Background and Special Issue Purpose
The International Listening Association (ILA), founded in 1979, prides itself on the diversity of its membership. Members of the organization hail from numerous countries and are representative of a multitude of disciplines in the academy, as well as business men and women and practitioners. In the last year, the organization has launched an initiative of sustainability for the organization, inviting new members from diverse fields and backgrounds. In the spirit of this initiative, the International Journal of Listening is dedicating a special issue to manuscripts authored by students, and guest edited by students.
The International Journal of Listening (IJL) has long served as an outlet for the publication of scholarly research in listening. The IJL focuses on aspects of listening in a variety of contexts, including professional, interpersonal, public/political, media or mass communication, educational, spiritual, intercultural, and international (including second language acquisition contexts). The Journal welcomes studies of listening utilizing a variety of methodologies, such as empirical, pedagogical, philosophical, and historical. The special, student-authored issue of the International Journal of Listening invites submissions of this nature. Manuscripts should be sole-authored or first-authored by undergraduate or graduate students.
Deadline, Submission, and Review Process
The deadline for submitting manuscripts is 5 April 2012. Submissions must be made via e-mail to the guest editor. Author(s) should indicate that they wish their submission to be considered for the special “Student Issue” of the International Journal of Listening. Each manuscript will undergo a rigorous peer-review process by two to three members of a special editorial board made up of students affiliated with the field of listening. Authors of papers invited to be revised and resubmitted will be expected to work within a tight timeframe to meet the special issue’s publication deadline. Submissions should conform to the standards of the APA, 6th Edition. Please include the contact person, his/her school address, home phone, business phone, email address, student status, and the names and school affiliations of any additional authors.
Further Information
For questions regarding the content of the special issue, please contact the editor of the IJL or the guest editor of this special issue:
Pamela Cooper, IJLeditor@listen.org
Michelle E. Pence, mpence2@tigers.lsu.edu