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Dialogues@RU is the annual scholarly journal of undergraduate work produced in the Rutgers Writing Program course "Research in the Disciplines" (English 201). If you want to know what the journal publishes, who writes it, or where to find past issues, the short answer is: it collects some of the best student research papers from that course, spanning disciplines from STEM to the humanities, and its back volumes are listed on the journal's website.
What the journal publishes
The journal's own description states that it contains "some of the best student research papers produced from within the Research in the Disciplines" course. The work is undergraduate research writing, not faculty research or peer-reviewed professional scholarship in the usual sense.
The course behind it, English 201, is described as teaching "critical reading and thinking, scholarly research, synthesis, and analytic writing across the disciplines." So the papers you find in Dialogues@RU are exercises in exactly those skills: locating scholarly sources, reading them critically, synthesizing multiple sources, and building an analytic argument.
Who writes for it and what topics appear
Authors are undergraduates enrolled in English 201. According to the journal, students "complete research on topics in areas of study including the STEM fields, Economics, Political Science, Sociology, Psychology, Film, and Literature."
That list matters if you are trying to judge whether the journal is relevant to your interests:
| If you are looking for | Dialogues@RU is likely |
|---|---|
| Undergraduate research writing samples | Directly relevant |
| Cross-disciplinary student work in one place | Relevant |
| Faculty-authored or professionally peer-reviewed research | Not the right source |
| A model for English 201 research papers | Relevant |
Where to find issues
The site lists its journals by volume and academic year. The volumes shown run from 2021–2022 (Volume 17) through 2024–2025 (Volume 20), with earlier covers also displayed on the page. If you need a specific year, check the "Our Journals" section for the matching volume rather than assuming a volume number equals a calendar year — the journal labels each volume by the academic year it covers.
Practical uses
- Current English 201 students: past volumes show the kind of research paper the course values, which can help you calibrate scope and sourcing.
- Prospective or incoming students: the journal is a concrete example of undergraduate research output at Rutgers.
- Researchers studying writing pedagogy: the volumes are a record of student work from a specific writing course.
One limit to keep in mind: the site describes the journal and lists volumes, but it does not present itself as a peer-reviewed academic publication, so treat its papers as exemplary undergraduate work rather than as authoritative scholarship.