A Journal of Undergraduate Research
“There is no royal road to science, and only those who do not dread the fatiguing climb of its steep paths have a chance of gaining its luminous summits.”
—Karl Marx, Preface to the 1872 French edition ofDas Kapital
Royal Roadfeatures the best researched arguments produced in the University of Tampa's AWR 201 - Academic Writing and Research course. Student essays are nominated by instructors and reviewed by a faculty panel; those that are selected for potential publication undergo a process of peer review and revision that reflect the standards of academic publishing. Selected essays are published in an annual journal and used as models for future sections of AWR 201.
Issues
- Volume 9 - Summer 2025
- Volume 8 - Summer 2024
- Volume 7 - Summer 2023
- Volume 6 - Summer 2022
- Volume 5 - Spring 2021
- Volume 4 - Spring 2020
- Volume 3 - Spring 2019
- Volume 2 - Spring 2018
- Volume 1 - Spring 2017
Anna Miller
Mitchell Duncan
Kara Hepler
Mason Trinh
Logan Mueller
Royal Road 9 Editorial Staff
| Editor Steven Mollmann | Editorial Board Paul Corrigan Claire Class Daniel Dooghan Suchismita Dutta Misty Fuller Jeremy Lakoff Kyle McIntosh Nicole Schrag Josh Waggoner Daniel Wollenberg |
| Student Editors Bathshua Carrillo Alexis Damiano Sade Keyes | |
| Faculty Advisor David Reamer |
This issue of Royal Road includes essays composed during the 2022-2023 academic year. Students completed revisions with a faculty mentor throughout 2023-2024.
Alice DeCoteau and Anika Schmid
Lilliana Haight
Logan Cooper
Gabriel Mudd
Royal Road 8 Editorial Staff
| Editor Steven Mollmann | Editorial Board Gregory Brennen Claire Class Paul Corrigan Daniel Dooghan Kyle McIntosh Nicole Schrag Josh Waggoner Daniel Wollenberg |
| Student Editors Alice DeCoteau Anika Schmid | |
| Faculty Advisor David Reamer |
This issue ofRoyal Roadincludes essays composed during the 2021-2022 academic year. Students completed revisions with a faculty mentor throughout 2022-2023.
Anika Schmid, Cassie Disharoon, and Charlotte Salowe
Emma Sheehan
Alice DeCoteau
Faviola N. Collazo-Vélez
Marin Burke
Madeleine Bolivar Ortiz
Ashlyn Ellison
Destin Rothe
Royal Road 7 Editorial Staff
| Editor Joseph Letter | Editorial Board Claire Class Paul Corrigan Daniel Dooghan Sarah Fryett Cari Hovanec Sucheta Kanjilal Jeremy Lakoff Kyle McIntosh Steven Mollmann Nicole Schrag Josh Waggoner Daniel Wollenberg |
| Student Editors Anika Schmid Cassie Disharoon Charlotte Salowe | |
| Faculty Advisor David Reamer |
This issue ofRoyal Roadincludes essays composed during the 2020-2021 academic year. Students completed revisions with a faculty mentor throughout 2021-2022.
Taylor Landau and Megan Merola
Ekaterina D. Baricheva
Karolyn Merch
Caitlin Reeves
Amber Furce
Jacqueline Wilson
Rayana Goodner
Isabella High
Sam Johnson
Royal Road 6 Editorial Staff
| Editor Joseph Letter | Editorial Board Paul Corrigan Daniel Dooghan Sarah Fryett Cari Hovanec Sucheta Kanjilal Jeremy Lakoff Kyle McIntosh Steven Mollmann Nicole Schrag Josh Waggoner Aimee Whiteside Daniel Wollenberg |
| Student Editors Megan Merola Taylor Landau | |
| Faculty Advisor David Reamer |
This issue ofRoyal Roadincludes essays composed during the 2019-2020 academic year. Students completed revisions with a faculty mentor throughout 2020-2021.
Celina Rodriguez Rivera and Maggie Sperry
Olivia Reeber
Taylor Aiello
Madeline McCarthy
Alise Blūma
Haley Ruggles
Alexander S. Valentonis
Royal Road 5 Editorial Staff
| Editor Joseph Letter | Editorial Board Paul Corrigan Daniel Dooghan Sarah Fryett Cari Hovanec Sucheta Kanjilal Jeremy Lakoff Kyle McIntosh Steven Mollmann Nicole Schrag Josh Waggoner Aimee Whiteside Daniel Wollenberg |
| Student Editors Celina M. Rodriguez Rivera Maggie Sperry | |
| Faculty Advisor David Reamer |
This issue ofRoyal Roadincludes essays composed during the 2018-2019 academic year. Students completed revisions during the fall semester of 2019.
David Reamer
Katie Sturmer
Bryce Shepherd
Krista Davis
Royal Road 4 Editorial Staff
| Editor Daniel Dooghan Joseph Letter David Reamer | Editorial Board Sarah Fryett Cari Hovanec Kyle McIntosh Steven Mollmann Ashley Palmer Josh Waggoner Aimee Whiteside Daniel Wollenberg |
| Assistant Editor Rebecca Lazansky | |
| Faculty Advisor David Reamer |
This issue ofRoyal Roadincludes essays composed during the 2017-2018 academic year. Students completed revisions during the fall semester of 2018.
Editor's Introduction
Daniel Dooghan
Emma Stange
Taylor Brunson
Raylea Hagan
Daniela Gutierrez Andrade
Marissa Henderson
Marcella Benner
Royal Road 3 Editorial Staff
| Editor Daniel Dooghan Joseph Letter David Reamer | Editorial Board Sarah Fryett Cari Hovanec Kyle McIntosh Steven Mollmann Ashley Palmer Josh Waggoner Aimee Whiteside Daniel Wollenberg |
This issue ofRoyal Roadincludes essays composed during the 2016-2017 academic year. Students completed revisions during the fall semester of 2017.
Joseph Letter
Katy Todd
Brianna Yaeger
Alexandra Marter
Claudia Kirby
Arden Igleheart
Erica Gambatese
Nicholas Oakes
Royal Road 2 Editorial Staff
| Editor Daniel Dooghan Joseph Letter David Reamer | Editorial Board Sarah Fryett Cari Hovanec Kyle McIntosh Steven Mollmann Ashley Palmer Josh Waggoner Aimee Whiteside Daniel Wollenberg |
This issue ofRoyal Roadincludes essays composed during the 2015-2016 academic year. Students completed revisions during the fall semester of 2016.
Editor's Introduction
Joseph Letter
Kayleigh Ross
Robert Pantano
Carla Shapira
GregoryBrowne
Katie Stockdale
Emily Murphy
Michelle Gefroh
Royal Road 1 Editorial Staff
| Editors Daniel Dooghan Joseph Letter David Reamer |
Selection Guidelines
Instructors will nominate the strongest research essay from each section of AWR 201 for evaluation by an editorial committee from the Academic Writing program. Those essays will be reviewed by the editorial board for possible inclusion in the annual issue ofRoyal Road: A Journal of Undergraduate Research. Section nominees may be determined either by the course instructor or by the students within a section, but only section nominees will be eligible for publication. In rare instances where more than one truly exceptional research essay is written within a single section, an instructor may nominate a second essay for selection.
Royal Road Editorial Board
Editor
Steven Mollmann
Faculty Avisor to Royal Road
David Reamer
Editorial Board
Gregory Brennen
Claire Class
Paul Corrigan
Daniel Dooghan
Suchismita Dutta
Misty Fuller
Jeremy Lakoff
Kyle McIntosh
Nicole Schrag
Josh Waggoner
Daniel Wollenberg
