Call for Submissions 2020 for Creating Knowledge Undergraduate Journal

05/21/2020 Update: The submission deadline has been extended to Friday, May 29. All other timeline dates remain the same.

Looking to build upon the previous years of successful student publication, Creating Knowledge: The LAS Journal of Undergraduate Scholarship encourages faculty to identify strong papers and projects for submission. We are seeking submissions from WRD majors and minors in upper-level courses from the current academic year 2019–2020. Scholarship from SQ 2019 is also eligible.

All submissions should follow the LAS guidelines (see below) and should be emailed to Dr. Tim Elliott (t.elliott@depaul.edu) by Friday, May 22nd.

The committee will read the submissions and choose one for publication. The committee may ask for revisions before the final submission to the CK editor by June 30, 2020. Any questions about the process may be directed to Dr. Elliott.

Submission Timeline

  • May 22: Submission deadline to WRD Committee
  • June 6: Committee will notify student author of decision and need of revisions
  • June 15: Student submits revised version to Committee
  • June 18: Committee reviews revision and notifies student of any further revisions
  • June 25: Student submits revised version to Committee
  • June 27: Committee reviews revision and notifies student for final approval
  • June 30: Committee submits final version to Creating Knowledge (2020, volume 13)

More information about the journal can be found here: https://las.depaul.edu/student-resources/undergraduate-research/Pages/publications.aspx

LAS Submission Guidelines

  1. All contributions must be in Word (.docx) format.
  2. The paper should be double-spaced.
  3. There is a maximum word limit of 5000. This limit includes the main text, notes, and any supplementary material (bibliography, appendices, captions, etc.).
  4. All graphs or images should be submitted separately from the Word file and at high resolution (at least 300 dpi+). The locations of these images are to be clearly marked within the text.
  5. While there is not set citation system for the entire journal, all submissions must follow a consistent method of citation.

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