Call for Papers – Special Issue for Emerging Adulthood

Ethnic and Racial Identity Development from an Interdisciplinary Perspective

Special Issue Editors:

Enrique Neblett, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA
Wendy D. Roth, University of British Columbia, Canada
Moin Syed, University of Minnesota, USA

Ethnic and racial identity is a core developmental task for many emerging adults (roughly ages 18‐29), especially those from ethnic and racial minority and immigrant backgrounds. Ethnic and racial identity is a topic studied within numerous disciplines in the social sciences, humanities, and the arts, but there are relatively few attempts to bridge across disciplines.

The purpose of this special issue is to provide a forum for understanding ethnic and racial identity from an interdisciplinary perspective. Manuscripts that adopt disciplinary approaches that are not frequently represented in Emerging Adulthood (e.g., sociology, anthropology, youth studies, ethnic studies, public health, education, social work, biological/genetic/neuropsychology, demography, economics, and political science, among others) will be considered, as will manuscripts that take multi‐ and inter‐disciplinary approaches. Manuscripts from authors outside of psychology and human development are particularly welcome, but we also welcome authors who attempt to integrate psychology/human development with other disciplinary perspectives. Manuscripts that focus exclusively on emerging adults, or on emerging adults and other age groups, are preferred. However, we will consider manuscripts that focus on any age, recognizing that some disciplines focus on additional ways that ethnic and racial identities develop or change after emerging adulthood as the result of distinct social processes. Submissions from outside the United States are highly desired. All types of manuscript submissions will be considered: empirical (qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods are equally valued), theoretical, methodological, and reviews/meta‐analyses.

Initial proposals consisting of a 300‐500 word abstract, including author information and tentative title, are due by June 1, 2017. Authors should clearly articulate the disciplinary, multi‐disciplinary, or interdisciplinary focus of the proposed manuscript. Proposals should be submitted through the online portal, https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/ead, selecting the “Special Issue: Ethnic and Racial Identity” submission option.

Authors will be informed by June 15, 2017 whether they will be invited to submit a full manuscript. Full manuscripts will be due by September 15, 2017 and will be subject to peer‐review. Full articles are generally expected to conform to the 6,000 word limit (main text only), but longer articles will be permitted for qualitative, mixed methods, multi‐study, and other complex methods that require additional space.

For more information or to submit a proposal, please contact the Special Issue Editors, Enrique Neblett (eneblett@email.unc.edu), Wendy Roth (wendy.roth@ubc.ca), or Moin Syed (moin@umn.edu). For more information on Emerging Adulthood please visit http://eax.sagepub.com/