INCITE is the undergraduate research journal for Longwood University.

Dedicated to publishing the best work of undergraduate students across disciplines, INCITE is a faculty-reviewed journal produced at the end of each academic year.

Students who submit their original work to INCITE are eligible for a Best Student Publication monetary award in their discipline. Faculty mentors for student INCITE publications are also eligible for an INCITE Faculty Mentor Award. Recipients of these awards will be announced at the Excellence in Research and Inquiry Award Ceremony during the Spring Student Showcase.

Student work from all disciplines is welcome!

Read Incite volumes 1-15


Deadlines

18 December 2024
Initial submission deadline.

17 January 2025
Advisory Board comments/reader’s review will be sent to the author.

14 February 2025
Final submission deadline for edited submissions, tables, figures, and photos.

3 March 2025

Review of submissions by the Incite Advisory Board for the Incite awards.

23 April 2025
Student Best Publication Awards and Incite Faculty Mentor Award announced at the Spring Student Showcase for Research and Creative Inquiry. Students whose work will appear in Incite or who have won an Incite award will be listed as such in the program and will have a ribbon for their presentation.


Incite Faculty Advisory Board Members (2024-2025)

  • Hannah Dudley-Shotwell, Editor (History and Honors)
  • Corey Call (Criminal Justice)
  • Steven Hoehner (Math)
  • Mark Kostro (Anthropology and Archaeology)
  • Hua (Meg) Meng (Marketing)
  • Gregory Mole (History)
  • Sarah Porter (Chemistry)
  • Tim Ritzert (Psychology)
  • Benjamin Topham (Chemistry)
  • Erin Waggoner (Communication Studies and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies)
  • Erin Wallace (Communication Sciences and Disorders)