Honors College senior Elliot Sheehan has published his work, “Urban Renewal and the Interstate: Losing Charleston’s Triangle District, 1956—1977,” in the Fall 2023 issue of Crimson Historical Review, an undergraduate journal in the University of Alabama’s Department of History, which is housed in its College of Arts and Sciences. Sheehan majors in history, social studies education. Sheehan serves on the editorial team for the National Collegiate Honors Council’s (NCHC) Journal of Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity (UReCA), and as the editor-in-chief of History Matters, the undergraduate research journal sponsored by the Department of History. Sheehan stated,
“I know Honors students complete quality work, and I want to encourage more students to submit to undergraduate journals.”
Sheehan attributes this accomplishment to Dr. Peaches Hash, lecturer in the Department of English, with whom he took Honors sections of RC 1000: Expository Writing, and RC 2001: Introduction to Writing Across the Curriculum. Sheehan shared, “Dr. Peaches was the first person to let me know about undergraduate publishing and since then, it has been a major part of my academic career, as I've served as an Associate Editor for NCHC's UReCA and am the incoming Editor-in-Chief of the History Department's History Matters.”
Undergraduate research journals like the NCHC’s journal UReCA, History Matters, and Crimson Historical Review, are edited by undergraduates. They provide undergraduate students the opportunity to publish original, peer-reviewed content and to share that content online with a wide audience. Undergraduate publishing is a great opportunity for all undergraduates and Honors College students.
Top photo features Sheehan presenting at the 2023 Southern Regional Honors Council (SHRC) annual conference in Charlotte.
