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!

Incite Volume 11 

Incite Volume 12

Incite Volume 13

Incite Volume 14


Deadlines

29 September 2023
Submission deadline for material from the previous spring semester.

17 November 2023
Advisory Board comments/reader’s review will be sent to the author.

15 December 2023
Submission deadline for material from the fall semester.

19 January 2024
Advisory Board comments/reader’s review will be sent to the author.

16 February 2024
Review of submissions by the Incite Advisory Board after all author revisions, copy-editing and proof-reading has been done for the Incite awards.

16 February 2024
Final edited submissions, tables, photos, will be sent for production.

17 April 2024
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 badge or ribbon for their presentation.

Summer 2024
Copies of Incite sent to award winners, faculty mentors, advisory board members, and department chairs


Incite Faculty Advisory Board Members (2023-2024)

  • 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)