essayists to examine and explore the nature of human community and to consider the challenges posed to it in our technological age.

An educational non-profit organization, ISI seeks to foster and facilitate the free exchange of ideas among students and professors on college campuses across the country. In addition to organizing lectures, debates, and conferences, ISI publishes books of interest to students and academic faculty, including the 3rd edition of the book featured in this contest, Robert Nisbet's The Quest for Community. There is no cost to participate in this contest and every student who registers for the contest.

If you register after January 31st, you will receive a FREE e-copy of Robert Nisbet's The Quest for Community. The contest is a wonderful opportunity not only to compete for a $3,000 scholarship, but is also an occasion to read one of the seminal books of the 20th Century.

Essayists are asked to reflect on international politics, global economics, and the extraordinary technological advances of recent decades in light of the social, political, and anthropological premises of The Quest for Community. Is community as Nisbet presents it still necessary and desirable? How do the current barriers and challenges to establishing meaningful community compare to those he considers? Do our contemporary circumstances lend support to Nisbet's insights, undermine them, or suggest that they have been overtaken by events?

To register for the contest, students must email essaycontest@isi.orgwith their name, email address, mailing address, university name, and expected year of graduation. Essays should be no more than 2,500 words and will be judged on the basis of scholarship, imagination, and quality of writing. Essay submissions must be emailed or postmarked by March 18, 2011.
If you would like to forward this information to your colleagues and students, copies of the flyer have been made available from our website:  essaycontest.isi.org. Please feel free to contact me by telephone at (302) 559-0983 or by email at nrizkallah@isi.org with any questions about the contest or about ISI in general.Best wishes for a successful semester!

Sincerely Yours,
Nicole K. Rizkallah
Director of Campus Events
The Intercollegiate Studies Institute

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The Daily Trojan Student Positions

DUE THIS FRIDAY, JANUARY 21 2011.

Apply now to join our team at the Daily Trojan. Our diverse sections and team invite all to apply -- whether you are interested in news, sports, lifestyle, opinion, photo, design, online, art or editing -- Apply by Friday and be a part of one of the country’s top student newspapers!

Apply online at www.dailytrojan.com/apply

For questions, please contact jobs@dailytrojan.com

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IRUA Research Journal Submission Deadline

IR/IRGB majors:

As a reminder, January 31st is the research journal submission deadline for the USC IRUA Student Journal for Spring 2011!  Use the winter break to prepare your entries. Click here for the application.

IRUA Executive Board

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The 12th Annual Student Research Conference and Art Exhibition

The Balancing Act: Theory & Practice.  Friday, March 4, 2011

We seek to engage students from all disciplines in conversations about challenges affecting our communities, nation, and the global society.

CALL FOR PAPERS!

Students are invited to submit 250-300 word proposals for papers, posters, and topics for discussion panels and forums.
Suggested areas / topics for proposals:

• Evolving activism and research
• Advocacy and inquiry with a transdisciplinary focus
• Topics from all disciplines that are thought-provoking and timely

Proposals will be accepted at mmp@cgu.edu until January 25, 2011

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Ilios – Journal of the PSUA: Call for Papers

The Editors of Ilios invites USC undergraduate students to submit papers for review and possible publication in its first issue.

Ilios is the undergraduate-run journal connected to the Political Science Undergraduate Association (PSUA); it is primarily a journal of political science and political philosophy.  Our intention is to create a forum for students to critically assess and analyze political issues—whether contemporary, historical, or theoretical in nature. The journal also is committed to welcoming all other disciplines, including (but not limited to) anthropology, sociology, history, economics, aesthetics, law, linguistics, and psychology, in helping to create a vibrant and diverse forum. The idea is to create a space for argumentation and analysis that mirrors the world around us—since all aspects of public life make their way in and out of political life, we believe our journal should be similarly open to such a flow of issues and dilemmas.

For our first issue, the editors will be looking for papers addressing the theme of power, and will be particularly interested in papers with well-developed theoretical approaches. We will welcome papers dealing with the re-examination of power by engaging both ancient and modern political philosophers, as well as through critical analyses of contemporary society, steeped in comparative politics, American politics, international relations, political theory, and all other sub-divisions of political science. We hope that the articles will explain the nature of power, while also revealing how our understanding of power has changed over time. What new lessons can be learned from apprehending the dynamics and existing structures of power in our contemporary world? What considerations must be given to modern technology in relation to power? How does power color and shape the relationships between truth, knowledge, reason, desire, emotion, and human needs? How does power define and
delimit liberty, equality, fraternity, and justice—practically and theoretically? How the economy, religion(s), ideology, race/ethnicity, gender, and the law relate to these matters is of great interest to the editors as well.

While papers are not limited to the above questions, papers should address issues surrounding the theme of power.  We will be looking for papers receiving marks of A- or A, but we also invite and encourage students to submit new work.

Additionally, papers submitted to the journal should meet the following standards:

• English Language
• Microsoft Word file format
• 5000-8000 words, including footnotes
• Text and notes should conform to The Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition
• Include an abstract of no more than 150 words

All submissions must be received electronically by December 17, 2010.
Questions, comments, and submissions may be sent to doyoungl@usc.edu.

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Political Science Biweekly Bulletin, 10/18/2010

 

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POSC Biweekly Bulletin, 10/4/2010

 

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POSC Biweekly Bulletin 9-20-2010

 

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