Idaho Issues Online is dedicated to the belief that history and social science can inform government and clarify complex disputes. Edited by the Center for Idaho History and Politics at Boise State University. Hosted and sponsored by the College of Social Sciences and Public Affairs.

How You Can Reach Us

Editorial staff

Kathleen Craven, editor
Boise State University Communications and Marketing
kcraven@boisestate.edu
208-426-3275

Adele Thomsen, art director
Center for Idaho History and Politics
adesign1@cableone.net
208-559-4378

Christopher Blanchard, fieldwork editor
Assistant to the City Council
cblanchard@cityofboise.org
208-426-3147

Nancy Tacke
Education Editor

Natalie Orgill
Editorial Intern

Executive editor

Todd Shallat, Ph.D.,
Director, Center for Idaho History
and Politics
tshalla@boisestate.edu
208-426-3701

Advisors

Michael Blankenship, Ph.D.
Dean, College of Social Sciences and Public Affairs

Lisa Brady
Assistant Professor
Department of History
Boise State University

Bob Sims
Professor Emeritus
Department of History
Boise State University

Editorial policy

Idaho Issues Online publishes original and adapted essays about vital topics of public concern. Each semester, we publish an issue around an Idaho theme chosen in advance. Guest editors from the Boise State University faculty work with the staff editors to solicit features from established experts. Peer experts anonymously evaluate features for accuracy and scholarly merit.

ISSN 1553-9148

Submission guidelines

Idaho Issues Online invites nontechnical writing for a broad readership. We welcome original features as well as adapted excerpts from publications that seldom reach Idaho voters and policymakers.

Features run about 2,500 words (about ten double-spaced pages), excluding documentation. Idaho Issues Online prefers University of Chicago (Turabian-style) reference endnotes. For commentaries and excerpted research, a bibliography may suffice. We welcome maps, photographs and illustrations that contribute to analysis. Feature submissions should be e-mailed to editor Kathleen Craven at kcraven@boisestate.edu

Idaho Issues Online also welcomes news, bibliography, links and graphics related to forthcoming themes. Postings should be e-mailed to fieldwork editor Christopher Blanchard at cblanch@boisestate.edu

About the College of Social Sciences and Public Affairs

The SSPA college spearheads Boise State University’s commitment to history and public affairs. Established in 1984, the college houses ten academic departments and policy-oriented affiliates such as the Center for Idaho History and Politics, Social Science Research Center, Environmental Science and Public Policy Research Institute, the Office of Conflict Management, Environmental Finance Center, the Center for the Study of Aging (with the College of Health Sciences) and the Center for Urban and Regional Planning.

About the Center for Idaho History and Politics

The Center applies the methods and insights of history to political and ecological problems facing the region and state. Promoting community-based scholarship for a non-academic audience, the Center sponsors the Boise City Office of the City Historian, the First Thursday Fettuccine Forum, urban studies workshops, historical exhibitions, Idaho Yesterdays the Boise State University Masters of Applied Historical Research, and Idaho Issues Online.

For more information contact:
Todd Shallat
Director, Center for Idaho History and Politics
L152F
Boise State University
Boise, ID 83725-1925
phone 208-426-3701
fax 208-426-4058
e-mail tshalla@boisestate.edu.
Or visit the center’s Web page at www.boisestate.edu/history/idaho.