Submission Requirements

The deadline for submissions for STAR Volume 38 is November 1, 2024.

Aims & Scope

Social Thought and Research publishes work in all areas of social inquiry. We encourage theoretical, historical, and empirical contributions that attempt to bridge disciplinary boundaries and grasp social phenomena from a holistic perspective. While each volume has a theme, STAR also invites work that explores other topics, along with book reviews, research notes, teaching articles, critical literature reviews (that contribute to scholarship), and other original research. Please review our detailed manuscript preparation instructions document.

The next volume of STAR will address the theme Social Dis/Order. We invite social scientists, humanities scholars, artists, and policymakers to contribute work that describes, analyzes, or otherwise addresses the contemporary moment of social dis/order, the failures of the established social order(s) that inform these conditions and dynamics, and/or consequent imaginings of social (re)ordering and contestation.

We welcome submissions from students, faculty, and independent researchers.

No manuscript may be submitted for review to Social Thought and Research that is currently under review by another journal.

Submissions must be:

• Formatted and cited according to ASA guidelines
• Saved in Microsoft Word format (.docx or .doc)
• Emailed to starjournal@ku.edu under the subject line STAR Volume 37, CFP

Submissions must include:

• Cover letter and author contact information, including a current email address
• Cover page that lists the title of the submission, keywords, and a 150-200 word abstract