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The third volume of Clark University’s Scholarly Undergraduate Research Journal (SURJ)<\/a> has been published, giving its all-student staff with “an inside look at academic publishing,” according to editor-in-chief Lauren Howard ’17.<\/p>\n

“All these research articles were read in class; there is a peer-review process behind them,” explains Howard (pictured)<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Amy Yeager ’17, who drew the illustrations for the last two volumes of SURJ, also designed her major in scientific illustration.<\/p>\n

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Like their professors, who serve as peer review editors for research journals, students on the SURJ editorial board solicit and review research papers submitted by Clark undergraduates, providing them with a fresh view of their individual or group work. The editors also help substantiate the validity and reliability of the students’ research.<\/p>\n

This year’s volume involved 17 undergraduate peer reviewers and eight faculty reviewers. Besides Howard, the editorial board includes Alex Grayson ’18 and Amiel Jaggernauth ’18, peer review co-editors; Christian Rentsman ’18, web editor; Celia Ringland ’17, managing editor; and Amy Wong ’18, design editor. Michelle Bata, associate dean and director of the LEEP Center<\/a>, serves as faculty adviser. Amy Yeager ’17, who self-designed her major in scientific illustration, created the cover art for SURJ the last two years.<\/p>\n

“SURJ hopes to develop a network of students committed to the production of knowledge,” the editorial board writes in a letter introducing the third volume. “With this network, in addition to fueling our peer review process, we hope to connect students with similarly scholarly interests to foster a broader, more inclusive community of research at Clark that is done by Clark students for Clark students.”<\/p>\n

The third volume of SURJ includes these articles:<\/p>\n