American Journal of Undergraduate Research (AJUR) is an independent, faculty peer-reviewed, open-source, no-cost-to-authors, quarterly, multidisciplinary student research journal. AJUR’s print ISSN 1536-4585 was established in 2002 by Dr. Cliff Chancey of the University of Northern Iowa, a true champion of undergraduate research. “Dr. Chancey’s perspective was that the importance of peer-reviewed research articles authored by undergraduates could not be overstated,”- as noted in Memoriam dedicated to Cliff. In 2013, for a year, Carl N. Drummond and Cathleen M. Carosella of Indiana University-Purdue University took care of AJUR. In March of 2014, an independent editorial team stepped in to lead the AJUR (Drs. Kestutis Bendinskas as the Editor-in-Chief, Tony Contento as the Copy Editor, and Peter Newell as the Associate Editor). Rose Throop, the copy editor and print shop liaison in 2014-2018, played a crucial role in defining the current style and aesthetics of AJUR. The journal obtained the formal Library of Congress web ISBN 2375-8732 and .org web presence in 2014. By the invite in 2015, AJUR‘s entire content has been indexed internationally by EBSCO. In 2018, AJUR was incorporated in New York State as an independent not-for-profit organization. In 2019, AJUR was registered by Crossref as an organization entitled to provide DOI numbers to all of its articles. AJUR‘s entire content- by the invite in 2019- is archived by the United States Library of Congress. In early 2021, AJUR was registered as a charitable organization by NY State (NYReg# 48-18-81) and as a 501(c)(3) (EIN 831726417 under IRC by the US Department of Treasury). In 2021, Peter Newell became the Editor-in-Chief of AJUR.
The current administrative-editorial team of AJUR is:
Peter Newell- Editor-in-Chief (2021-present)
Tony Contento- Copy Editor & Treasurer (2014-present)
Kestutis Bendinskas- Executive Editor (2014- present)
Contact:
For questions relating to new or prospective submissions: ajur.new.submissions[at]gmail.com
For all other questions and correspondence: ajureditor[at]gmail.com
Editorial Board of AJUR, sorted by the subject areas reviewed so far:
Accounting
Dr. Dean Crawford, dean.crawford[at]oswego.edu
Archaeology
Dr. Richard Redding, rredding[at]umich.edu
Art History
Dr. Lisa Seppi, lisa.seppi[at]oswego.edu
Behavioral Neuroscience
Dr. Aileen M. Bailey, ambailey[at]smcm.edu
Biochemistry
Dr. Nin Dingra, dingra_n[at]utpb.edu
Dr. Kestutis Bendinskas, kestutis.bendinskas[at]oswego.edu
Bioengineering
Dr. Jorge I. Rodriguez, jorger[at]uga.edu
Dr. Jessica Amber Jennings, jjnnings[at]memphis.edu
Bioinformatics
Dr. John R. Jungck, jungck[at]udel.edu
Dr. Isabelle Bichindaritz, ibichind[at]oswego.edu
Biology, Physiology
Dr. David Dunn, david.dunn[at]oswego.edu
Biology, Developmental
Dr. Poongodi Geetha-Loganathan, p.geethaloganathan[at]oswego.edu
Biology, Microbiology
Dr. Peter Newell, peter.newell[at]oswego.edu
Botany
Dr. Julien Bachelier, julien.bachelier[at]fu-berlin.de
Chemistry
Dr. Alfredo Castro, castroa[at]felician.edu
Dr. Charles Kriley, cekriley[at]gcc.edu
Dr. Vadoud Niri, vadoud.niri[at]oswego.edu
Computer Sciences
Dr. Dele Oluwade, deleoluwade[at]yahoo.com
Dr. Mais W Nijim, Mais.Nijim[at]tamuk.edu
Dr. Bastian Tenbergen, bastian.tenbergen[at]oswego.edu
Computational Chemistry
Dr. Alexander Soudackov, alexander.soudackov[at]yale.edu
Ecology
Dr. Chloe Lash, clash[at]stfrancis.edu
Economics
Dr. Elizabeth Schmitt, elizabeth.schmitt[at]oswego.edu
Education
Dr. Marcia Burrell, marcia.burrell[at]oswego.edu
Dr. Charity Dacey, Touro University, cdacey[at]touro.edu
Education, Physics
Dr. Andrew D. Gavrin, agavrin[at]iupui.edu
Engineering, Electrical
Dr. Michael Omidiora, momidior[at]bridgeport.edu
Engineering, Environmental
Dr. Félix L Santiago-Collazo, fsantiago[at]uga.edu
Film and Media Studies
Dr. Lauren Steimer, lsteimer[at]mailbox.sc.edu
Dr. Ashely Young, AY13[at]mailbox.sc.edu
Geology
Dr. Rachel Lee, rachel.lee[at]oswego.edu
History
Dr. Richard Weyhing, richard.weyhing[at]oswego.edu
Dr. Murat Yasar, murat.yasar[at]oswego.edu
Honorary Editorial Board Member
Dr. Lorrie Clemo, lorrie.a.clemo[at]gmail.com
Jurisprudence
Bill Wickard, Esq, William.Wickard[at]KLGates.com
Kinesiology
Dr. David Senchina, david.senchina[at]drake.edu
Linguistics
Dr. Taylor Miller, taylor.miller[at]oswego.edu
Literary Studies
Dr. Melissa Ames, mames[at]eiu.edu
Dr. Douglas Guerra, douglas.guerra[at]oswego.edu
Mathematics
Dr. John Emert, emert[at]bsu.edu
Dr. Jeffrey J. Boats, boatsjj[at]udmercy.edu
Dr. Dele Oluwade, deleoluwade[at]yahoo.com
Dr. Christopher Baltus, christopher.baltus[at]oswego.edu
Dr. Mark Baker, mark.baker[at]oswego.edu
Medical Sciences
Dr. Thomas Mahl, tmahl[at]ecmc.edu
Dr. Jessica Amber Jennings, jjnnings[at]memphis.edu
Meteorology
Dr. Steven Skubis, steven.skubis[at]oswego.edu
Nanoscience and Chemistry
Dr. Gary Baker, bakergar[at]missouri.edu
Physics
Dr. Priyanka Rupasinghe, priyanka.rupasinghe[at]oswego.edu
Political Science
Dr. Kaden Paulson-Smith, kpaulsonsmith[at]umassd.edu
Psychology
Dr. Matthew Dykas, matt.dykas[at]oswego.edu
Dr. Damian Kelty-Stephen, keltystd[at]newpaltz.edu
Dr. Kenneth Barideaux Jr., kbaridea[at]uscupstate.edu
Social Sciences
Dr. Dana Atwood, atwoodd[at]uwgb.edu
Dr. Rena Zito, rzito[at]elon.edu
Statistics
Dr. Mark Baker, mark.baker[at]oswego.edu
Technology, Engineering
Dr. Reg Pecen, regpecen[at]shsu.edu
Zoology
Dr. Chloe Lash, CLash[at]stfrancis.edu
Thank you for your interest and for your support of undergraduate research.