Letter from the Editors
Editorial transitions are rare at Social Science Quarterly.
This is only the second transition in a half-century and we are honored
to have been selected to fill the role that was so ably filled over the past
seventeen years by Bob Lineberry. Bob
leaves as his legacy a healthy, popular journal that is filled with interesting
and intelligent scholarship.
When we decided to pursue this position, we first took
note that the popularity and reputation of Social
Science Quarterly are built on the publication of high quality social
science research that is of interest to a broad audience of readers across
several social science disciplines. We hope to continue that tradition, seeking
submissions of the best empirical scholarship from all of the social science disciplines
while continuing to publish articles that apply rigorous and creative methods
to answer interesting questions.
Our primary goal is to continue the tradition of quality
scholarship that defines the journal, in areas of traditional strengths such as
environmental studies, race and ethnic studies, and gender studies. That said, SSQ has always been more than these
areas of study and we strongly encourage submissions that apply the diversity
and plurality of emerging empirical methods to address the breadth of social
science questions.
The Editors:
Ronald
Keith Gaddie (Ph. D. 1993, The University of Georgia) is
professor of political science at the University of Oklahoma, and senior
vice-president of Shapard Research LLC in Oklahoma City. From 1992 to 1996 he
was on the public health faculty of Tulane University (Complete CV available here).
Managing
Editor