Editor's Welcome

The creation and discovery of knowledge stands at the heart of university life, and the UCF URJ encourages students to participate in this exciting endeavor. No matter your major, from engineering to history, from nursing to statistics, from education to hospitality management and anything and everything between, your field of interest relies on the next generation of scholars to devise new interpretations and solutions for further progress to be attained. Essays submitted for publication in the UCF URJ are formally reviewed by experts in the relevant field and are held to exacting academic standards of originality, accuracy, and presentation. Through this process, we hope that students will develop their skills as writers and researchers, as we also hope to inspire others to undertake research when they read these exemplary articles on an array of fascinating subjects.

Please contact me with any questions, and please do consider submitting your original research for publication in the UCF Undergraduate Research Journal.

Sincerely,

Tison Pugh, Ph.D.
Editor, UCF Undergraduate Research Journal
Associate Professor, Department of English