Eligibility 

QuaesitUM considers submissions from any current University of Memphis undergraduate student; eligibility also extends to those who have graduated within the last two semesters. Submissions must be written by undergraduate students and must report on research they engaged in while undergraduate students at the University. Submitted texts may be single or co-authored, but all authors must have been University of Memphis undergraduate students during the time the research was conducted. Faculty members and graduate students are not eligible.

Content 

Papers must discuss rigorous and analytical  research performed by the author(s). Submissions should contain within the body of the text a section in which research methodology is described in detail.

All submitted text is to be the sole creation of the author(s) with the exception of correctly cited paraphrases and properly indicated quotations. 

Any research involving human subjects must have approval from the appropriate Institutional Review Board. Submitting authors are responsible for adhering to IRB guidelines. Check with your faculty advisor for further information. 

QuaesitUM understands that various disciplines exhibit a variety of differences regarding textual genres. For this reason, there is not a stated specific minimum or maximum article length. However, QuaesitUM prefers articles with a length of no more than 8000 words.

Format 

All submissions must conform to the following guidelines. Any submissions that do not will be rejected. 

1. Remove all occurrences of author(s) names from the manuscript. 

2. Include a cover sheet that contains name(s), date, and title and one of the following  categories:

• Life & Health Sciences
• Physical & Applied Sciences
• Math/Computer Science/Engineering
• Social & Behavioral Sciences
• Humanities
• Professional

3. Follow this cover sheet with a page containing an abstract of no more than 150 words. 

4. All submissions must be in .docx or .doc format. Use the style (APA, MLA or Chicago) most appropriate for your area of research. 

5. Regardless of the style used, all papers should conform to the following criteria:

• Single-space the body of the text.
• Use 12 point Times New Roman. 
• Include page numbers on all pages except for the title page.
• Include a works cited page

6. Figures and Tables

• • Provide a separate file for each table and figure.
  • Files must be a minimum of 300 pixels per inch (ppi).
  • Files must be 1200 pixels wide.
  • Figures must be JPEG, TIFF, PNG, EPS or PDF files.
  • Tables may be submitted in the formats listed above for figures.
  • Tables may also be submitted as separate Word or Excel documents.
  • Do not embed figures and tables in the body of the text.
  • Label all tables and figures and provide a corresponding caption at the appropriate location in your text.

7. Submissions may not be under review for publication elsewhere. 

Review Process

After submission, papers receive an initial evaluation by the editorial board; those selected are then forwarded to volunteer faculty reviewers for recomendations re: acceptance or rejection. Final selection decisions are left to the editorial staff—managing editor and two faculty advisors. All reviews are blind; both the authors and the faculty reviewers remain anonymous. This is the reason for requiring all names to be omitted from the body of submitted articles.

Deadline for Submissions 

For publication in Issue 2 of the journal, submissions should be received byNovember 10, 2014.

Questions and Further Clarification

Email any question or comments to quaesitum@memphis.edu