Call for Papers

Publish with the Midwest Social Sciences Journal

The flagship journal of the Indiana Academy of the Social Sciences. Open access, double-blind peer reviewed, interdisciplinary, and read around the world.

Why publish with MSSJ

•     A global readership: more than 16,000 readers in five months (April to October 2026), from Fiji to Greenland and from South Sudan to Sweden.

•     Respected readers: read at R1 universities such as Columbia and Stanford, and by organizations from Twitter to the Department of Education.

•     Discoverable: captured by Google Scholar and indexed in Cabell's database.

•     Open access, your copyright: free for you, free for readers, and you retain copyright.

•     Rigorous review: double-blind peer review in an interdisciplinary journal.

Our Editorial Board

Volume 29, Issue 2 (Spring 2027) will be published under our newly expanded Editorial Board.

•     Dr. Surekha Rao, Editor-in-Chief, Indiana University Northwest

•     Aimee Adams, Associate Professor of Psychology and Interim Dean for Research, Indiana University Southeast

•     Demetra Andrews, Clinical Professor of Marketing and Associate Department Chair, Kelley School of Business Indianapolis

•     Ethan J. Hollander, Associate Professor of Political Science, Wabash College

•     Lakshmi Iyer, Professor of Economics and Global Affairs, University of Notre Dame

•     Trey Malone, Boehlje Endowed Chair for Managerial Economics in Agribusiness, Purdue University

•     Roberta Pergher, Gilman-Benns Chair, Department of History, and Director, Institute for European Studies, Indiana University

•     J. Michael Raley, Professor Emeritus of History, Hanover College

•     Monica Solinas-Saunders, Professor, School of Public & Environmental Affairs, IU Northwest

•     Arun K. Srinivasan, Professor of Economics and Chair, Accounting, Finance, Economics, and Data Analytics, IU Southeast

•     Margath Walker, Professor of Geography, University of Louisville

Ready to submit?

Submission details: https://scholar.valpo.edu/mssj/policies.html

Questions? Email Dr. Surekha Rao, Editor-in-Chief: mssj.chiefeditor@iass1.org