CALL FOR PAPERS - Deadline: November 1, 2010
THE STATE OF THE STUDIO: Contemporary Debates and Emerging Models - The Journal of Planning Education and Research (JPER) seeks submissions for a symposium exploring the role of studio courses in contemporary urban planning curricula, based on issues raised in a session at the 2009 Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning Conference in Washington, DC. The theme is: "The State of the Studio: Contemporary Debates and Emerging Models.”

The Journal of Planning Education and Research (JPER) is published quarterly by Sage Publications in association with the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning. JPER is a forum for planning educators and scholars (from both academe and practice) to present results from teaching and research that advance the profession and improve planning practice. See Guide for Authors for more information. Go to the Sage Publications website for more information about the journal. 

Since January 1, 2009, JPER has accepted new manuscripts electronically via Manuscript Central – JPER's new online submission and review system. The website is http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jper. If the editors received your original submission before January 1, 2009, through JPER's old online system (bepress), you should continue to submit revisions and monitor the status of your submission via http://services.bepress.com/jper until further notice.

Journal of Planning Education and Research (ISSN 0739-456X) is published four times a year - September, December, March and June. The editorial office is located at Urban and Regional Planning Program, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23284-2021, jper.editors@gmail.com

JPER is abstracted and indexed in Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals, Current Contents: Social & Behavioral Sciences, Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE), Environmental Abstracts, Environmental Knowledgebase, Environmental Periodicals Bibliography, Geographical Abstracts: Human Geography, Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts, PAIS International, Sage Urban Studies Abstracts, Social Sciences Citation Index (Web of Science), Social Services Abstracts, Sociological Abstracts, and CSA Worldwide Political Science Abstracts.

Accessing Archived Materials
All ACSP Capitated faculty can access the entire frontfile and backfile of the Journal of Planning Education & Research (JPER) online at http://jper.sagepub.com. Issues of JPER back through the first issue of the first volume, published in July of 1981, are available through the “Select an Issue from the Archive” link on the JPER homepage. To access the full text of JPER back issues, simply log in at http://jpe.sagepub.com/cgi/login using your member ID and password. All articles will be available to you through the current issue page, the archive page, the “Search for Articles” link, or the “Quick Search This Journal” bar.

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ACSP capitated faculty, individual members, retired members and student members receive a one year subscription to JPER with each payment of annual membership dues. Capitated faculty devote 50% of more time to the member department. Inquiries concerning Association membership should be sent to Donna Dodd, Association Manager, ddodd@acsp.org.

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For non-subscription information on JPER please contact: Weiping Wu, Virginia Commonwealth University, wwu@vcu.edu

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