Doug Glazier

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Teaching Scholarship with an Undergraduate
Research Journal

• Doug Glazier
• Department of Biology
• JUNIATA COLLEGE

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Ultimate goal is to nurture students to be
scholars
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• Scholars who can effectively
• Create/discover new solvable questions
• Devise appropriate tests
• Collect appropriate data
• Analyze data
• Interpret data
• Display summaries of data
• Present clear, concise, organized accounts of
  ones study, both orally written

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• Scholars who can effectively
• Connect ones work to that of others
• Critically evaluate others work
• Summarize work in ones field
• Identify ways to advance ones field
• Review edit others work
• Do all of the above ethically

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How? By engaging students in writing, reviewing
and editing papers for a research journal
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How? By engaging students in writing, reviewing
editing papers for a research journal
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Outline of this Talk

• Brief history rationale for undergraduate
  research journals (URJs)
• Types of URJs
• Assessment of URJs
• Alternatives to URJs
• History apparent benefits of Juniatas Journal
  of Ecological Research (JER) in the context of
  the Biology Department curriculum
• Looking for advice on how to improve JER

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Brief history rationale for undergraduate
research journals (URJs)
Website Sources Undergraduate Journals (Council
on Undergraduate Research) (http//www.cur.org/res
ources/students/undergraduate_journals/) The
Undergraduate Journals and Conferences Directory
(Meryhurst College) (http//upd.mercyhurst.edu/)
Undergraduate Research and Creative Journals
(Middle Tennessee State University) (http//capone
.mtsu.edu/hcevents/journals.html) Philosophy
Undergraduate Journals (Trinity
University) (http//web.trinity.edu/x5950.xml) Un
dergrad Philosophy Religion CFPs
(http//undergradphil.blogspot.com/p/undergraduat
e-philosophy-journals.html) random Google
searches
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Beta Beta Beta National Biological Honor Society
Bios (1930)
JSTOR
Lambda Epsilon Chapter at Juniata College
1970 Students have presented at regional
national conferences Sponsored annual campus
research symposia (1997-2004)? LAS Google
website https//sites.google.com/site/jctribeta/h
ome
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Brief history rationale for undergraduate
research journals (URJs)

• Recognizing/highlighting student achievement
• Encouraging engaged learning and creative studies
• Providing opportunity for students to express
  ideas
• Promoting dialogue in college/academic community
• Providing publishing experience as writers,
  reviewers editors
• Preparing students for postgraduate /professional
  work

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Types of URJs

• Subject matter
• Sponsors
• Staff (e.g., students, faculty /or others)
• Source of submissions (e.g., undergraduate /or
• graduate students, faculty, etc. within /or
• outside institution)
• Audience (within /or outside institution)

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Types of URJs

• Subject matter
• Sponsors
• Staff (e.g., students, faculty /or others)
• Source of submissions (e.g., undergraduate /or
• graduate students, faculty, etc. within /or
• outside institution)
• Audience (within /or outside institution)

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Subject matter of Undergraduate Research Journals
Subject matter Number of URJs
All Academic Disciplines/Interdisciplinary 51

Arts, Humanities /or Social Sciences 101

Natural Sciences, Math /or Technology 39

Natural Social Sciences/Science Society/Environmental studies 7
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Subject matter of Undergraduate Research Journals
Subject matter Number of URJs
All Academic Disciplines/Interdisciplinary 51

Arts, Humanities /or Social Sciences 101

Natural Sciences, Math /or Technology 39

Natural Social Sciences/Science Society/Environmental studies 7
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Arts, Humanities /or Social Sciences
Undergraduate Research Journals
Subject matter Number of URJs
Creative writing, composing arts/Communications 13
Humanities 3
Literature/Literary criticism/Foreign language 8
Philosophy 23
History 7
Theology/Religion studies 1
Social/human sciences 8
Politics/International studies /World affairs/Law 13
Business/ Economics 8
Anthropology/Ethnography 3
Psychology/Cognitive science 8
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Arts, Humanities /or Social Sciences
Undergraduate Research Journals
Subject matter Number of URJs
Creative writing, composing arts/Communications 13
Humanities 3
Literature/Literary criticism/Foreign language 8
Philosophy 23
History 7
Theology/Religion studies 1
Social/human sciences 8
Politics/International studies /World affairs/Law 13
Business/ Economics 8
Anthropology/Ethnography 3
Psychology/Cognitive science 8
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Natural Sciences, Math /or Technology Undergradua
te Research Journals
Subject matter Number of URJs
Natural Sciences 11
Biology/Medicine/Agricultural science 11
Chemistry 1
Physics 2
Geology/Marine science 2
Mathematics 7
Engineering/Materials science/Nanoscience 2
Computer science 1
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Natural Sciences, Math /or Technology Undergradua
te Research Journals
Subject matter Number of URJs
Natural Sciences 11
Biology/Medicine/Agricultural science 11
Chemistry 1
Physics 2
Geology/Marine science 2
Mathematics 7
Engineering/Materials science/Nanoscience 2
Computer science 1
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Types of Organizations that Sponsor
Undergraduate Research Journals
Type of Organization Number of URJs
Society/Journal 22
Consortium /Multiple Institutions 10
Institution (College/University) 145
Division/School /College within Institution 4
Department within Institution 11
Student Club/Society within Institution 3
Course 3
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Types of Organizations that Sponsor
Undergraduate Research Journals
Type of Organization Number of URJs
Society/Journal 22
Consortium /Multiple Institutions 10
Institution (College/University) 145
Division/School /College within Institution 4
Department within Institution 11
Student Club/Society within Institution 3
Course 3
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Types of Organizations that Sponsor
Undergraduate Research Journals
Type of Organization Number of URJs
Society/Journal 22
Consortium /Multiple Institutions 10
Institution (College/University) 145
Division/School /College within Institution 4
Department within Institution 11
Student Club/Society within Institution 3
Course 3
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Assessment of URJs
Virtually non-existent! Assessment of
Undergraduate Research Experiences
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Alternatives to URJs
Publish in professional journals Advantages
Disadvantages
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History apparent benefits of Juniatas Journal
of Ecological Research (JER) in the context of
the Biology Department curriculum
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History apparent benefits of Juniatas Journal
of Ecological Research (JER) in the context of
the Biology Department curriculum

• Print version started in 1998 as part of BI 301
  General Ecology Laboratory course

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History apparent benefits of Juniatas Journal
of Ecological Research (JER) in the context of
the Biology Department curriculum

• Print version started in 1998 as part of BI 301
  General Ecology Laboratory course
• Online version started in 2001 (on Juniata
  College Ecology webpage)

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Journal of Ecological Research
PROTOCOL-EXAMPLE PAPERS-ECOLOGY ONLINE
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History apparent benefits of Juniatas Journal
of Ecological Research (JER) in the context of
the Biology Department curriculum

• Print version started in 1998 as part of BI 301
  General Ecology Laboratory course
• Online version started in 2001 (on Juniata
  College Ecology webpage)
• BI 301CW started in 2012 students learn about
  peer review and editing scientific journals

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History apparent benefits of Juniatas Journal
of Ecological Research (JER) in the context of
the Biology Department curriculum

• Print version started in 1998 as part of BI 301
  General Ecology Laboratory course
• Online version started in 2001 (on Juniata
  College Ecology webpage)
• BI 301CW started in 2012 students learn about
  peer review and editing scientific journals
• In 2014 the 15th volume will be printed

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History apparent benefits of Juniatas Journal
of Ecological Research (JER) in the context of
the Biology Department curriculum

• Understanding all of the steps of doing science
• Understanding how scientific journals work
• Professional formatting
• Peer-reviewing
• Roles of editors
• Archival function of journals
• Using in job school applications
• Papers cited in professional literature

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History apparent benefits of Juniatas Journal
of Ecological Research (JER) in the context of
the Biology Department curriculum
BI 189 How to write good scientific papers ? BI
289 How to be a professional biologist ? BI 301
How to publish good scientific papers BI 301CW
How to review and edit scientific
papers (SIMULATIONS) ? BI 389 How to write
research proposals ? BI 489 How to engage in
independent, potentially publishable
research (REAL DEAL)
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Looking for advice on how to improve JER
Online search engine Improving lab CW
components of BI 301 (evaluating individual
contributions to group reports teaching
learning of peer-reviewing and editing) Adding
Discussions of research publishing ethics
Methods of assessment
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Major objective in 2012 syllabus BI 301CW
To enhance your understanding of scientific
writing by giving you the opportunity to learn
how a scientific journal is edited and
published. Your assignments will involve writing
about the nature of scientific journals, the
editing process, and your experiences as editors
of JER, as well as an individually written
version of your final research report for BI
301.
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Nature of Scientific Journals Discussion
questions What is (are) the purpose(s) of
scientific journals (and the articles that they
contain)?   Who are the authors and who are the
readers?   How are scientific articles structured
and why?   What is the writing style and why?
Who runs scientific journals? What are the
relative roles of academic and commercial
interests in publishing scientific journals?
(Corollary issues related to printed vs.
electronic publication of scientific journals,
and how they are paid for).   How do scientific
journals differ from newspapers and popular
magazines?  
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Editing Scientific Articles Discussion
questions Why are scientific articles
peer-reviewed? Evaluate the pros and cons of
peer review.   Who are the reviewers and what are
they expected to do?   What duties are performed
by the editors of a journal? What kinds of
editors do scientific journals have and what are
their specific functions?   Describe the various
kinds of editing that occur before a scientific
article is accepted for publication.