About

The Journal

We are a student-run, non-technical research journal. Our mission is to build connections between undergraduate students, graduate students, and the public, as well as among the different academic disciplines, through the publication of non-technical articles in all fields of research. We aim to tap student creativity and effort in all academic disciplines through a peer-edited, faculty-reviewed electronic and print publication. We hope to inspire interest in research in the student body, faculty, and the campus community.

 

It should be a normal part of an undergraduate’s experience to venture into new fields of study and make interdisciplinary linkages … (and) to integrate formal studies with co-curricular interests.

– President’s Commission on the Undergraduate Experience

 

Editorial Board

For the 2025-26 Academic School Year:

 

Editors-In-Chief

Sydney Lapham

Alisha Keshwani

 

Associate Editors

Anam Noor - Life Sciences

David Cooper - Physics/Math 

Gavriella Solomon - Social Sciences 

Aiolya Zhang - Humanities

 

Assistant Associate Editors 

Olti Jakupllari - Life Sciences

Alina Keshwani - Social Sciences 

 

Copy Editors

Ali Moshaymesh - Life Sciences

Ananya Gummadi - Life Sciences

Elizabeth Schaldenbrand - Life Sciences 

Haley Cook - Life Sciences

Jasmine Wisniewski - Life Sciences

Katie Kittell - Life Sciences

Kyungryun Kim - Life Sciences

Nezar Nahlawi - Life Sciences

Amanda Xu - Physics/Math 

Avery Hinojosa - Physics/Math

Christopher Corbett - Physics/Math

David Nguyen - Physics/Math

Declan Dowd - Physics/Math

Callie Boren - Social Sciences

Julia Bodea - Social Sciences

Khadeja Rizvi - Social Sciences

Lauren Blanchard - Social Sciences

Tyler Williams - Social Sciences

Emma Laredo - Humanities

Maia Morenoff - Humanities

Michelle Ong - Humanities 

Molly Plowman - Humanities

Zachary Sandman - Humanities

 

Contact Us

General Inquiry:
umurj-editorsinchief@umich.edu