Helix: A Journal of Interdisciplinary Research

Helix is a publication of undergraduate and graduate research from across all disciplines at Southeast.  The journal is intended to provide students with the opportunity to develop researched writing skills and to gain experience in preparing and submitting manuscripts for publication.  Students of all levels, including graduating seniors, are encouraged to submit their researched writing for consideration. Helix is published annually each fall semester.

Contests

Submissions are automatically entered into one of our two contests to find the best examples of undergraduate or graduate level research writing in the issue. 

We are also opening up a cover design contest to students for upcoming issues.  The winning design will be used for that year’s issue.  Details TBA.

• Undergraduate Research Writing Award
• Graduate Researched Writing Award
• Cover Design Award

Submission Deadline for Volume 12: January 20, 2014

• Undergraduate submissions should be 1000-3000 words in length; graduate submission should be 3000-5000 words in length. 
• Shorter or longer papers will be considered provided the author receives permission to submit following a query letter that includes the essay's specifications.
• Submissions should follow the style and bibliographic requirements of the field in which they are written.
• An individual may submit only one manuscript for consideration. 
• Send the submission form and your essay (in Microsoft Word for Windows, preferably) as separate attachments in the same e-mail to slscott2s@semo.edu
• Students retain the rights to their work.  Southeast Missouri State University receives first publication rights only.

For further information about Helix or any of its contests, email slscott2s@semo.edu.

Previous Issues

Volume 1 (2001)

• Bibb, Debra Kaye — "Digital Alzheimer's: Are We Flatlining Cultural memory in the Information Age?"
• Cluck, Leon — "Doctor Faustus and the Morality Play: A New Twist on an Old Tale"
• Diederich, Daisey — "Regional Familiarity of Idioms"
• Holloway, Andrea — "Romantic Perfectionism and Both Attachment and Affect"
• Holloway, Chris — "Expectations of Privacy regarding Computers"
• Jain, Vineendra Vira — "Intercultural Dynamism: A Cross-Cultural Approach to International Management"
• Lanman, John — "Thoreau: The Enigma and the Hero"
• Watts, Nicholas J. — "Spinoza's Ethics and the 19th-Century Transcendentalists"

Volume 2 (2002)

• Acker, Pamela — "The Quest for Justice in Guatemala"
• Ernst, Dawn — "Progression of Women in Congress"
• Graveley, Vernon — "The Undying (Commercial) Appeal of Batman"
• Keller, Kathy L. — "Intergenerational Aging-Education"
• Overbey, Jeffrey — "Preventing Carpal Tunnel Syndrome in the American Office"
• Price, Brett — "All Aboard!"
• Richardet, Amanda — "Teachers Leave Them Kids Alone"
• Taylor, Christopher — "Privacy Rights Under the Fourth Amendment"
• Trokey, Nicole — "Our Mothers' Lives: Individual Experience and Feminist Commentary in Julianna Baggott's This Country of Mothers"

Volume 3 (2003)

• Diamond, Hope, and Janese Jones — "Plant Aquaporins: How Watewr Moves Into and Out of Plant Cells"
• Georgieva, Nadia — "Characteristics of Semiconductor Diode Laser"
• Hertz, Nathan, Angela Kolve, and Jeffrey Overbey —  "Optimizing Gamma Knife Radiosurgery Through Mathematical Morphology"
• Kranz, Susanne — "German Women's Movements in the Nineteenth Century"
• Price, Brett — "When Art Imitates Life: Autobiographical Influence in the Films of Francois Truffaut"
• Watson, Pamela — "Putting Christ Back in Christmas"
• Willis, Shannon — "The Wonderful World of Chocolate"

Volume 4 (2005)

• Anthony, Candace — "Lemon and Its Effect on the Encoding and Retrieval Processes"
• Chronister, Kimberley — "Using Children's Literature in the Middle School and High School Classroom"
• Conger, Heather — "Omega-3 and the Brain"
• Jackson, Stan A. — "Prisoner Sexual Assaults and Civil Liability"
• Joy, Kenndis — "Relationship Between Parental Attachment and Parenting Styles"
• Kremer-Wright, Garret B. — "Buildings of Stone"
• Price, Brett — "Ethnography of a Midwestern College Theater Actor Community"
• Riley, Jon — "The Impact of Athletic Participation on Academic Performance Among College Athletes"
• Watts, Natalie — "Levi's: An American Legacy"

Volume 5 (2006)

• Anderson, Danielle A. — "Quality Assurance Measures"
• Fitzgerald, Heather Renee — "Optometry Research Experience"
• Ivy, Cassandra — "The Design and development of Interactive Multimedia (IMM) Using Macromedia Flash"
• Johnson, B.A., and I. Jung — "Simulation of Cadmium Zinc Telluride Detectors in C++"
• Mcnail, Mariah — "Where We Live: Examining the Impact of Urbanicity on Voting Behavior"
• Murray, Kristi — "Exploring the Quotidian Technique Used in the Works of Frank O'Hara"
• Pulis, Audra — "Prototypic Definition of Psychological Maturity: Self-Report Assessment and Initial Correlates"
• Robinson-Alford, LaKendra — "Password-based Authentication for Networked Security on College Campuses"
• Sebby, Rickard, and Lisa Schaefer — "College Education Attitudes as Influenced by Religious Fundamentalism and Gender"
• Simelton, Michael — "Non-Technical Skills in a Diverse Workforce"
• White, Shonda — "Fraudulent Activities in Commercial Banking"

Volume 7 (2007)

• Topper, Jennifer — "Celtic Faith"
• Stricklin, Dawn — "From Malinowski's Revolution to Ruth Behar's Body Cast: Objectivity, Post-Modernism, and the Modification of Ethnographic Writing"
• Pratt, Amanda M. — "Ladyleggers and Whisper Sisters: Lawless Women of the Prohibition Era"
• Huff, Daniel L. — "The Effects of Free-Arm Mowing on Thalia Dealbata"
• Casebolt, John A. — "Approaching the Speed of Light"

Volume 8 (2008)

• Carson, Katie — “Barbarian, Neanderthal, Goblin: Finding a Name in Lessing’s The Fifth Child”
• Cavey, Marjorie R. — “Hardrock Mining Reclamation and AMD: Implications for the Biotic Community and Sustainability”
• Hill, Julie — “Translation: An Imperfect Practice”
• Morgan, Amelie — “The Performer’s Heartbeat: Let Blood Flow Make the First Move”
• Wickenhauser, Molly — “The Powerful Media and Criminal Trials”

Volume 9 (2009)

• Jackson, Richard — “Marvel Comics and the Cold War”
• Kiser, Brenna — “Total Domination? How Emerson Attempts to Raise Man Above Nature”
• Mayfield, Timothy R. — “Impact of Attachment Style on Forgiveness of Self, Situation, and Others”
• Nickless, Amy Christine — “T. E. Lawrence: Fighting for Arab Freedom”
• Privett, Brooke A. — “A Literature Review of the Impact of Music Education on Student Achievement”
• Schmitz, David — “Ancient Hebrew Holy Wars: Divine Overkill or Godly Justice?”

Volume 10 (2011/2012)

• Donovan, Kimberly, and Erin R. Fluegge Woolf — “Learning with LEGOS: Reactions to an Experiential Exercise”
• Fouts, Anthony, Rachel Blunt, Rajvi Pandya, and Erin R. Fluegge Woolf — “The Fall of the Celtic Tiger: The Cause and Effects of Ireland’s Financial Crisis”
• Herrejon Ayala, Laura L. — “Gender and Religious Differences in Perceptions of Relationship Violence”
• Kinder, Chris — “The Major at Elmwood”
• Moore, Mark E. — “Neuroticism, Test Anxiety, Goal Orientation, Self Efficacy, and Attributions About Test Performance”
• Nickless, Amy Christine — “A Society Changed: Effects of the Italian Risorgimento in the Mezzogiorno”
• Rogers, Elizabeth — “Eating Behaviors in Individuals with Dementia: A Study on Quality of Life”
• Schmitz, David — “Peter Elbow: Apostle of Freewriting”
• Schwartz, Katherine — “Finding a Voice”
• Shelby, Rakeem R., and Dr. Jai N. Dahiya — “Resistance of Various Metals as a Function of the Area of Cross Section”
• Welker, Kathleen E., and Erin R. Fluegge Woolf — “To Stay or Not to Stay: Positive Work Environments and Organizational Commitment”
• Zeilenga, Elizabeth A., and Rickard A. Sebby — “The Effects of Religious Fundamentalism, Priming Secure Base Schema and Mortality Salience on the Evaluation of Out-Groups”

Volume 11 (2013) In process