The Forum was founded in 1994 in the Department of African-American Studies, and has expandedeach year to include a larger number of departments and students, including Chemistry , English , French , Sociology , Psychology , Women's Studies, and Social Administration.
TURF is open to all departments and all colleges.
Research may be quantitative or qualitative in approach, and prefera bly, presenters will have collected original data. However, data from secondary sources may be used provided the student clearly demonstrates the pertinence of the original data to his or her research issue. TURF selection is a multi-level process. First, the faculty member for whom the paper was written must nominate the paper for TURF by submitting the paper, and abstract of the paper, and a student nominations form to a TURF Council member in his or her department or directly to the TURF co-chair. Nominees must be committed to working to hone the paper to fit TURF objectives.