Call for submissions

Theory and Practice: Service-Learning, Community Engagement, and Community-Based Research

A collage of images that represent community engagement and service.

Higher education’s calling includes developing the next generation of engaged citizens on the local, state, national, or global level. The work is accomplished in equal partnership with community organizations to enrich the community for everyone.  


Guest Editor: Jean Mistele, Ph.D.

The eJournal of Public Affairs is announcing the first special edition arriving in January 2025. The EJOPA seeks contributors for this special edition from scholars and practitioners of civic engagement in higher education from all relevant fields and areas.

The issue theme is Theory and Practice: Service-Learning, Community Engagement, and Community-Based Research

EJOPA seeks manuscript submissions from interested individual and group authors on all of the above topics. The above list should not be treated as exhaustive. Manuscripts that connect within the larger themes of theory and practice of community engagement will also be considered.

Submission deadline: December 1, 2024

For questions specifically about the themed issue, contact Jean Mistele: JMistele@Radford.edu

If you’re ready to submit a manuscript, follow the link below. We use a separate publications site for internal reviews and editing. You will be navigated away from this webpage and asked to create a login. 

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