The Crown is an undergraduate research journal edited by and for SU Honors students.
The Crown seeks to spotlight the academic work of students from all disciplines. The journal includes a variety of pieces from technical projects to analytical essays and research-based creative projects, all of which are open access and peer reviewed.
The inaugural edition of The Crown was published in 2023. The next edition of the journal will be published in December 2025. Submissions are now closed. Thanks to all who shared their work!
Honors students edit, design, and publish The Crown through the HNR 340 course Producing a Research Journal.
Questions? Email us at thecrownsu@gmail.com or connect with us on Instagram @thecrownsu!
Current Volume: Volume 1 (2023)
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Articles
Introduction
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Carbon Sequestration, Conservation, and Capitalism: An analysis of West Virginia’s Senate bill 162
Heleina Cicero
Development of the Embryonic Left-Right Organizer: Identifying regulators of proliferation during development of the embryonic left-right organizer
Amanda Marzouk, Edward Guy IV, and Jeffery D. Amack
Dirty Jersey: Geographies of contaminated sites and race
Ananya Chandra
Framing of Immigration: The discussion of immigration and its influence on the American identity
Nathan Torabi
Green Nation Building: Children’s book authors in the Arab world
Christian Bevilacqua
Making Mathematics Meaningful: How learning about local social injustices develops undergraduate students’ identity, intellect, skill, and criticality
Emanuel Boutros, Qiong Wu, Hanyi Xu, and Nicole Fonger
Psychometric Functions on Word Recognition Test Exploring the difference in performance between Mandarin-English bilinguals and English monolinguals on the NU-6 word recognition test
William Russell and Jamie Desjardins
The Effect of Culture and Society on Postpartum Depression: Impacts observed in India and America
Roma Agarwal
The Perfect Storm: Social media addiction, mental health, and post-pandemic college life
Kira Donegan
Viaje a lo Desconocido Una colección de poemas | Journey to the Unknown A collection of poems
Eadin Block
About the Authors - V1
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