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From the Director
Dr. Amorette Barber, Director, Office of Student Research
Longwood University strives to develop citizen leaders and an important part of this process is the participation in independent or group research and creative inquiry. Participation in research and inquiry promotes a culture of curiosity, scholarship, and student engagement, prepares students to address the unsolved problems of the future, and supports the development of citizen leaders. Students who go beyond the classroom to develop their scholarship improve their communication skills, build their determination and perseverance, develop creativity, practice problem-solving, cultivate a sense of shared purpose by working for faculty mentors and peers, and foster intellectual independence. Students also have a great sense of accomplishment when the project is complete. While this happens throughout a Longwood student’s education, publication in Incite, Longwood’s undergraduate journal of research, is considered a crowning achievement in a student’s development of their personal scholarship. This volume of carefully reviewed and selected student publications highlights the best student work at Longwood University. These articles demonstrate a high level of academic achievement and are evidence of the outstanding dedication and efforts of the student authors and their faculty mentors and collaborators.
On behalf of the Office of Student Research and the three academic colleges involved in this publication, I would like to acknowledge and thank the student authors who permitted their work to be published in Incite. I also would like to thank the faculty members for mentoring the students in the completion of the research and inquiry project and writing of the manuscript. Finally, I would like to thank the Incite faculty board and editor for their efforts to publish this exceptional volume.
I hope you enjoy reading through this volume of Incite and that you come away with an appreciation of the extraordinary accomplishments of the students included in this collection.
