Workshop
Washington University Summer
Institute on the Empirical Implications of Theoretical Models
In June 2003 Washington University in St. Louis will hold its first Summer
Institute on the Empirical Implications of Theoretical Models (EITM) . The
institute focuses on the methodological challenges posed by theoretical models
and is designed for advanced graduate students and junior faculty.
Participants will join four one-week seminars. The program includes a theoretical and methodological foundations seminar. Advanced seminars include the application of game theory, spatial models, quantal response models, and behavioral models. Applied seminars include coalition theories, theories of judicial decision making, and theories of legislative politics. Methodological seminars include quantitative, experimental, and field methods. Seminars will be conducted by nationally recognized faculty drawn from U.S. universities.
As many as 25 advanced
graduate students and junior faculty will be provided with travel and lodging
subsidies each year. Summer institutes will also be held in June 2004, 2005,
and 2006. The institutes are funded by the National Science Foundation and are
sponsored by the Washington University Department of Political Science and the
Weidenbaum Center on the Economy, Government, and Public Policy.
More information and application materials will be available online at the Web
site: http://wc.wustl.edu/eitm.htm. The deadline for the 2003 institute
will be in January 2003. To be added to the e-mail list for notices about the
program, send E-mail: eitm@wc.wustl.edu>
—Steven S. Smith, Professor of
Political Science and Director, Weidenbaum Center on the Economy, Government,
and Public Policy
Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63130-4899
(314) 935-5630 fax 314.935.5688
<smith@wc.wustl.edu>
Popular Communication
Editors. Sharon R. Mazzarella, Ithaca College, and Norma Pecora, Ohio University
Popular Communication, a new journal from Erlbaum, is accepting articles
on popular texts, artifacts, audiences, events, and practices. Publication commences
in 2003 with articles on all aspects of popular culture related to mass media:
the Internet, youth culture, representation, fandom, film, sports, spectacles,
sexuality, advertising, consumer culture, the digital revolution, television,
radio, music, magazines, zines, dance, comic books, or computer games. The peer-reviewed
journal welcomes diverse theoretical and methodological perspectives and is
intended for scholars in mass communication, advertising, media studies, visual
communication, and cultural studies.
Manuscripts should follow the APA Publication Manual, 5 ed. Double space all
material, including quotations, references, tables, captions, and footnotes.
Ttle page should include author names and affiliations, address, phone and fax
numbers, and e-mail address, as well as a running head of 48 or fewer letters
and spaces. Only the title page should contain identifying information. The
second page should include the manuscript title, an abstract of 100 to 150 words,
and a list of key words for use in indexing. All figures must be camera ready.
Electronic submissions cannot be accepted. Submit five copies:
Norma Pecora, School of Telecommunications,
221 RTV Building, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701, (740) 593-4864 Fax 740.593.9184,
E-mail:
<pecora@ohiou.edu>
Communication Review
Editors. Andrea L. Press & Bruce Williams, University of Illinois
Open call for submissions using critical theoretical, historical, and other empirical approaches to communication. Write to the editors, Institute of Communications Research, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 228 Gregory Hall, 810 S. Wright St., Urbana, IL 61801.