The Great Wave is a biannual publication produced by the Tufts University Department of Political Science and the Pi Sigma Alpha Honor Society for original research papers produced by Tufts students.  

This interdisciplinary journal welcomes novel pieces on contemporary political, social, cultural, or economic phenomena. It seeks submissions on these topics from any academic discipline (social sciences, natural sciences, humanities, etc.) or methodology (qualitative, quantitative, experimental, mixed-methods, etc.).    

Manuscripts must be papers of at least 20 pages, double-spaced, and which ask and answer a clear research question.  There are no strict formatting requirements, but all manuscripts must contain the essential elements needed to evaluate a manuscript. References can be in any style or format, as long as the style is consistent.  

The submission deadline for the Fall 2024 edition is October 21st, 2024. 

 Please submit all manuscripts to thegreatwavetufts@gmail.com