Bradley papers accepted for journal, conference
September 1, 2005
KOKOMO, Ind.—Articles written by Indiana University Kokomo Assistant Professor of Political Science Todd Bradley, Ph.D., have been accepted for publication and for presentation at a statewide conference.
Bradley's article “The Other: Precursory African Conceptions of Democracy” will appear in the September 2005 issue of International Studies Review, a peer-reviewed academic journal focused on trends and research in the field of international studies.
The Indiana Academy of Social Sciences (IASS) has invited Bradley to present a paper during the IASS' annual conference October 21 in Terre Haute. That paper, Bradley said, “examines the impact of secular and religious-based non-governmental organizations in Nigeria as conduits for democratic progression in that country, which has had a sustainable democracy since 1999.”
Priyanka Sarda of Kokomo will sit on the same conference panel as Bradley. Sarda will present a paper she wrote earlier this year when she was Bradley's student at IU Kokomo. “I encouraged Priya to submit her paper for the conference because I thought it had an excellent chance of getting accepted,” Bradley said. “Her paper investigates how hip-hop music has been a source of political and civic activism in Tanzania (a southeastern African country). She describes hip-hop musicians there agitating for political change in Tanzania and in neighboring Zambia and Mozambique.”
The conference will offer nine panels, covering the nine academic disciplines represented by IASS membership: business administration, economics, gender studies, geography and environmental studies, history, international studies, political science, psychology, and sociology.
According to its Web site (www.ius.edu/SocialSciences/iass), the Indiana Academy of Social Sciences brings together social science academicians from public and private educational institutions, with the aim of increasing the usefulness of the social sciences in Indiana.
