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FURJ

(Florida Undergraduate Research Journal)

Who

What

  • Publishing in a peer reviewed journal is the apex of academic work.
  • The only achievement exceeding that would be to increase one's H index number, a measure of the reception of one's ideas in a discipline, which can only be done by ... yup ... publishing.
  • FURJ's editorial and executive review follows blind peer-reviewed processes.
  • The following are general guidelines from FURJ:
    • All disciplines are welcome
    • Submissions accepted throughout the year
    • Size of papers: max 8,000 words
    • Needs to use a discipline specific citation style

When

  • In the past, we have worked on journal articles after PCA, which usually means Summer Term.
  • Usually the rough draft is hammered out before or after PCA in the Spring term, and then the more refined, discipline specific paper is crafted over Summer term.
  • Unlike PCA, the crafting of a research paper for publication must be discipline specific, with a focus on discipine specific langauge as well as discipline specific citable sources.
  • Crafting a paper will need more time and energy than what is typically used for a whole 16 week course in most other subjects.

How

  • The whole process is nearly a year long pathway.
  • 1. Join a Humanities Themes, a Literature Themes, or an Introduction to Literature course with one of the following:
    • Dr. Warren Jones
    • Mr. Luke Leonard
    • Mr. Robert Allen
  • 2. In that course, the research paper will focus on a juncture between popular culture and academic thought.
  • 3. In the Fall we submit abstracts to PCAACA.
    • We'll hear from PCA about whose abstracts have been accepted by the end of the Fall term.
  • 4. At the end of Fall term, we also submit abstracts to FURC (See Stage 9)
    • We'll hear from FURC about whose abstracts have been accepted by the middle of January.
  • 5. February, we go to FURC to poster present.
  • 6. March or April (always the week leading up to Easter) we go to PCA to present.
  • 7. Returning, we craft papers into publishable pieces over summer.
  • 8. August or September, we submit papers to FURJ

Why

  • Colleges are selecting future students less and less on numerics of GPAs and SAT/ACT scores and more on the ability to academically perform.
  • That statement has always been true for graduate schools, from medical to the arts.
  • Presenting at FURC, and/or presenting at PCAACA, and/or publishing in FURJ will significantly set you above other students in the quest for the next level of education.