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:
- 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)
The COVID-19 Shock to Our Deep Inequities: How to Mitigate the Impact (November 2021)
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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 |
| Mahzarin Banaji | Harvard University, USA |
| Francine D. Blau | Cornell University, USA |
| Felton Earls | Harvard University, USA |
| Paula England | New York University, USA |
| Lee Epstein | Washington University in St. Louis, USA |
| Hannah Fields | The ANNALS |
| Robert Greenstein | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, USA |
| Robert Keohane | Princeton University, USA |
| Douglas S. Massey | Princeton University, USA |
| Sean Reardon | Stanford University, USA |
| Rogers Smith | University of Pennsylvania, USA |
| Thomas J. Sugrue | New York University, USA |
| Marta Tienda | Princeton University, Emerita, USA |
| Rebecca Maynard | University of Pennsylvania, USA |
| Dominique Brossard | University of Wisconsin, USA |
| Maria Cancian | Georgetown University, USA |
| Claudine Gay | Harvard University, USA |
| Rodney Hero | Arizona State University, USA |
| Sherman James | Duke University, USA |
| Taeku Lee | University of California-Berkeley, USA |
| David Leonhardt | |
| 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