Call for Papers Special Issue on Community Engagement

Journal Of Psychology In Africa

South of the Sahara, the Caribbean and Afro-Latin America

CALL FOR PAPERS

SPECIAL ISSUE ON COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

The Journal of Psychology in Africa (JPA) is a peer-reviewed journal. The objective of the journal is to provide a publication source for psychological research in Africa and the African diaspora, and a forum for better dissemination and utilisation in the context of development.

This Call for Papers announces a Special Issue of the JPA, which will focus on community engagement in Africa and the African diaspora. The scope of the Special Issue encompasses all aspects of community engagement theory and practice. The Special Issue provides an opportunity to promote and demonstrate emerging scholarship and innovative applications in the field, particularly as they relate to African, African-American, Asian, Caribbean, and Hispanic-Latino realities and contexts.

Original research papers (6000-8000 words), brief reports (1500-3000 words), book reviews, commentaries, case analyses and announcements are sought, both invited and contributed. Sample themes include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Community engagement theory and concepts
•  Critical evaluation of community engagement theory and practice
•  Generative approaches to community engagement
•  Community engagement methodologies
• Community engagement applications
•  Community training and capacitation
•  Community engagement as discourse and praxis

Language: Manuscripts will be accepted for publication in English.

Acceptance of Paper: Papers are accepted for publication provided these are submitted solely to the JPA, and are subjected to blind peer review and editorial revision. Papers will be scrutinized and commented on by at least two independent expert referees or associate editors, as well as by an editor.

Author Guidelines: Further information and guidelines for authors can be obtained from: https://www.australianacademicpress.com.au/journals/details/25/Journal_of_Psychology_in_Africa

Submission: The deadline for submission of manuscripts is 15 May, 2012, and early submissions are encouraged. Prospective authors are requested to submit their manuscripts electronically to Guest Editor, Journal of Psychology in Africa: Professor Mohamed Seedat, Institute for Social & Health Sciences, University of South Africa, Email: Milovm@unisa.ac.za

The anticipated publication date is September 2012.

Editor in Chief: Professor Elias Mpofu, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Sydney, Lidcombe, NSW 1825 AUSTRALIA

Published by the Australian Academic Press, The Journal of Psychology in Africa is accredited by the International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS) and ISI.

It is abstracted by Psychological Abstracts and Sociological Abstracts.