Photo courtesy of Matt Bem
The journal consists of undergraduate research by AACC students across the college.
The fourth edition of The Journal of Emerging Scholarship, featuring 12 papers written by more than 20 students, released on April 25 as a part of AACC’s Research Day.
According to STEM coordinator Matt Bem, who is on the journal’s editorial board, college administrators were inspired by other local community colleges to create a space for students to showcase their research.
He said the journal has become more interdisciplinary since the inaugural edition that came out in 2022.
“We have robotics, we have catfishing, which is interesting. We have orchid cultivation, we have invasive species removal and we have public health,” Bem said.
The journal is a collection of undergraduate research by AACC students from disciplines across the college, including biology, environmental science, media, economics and sociology, according to the AACC website.
Among the papers in this year’s publication is one about a research project on affordable housing in Anne Arundel County. Professor Rob Lowe’s architechture students collaborated with those in an entrepreneur class on the work last semester.
The Journal of Emerging Scholarship is available at the library and in the science, technology and engineering main office.