Author: USSU

THEME: Community

Community is often understood as a group of individuals connected through a neighbourhood, workplace, school, organization, or digital space. In sociology, the idea of community invites us to think critically about belonging, shared values, norms, and collective identities. This year’s USJ theme, “community,” asks: How do individuals form and sustain communities? What forces draw people together or drive them apart? How can communities be strengthened in the face of social, political, and technological change?

We invite submissions to engage with the theme of community in diverse ways. Your submissions may explore communities through various topics, including policy, housing, education, digital networks, activism, culture, and the environment, among others. We encourage the submission of both qualitative and quantitative, as well as mixed-methods, papers.

So, what does community mean to you, and how does your writing connect with it?

Submission Requirements:

1. Submissions to the Undergraduate Sociology Journal are open to any student enrolled in an undergraduate program at the St. George campus.
2. Submissions from sociology’s intersecting disciplines, including, but not limited to, Criminology, Women and Gender Studies, Indigenous Studies, Diaspora and Transnational Studies, Economics, etc., must have a clear sociological focus to be considered.
3. Works of all forms, including research papers, op-eds, and creative writing will be allowed.
4. Academic essays must:
   a. Be written for courses offered at the St. George campus;
   b. Be an original piece of work that has received a minimum grade of A- (80+);
   c. Be a minimum of 5 pages (not including citations), with no maximum page limit;
   d. Have double-spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, and 1-inch margins;
   e. Have an abstract (no more than 200 words).
5. No identifying information may appear on the submission itself or in the document file name. This includes the author’s name, student number, course code, professor’s name, and TA’s name. This is to ensure that the Editorial Board reviews papers anonymously and objectively

Due to the volume of submissions, only authors selected for the publishing process will be contacted.