Welcome to the University of Central Florida Undergraduate Research Journal. The journal is a premier showcase of undergraduate research at UCF. This multi-disciplinary journal also reflects the University of Central Florida’s commitment to undergraduate scholarship. The journal facilitates faculty and undergraduate student interactions through university research initiatives along with a mentored publication — the UCF URJ.
The University of Central Florida encourages all students to participate in research-based academic discourse by providing a forum in which students may submit articles for formal review and publication. Through the Office of Undergraduate Research, the URJ offers a means of disseminating and bridging knowledge across the disciplines in order to support research initiatives for the University and the Orlando-metro community. Specifically, the role of the University of Central Florida Undergraduate Research Journal in the academic community is two-fold:
We at the journal aim for undergraduate students to become excited and involved in research and subsequently, publication. By offering a positive publication experience, we hope to entice undergraduate students to pursue future publication endeavors and ultimately, graduate studies. On behalf of the in the University of Central Florida Undergraduate Research Journal we look forward to facilitating a collaboration between faculty and undergraduate students for the purpose of scholarship. I hope that this website will encourage faculty and students to learn more about the journal and the plethora of possibilities that undergraduate research can offer our communities. And, I eagerly encourage undergraduate students to submit their manuscripts!
Sincerely,
Margot Reynolds Lagowski
Editor, University of Central Florida Undergraduate Research Journal
The University of Central Florida Undergraduate Research Journal’s mission showcases articles of exemplary works from a wide range of student scholarship in all fields accorded by the University of Central Florida. Also, the mission includes sharing undergraduate student scholarship in a timely and comprehensive manner as an electronic publication. The journal will seek outstanding research submitted by undergraduate students who have been involved in faculty-mentored research projects and activities related to scholarship.
Factors Associated with Eating Disorders in Women
By Christina Knowles
Application of Transformations in Parametric Inference
By Naomi Brownstein
Turkey, the Caspian Region, & the Clash of Civilizations
By Nathan L. Burns
Undervoting and Overvoting in the 2002 and 2006 Florida Gubernatorial Elections
By Javed Khan
Gender Presentation and Member Bias in Greek Organizations
By Jason Metzger
Computational Analysis of Broad Complex Zinc-Finger Transcription Factors
By Barbara Mascareno-Shaw
The West Wing's "Isaac and Ishmael" as a Captivity Narrative and American Jeremiad: A Call for Acknowledgment of America’s Historically Rooted Ideology
By Thomas J. Gillan
UCF Undergraduate Research Journal- Call for manuscripts
4/22/2008 – 8/31/2008
Honors in the Major - Application Deadline
5/14/2008
Summer Research Academy - Accepted Participants Only
6/19/2008 – 6/21/2008
Workshop: Getting Started - Undergraduate Research
8/26/2008
Margot Reynolds Lagowski
Editor
urj@mail.ucf.edu
Joy Shively
Student Editor
jshively@mail.ucf.edu
Russel Carpenter
University Writing Center Consultant rgcarpen@mail.ucf.edu