Lux: Undergraduate Scholarship at UVA Wise
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UVA Wise
Lux is a multidisciplinary peer-reviewed journal dedicated to promoting exceptional written scholarship by current students and recent graduates of The University of Virginia’s College at Wise.

Read Lux, Issue IV

FOUNDING CO-EDITORS

Josephine Rodriguez

Emily Dotson

Sabrina Qureshi

EDITORIAL BOARD

Robert Arrowood

Karen Carter

Anthony Cashio

Miranda Cashio

Joseph Kern

Christa Moore

Submit Now to Issue V!

To submit Email lux@uvawise.edu with

this completed application

a Word version (see guidelines below) of your submission.

Publishing Eligibility:

Lux is a multidisciplinary print journal open to print submissions from all fields of study at UVA Wise. The first or primary author must have initiated the scholarly activity as a student at UVA Wise. Alumni may submit within three years of graduation.

Submission Guidelines:

All submissions must be sent in a single email: 1) with an attached submission saved as a single file and 2) with an attached application.

The submission must include all appendixes and references in a single document.

File must be in Word (.doc), Times New Roman 12-point font, double-spaced, with one-inch margins, and formatted according to the scholarly convention of the discipline.

All identifying student information must be removed from the text of the submission, including headers, footers, and title pages.

The file must be saved as a one-word title not identifying the author.

Supporting images should be inserted as a JPEG with numbers and captions to accompany the images. The recommended resolution for images is at least 300 dpi.

The article should be at least ten pages and no longer than 20, excluding references and supporting materials such as images, charts, tables, and figures.

Research should be recent, reliable, and relevant.

IRB application/approval must be provided on all human subject research.

Authors should recognize individuals and institutions supporting, funding, or sponsoring their scholarly activity. This section should be no more than 150 words.

Co-authors must be credited and identified on any submission.

UVA Wise Honor Code and Citations: Submissions will be checked for plagiarism, including using AI. Plagiarized papers are subject to rejection without further review. Authors are expected to cite all sources as necessary and use the citation standards of their field. Works received without adequate citation will not be considered for publication.

Copyright and Copyrighted Images: Submissions must contain original work conducted as an undergraduate student at UVA Wise. The author(s) keep the copyright to the published work and are encouraged to submit for publication elsewhere. The author is responsible for obtaining permission to use copyrighted text, including visual aids, images, video, etc.