Emporia State Research Studies

Emporia State Research Studies
Emporia State University, Kansas

Scope

Emporia State Research Studies is published twice annually as an electronic, peer-reviewed, open-access journal. Intended for faculty and students interested in research, ESRS is an eclectic journal that publishes original scholarly and scientific works and original creative works accompanied by critical or scholarly analysis. Volumes 1-42 were published in traditional paper format, and the new online format commenced during the 2006-2007 academic year (vol. 43).

Contents of vol. 44, issue 1, November 2007.

Contents of vol. 43 (2006-07).

Note: We are now considering manuscripts for vol. 44, issue 2 (May 2008).
Please contact the co-editors for further information.

Co-Editors

Mel Storm, Department of English (mstorm@emporia.edu), serves as the peer-review editor and copy-edits articles in the humanities. All questions regarding submission and review of manuscripts should be directed to him.
James S. Aber, Earth Science Department (jaber@emporia.edu), is the technical editor for preparation of online articles. He copy-edits science articles and is the ESRS webmaster.

Editorial Board

The role of the Editorial Board is to advise the co-editors on editorial policy and to review manuscripts. The editorial board is representative of the various disciplines at Emporia State University and comprised of volunteers who are regular members of the Graduate Faculty as ESU. Board members serve renewable three year terms; to provide a rotation, initial terms may be less than three years. Three-year terms are renewable once. The Board is appointed by the Dean of Graduate Studies in consultation with members of the Graduate Council.

**Editorial board members**
School/College	Number of members	Initial term	Board member
School of Library and Information Management	1	2 years	Cecilia Salvatore, 2005-07
School of Business	1	2 years	Mohammad Chowdhury, 2005-07
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences	4	1, 2, 3 years	James S. Aber, 2005-08 Monica Kjellman-Chapin, 2005-08 Mel Storm, 2005-07 Nate Terrell, 2006-2009
Teachers College	2	1 and 3 years	Nancy Albrecht, 2005-08 Ken Weaver, 2006-09
Graduate Office	2	Indefinite	Gerrit Bleeker, Ex-Officio Peggy Anderson, Secretary

Style

The co-editors and editorial board have developed sample style formats for use by authors. In general, referencing style appropriate to the discipline should be followed. Authors should indicate a particular style manual or follow the examples below. Manuscripts are accepted only in digital format (text and image files) and are published online in PDF format.

Instructions for authors.

Review of manuscripts

The co-editors select reviewers of manuscripts in consultation with members of the Editorial Board and Graduate Council.

Role of Graduate Council

The Graduate Council serves in an advisory role to the co-editors and Editorial Board of Emporia State Research Studies.

ESU Graduate Studies & Research.
or Emporia State University.

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For further information, contact J.S. Aber (jaber@emporia.edu).
Last update Nov. 2007.