Butler Journal of Undergraduate Research
The Butler Journal of Undergraduate Research publishes original, scholarly research undertaken by undergraduates from any college or university. BJUR builds upon and strengthens Butler’s commitment to quality undergraduate research by providing an outlet for the publication of outstanding undergraduate scholarship across the humanities, social and natural sciences.
Submission of original, scholarly research articles is open to undergraduates from any accredited college and university. For further information, see the Mission Statement.
Submissions will be accepted for Volume 11 (2025) in Summer 2024. First consideration for papers received by June 3, 2024. Papers will continue to be accepted for review through December 1, 2024. Any papers after that date will be considered for Volume 12 (2026). Further details about the guidelines for authors may be found on the Author Guidelines page.
Current Volume: Volume 10 (2024)
Article
Table of Contents and Front Matter
BJUR Staff
Punishment versus Hope: Perceptions of Social Media Portrayals of Restorative Justice
Emily E. Leonard
Populism: A Comparative Study of the Rise of the Alt-Right in Germany and the United States
Kate O. Tobin
Stream Gauging: Investigating the Flow Rate and Residence Time in Laguna Bacalar, Mexico
Elizabeth J. Kowalczyk
Enhanced Breast Cancer Tumor Classification Using MobileNetV2: A Detailed Exploration on Image Intensity, Error Mitigation, and Streamlit-Driven Real-Time Deployment
Aaditya Surya, Adita Keshary Shah, Subash Tarun Sasikumar, and Jarnell Kabore
The Influence of Specific Diagnosis and Trait Self-Relevance on Positive and Negative Perceptions of Individuals with Mental Illness
Sabrina L. Stock and Aedan S. Levy
Comparing the Visuospatial Abilities of Alzheimer’s Patients and Huntington’s Patients
Alysa Aralis and Emma Bauman
Work-Life Balance in a Medical Unit of U.S. Army Reservists: An Exploratory Study
Elizabeth A. Kleitz and Madelyn Huhn
Effects of Dissolved Oxygen on Northern Leopard Frog (Lithobates pipiens) Gastrocnemius Muscle Recruitment and Fatigue
Eva L. Gates and Joseph P. Levri
Yayoi Kusama’s Depictions of Mental Health
Anna Isabel Davis
Partake or Be Departed: Insularity of Setting within the Dystopian Imagination and The Mark: The Beast Rules the World
Andrew Watkins
Volume 10 Full Text
BJUR Staff
Editor
Tara T. Lineweaver
Design Editor
Jennifer Coronado
Copy Editor
Stephanie Stringham
Inaugural Editor
Kenneth D. Colburn, Jr.
Volume 10 Reviewers
Julia Angstmann
Steve Barnard
Chad Bauman
Kelly Van Busum
Vitor Dias
Hilene Flanzbaum
Ryan Flessner
Lee Garver
Samuel Gurevitz
Brent Hege
Scott Kaschner
Joel Martin
Dave Mason
Fait Muedini
Kate Novak
Steve Nyktas
Corey Reed
Carol Reeves
Alex Roehrkasse
Travis Ryan
Betsy Schmidt
Mark Suchyta
Chris Wilson
Stacy Wetmore