Welcome to Frontiers

Frontiers welcomes original research articles that analyze topics or issues in the field of study abroad by utilizing a fresh and thought-provoking approach. Essays, book reviews, and updates of particular themes or topics are also welcome. Frontiers is particularly interested in the intellectual development of students in an international and intercultural context, and welcomes research and writing that focuses on this theme. Research submitted for publication should have been published elsewhere.

Research articles should be between 5,000 - 10,000 words, double-spaced, and should conform to an accepted style such as APA or MLA. Manuscripts should include a title page indicating the name and contact information of the author/s. A one-page abstract and a short biographical sketch of the author/s should be included. Manuscripts should be sent by e-mail, to whalena@dickinson.edu or whalenb@dickinson.edu.

A double-blind peer-review process is used in judging all manuscripts for publication. A minimum of three readers review each manuscript. The articles that appear in Frontiers are selected by its editors in consultation with reviewers. The content should be original, that is, it should not have been previously published. Manuscripts are accepted on a rolling basis. Once a volume is filled, manuscripts may be reserved for the next volume. The editorial policies and decisions do not reflect any position of the institutions that sponsor Frontiers .

Frontiers is published annually, with occiasional special volumes adding to that schedule. Manuscripts are considered on a rolling basis, however, the deadline for submission of manuscripts for consideration for any given year is March 1st.

Editor, Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary
Journal of Study Abroad
C/o Brian Whalen, Associate Dean of the College
Dickinson College
P.O. Box 1773
Carlisle, PA 17013-2896
Tel: 717-254-8858
Fax: 717-245-1677