We are excited to share that the latest volume of Incite: The Journal of Undergraduate Scholarship is now available on Digital Commons. (Scroll to the bottom of the page for an interactive viewing experience.)
We are eager to publish student work from across the university next year. Please encourage your students to submit! The deadline for Volume 18 will be mid-December 2026.
Student research submissions may include, but are not limited to:
- Senior seminar research papers/projects
- Original research projects
- Literature reviews
- Research papers done for coursework
- Translations
- Write ups of any other type of research study
- Research proposals
- Research articles
Submission guidelines are available here.
Congratulations to the recipients of the Best Student Paper and Faculty Mentor Awards for Incite, Longwood University’s Undergraduate Research Journal. You can read these and other student publications in the recent edition of Incite: Volume 17
Best Student Paper Award Winners:
Christian O’Neill (Faculty mentor, Dr. Yulia Uryadova)
* Ukrainian Resistance in the Face of Russification: Nestor Makhno and Anarchism
Published in Incite, History, Spring 2026
**Winner of the Best Student Paper in the Humanities Incite Award
Laura Bisaillon and Luke Clemmer (Faculty mentor, Dr. Kathryn Miller)
* The Effectiveness of Planned Exercise in Reducing ADHD Symptoms in Children
Published in Incite, Nursing, Spring 2026
**Winner of the Best Student Paper in Education, Health, and Human Services Incite Award
Savva Sidorov (Faculty mentor, Dr. Amanda Starr)
* Isolation and 16S rRNA Identification of Bacteria from Fire Department Connection Pipe
Published in Incite, Biology, Spring 2026
**Winner of the Best Student Paper in the Natural Sciences Incite Award
Hannah Gordon (Faculty mentor, Dr. Doug Dalton)
* Linguistic Analysis on Confidence and Communication Strategies with Disparities Between Sign Fluency and Hearing Impairment
Published in Incite, Anthropology, Spring 2026
**Winner of the Best Student Paper in the Social Sciences Incite Award
Kyara Greene (Faculty mentor, Dr. Kerri Cushman)
* The Life Vest
Published in Incite, Art, Spring 2026
**Winner of the Best Student Paper in the Visual and Performing Arts Incite Award
Incite Faculty Mentor Award Winner:
Dr. Yulia Uryadova, faculty mentor for
Christian O’Neill
* Ukrainian Resistance in the Face of Russification: Nestor Makhno and Anarchism
Please visit the Incite website for more information or contact Hannah Dudley-Shotwell (Incite Editor) at shotwellhg@longwood.edu if you have any questions.