Pardee Periodical Publishes Inaugural Issue
The inaugural issue of the Pardee Periodical, a graduate academic journal at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies, was recently published and features a diverse collection of articles on topics including Islamic extremism, the energy industry in Norway and the debt crisis in Greece.
Jocelyn Spottiswoode, Editor-In-Chief of the Pardee Periodical and MA in International Relations and International Communication, said she hopes the publication serves as a platform for Pardee School graduate students to get published while they are still working toward their degree.
“I, and the editorial board, wanted to give all Masters and pre-Doctoral students the ability to have their work published and go through an edition process,” Spottiswoode said. “We hope that the journal will serve as a place where future decision and policy makers are able to engage in discourse about the issues that are important to them. It’s a place where students who don’t necessarily want to pursue a career in academia can still air their thoughts publicly.”
Spottiswoode said the journal will serve as a learning experience of the editorial process for both editors and contributors.
“The editing process of the Pardee Periodical is a way of learning and improving your writing as you think critically about what and how you’ve written something,” Spottiswoode said. “It’s also a learning process for the editors who are having to assess submissions, and formulate coherent arguments about the merits of a paper. For students hoping to go on a do a PhD or engage in research this is an excellent way of putting their toe in the water and testing out if this a process or experience they are going to enjoy.”
You can read copies of the Pardee Periodical at 121 Bay State Road, 152 Bay State Road and at Mugar Library.