Mountaineer Undergraduate Research Review
The WVU Undergraduate Research Office has ceased publication of MURR after the 2024 issue. The Mountaineer Undergraduate Research Review (MURR) publishes outstanding multidisciplinary research performed by undergraduates at West Virginia University. MURR is a student-led publication of the West Virginia University Office of Undergraduate Research. Papers are reviewed by qualified faculty members at WVU and are reviewed and edited by a Student Editorial Board.
Current Volume: Volume 9 (2024)
Opening Regards
Rita VM Rio
The Annihilation of the French Imperium
Scott Petticord
The Comfort of a Dream Against the Restless Truth: Why Martin Luther King, Jr., and Malcolm X are Taught Differently
Olivia J. Dowler
How Persecution Influenced Coptic Culture
Finn H. Wilkinson
How Interactions Between the Inflation Reduction Act and Existing Policies Facilitate a Just Energy Transition
Colin C. Street
The Intersection of Trust and Mental Health Among LGBTQIA+ Youth
Angel Smothers, John Sulkowski, Court Lanham, Kerry Drabish, Tanner Cole, and Jaylyne Morgan

Editorial Review Board (ERB)
- Editor-in-Chief
- Zachary Ellis
- Managing Editor
- Hayley Bockius
- Head Section Editor (Science, Technology, Engineering, & Mathematics or STEM)
- Michael Fiala
- Head Section Editor (Humanities, Arts, & Social Sciences or HASS)
- Riley “Red” Klug
- Editors (STEM)
- Damon LeMaster
- Jacob Freeze
- Riley Coulter
- Sheridan Tolley
- Taya Sullivan
- Victoria Nist
- Editors (HASS)
- Ayah Aldebyan
- Bethanny Prascik
- Gwendolyn Dzwil
- Nathaniel Palmer
- Timothy Reidell
- Bethanny Prascik
Faculty Advisors
- Scholarly Communication Librarian
- Jonah McAllister-Erickson, MLIS
- Director of the Office of Undergraduate Research
- Dr. Cinthia Pacheco