Vicky is the Associate Director for the Office of Undergraduate Research and has worked in the field of undergraduate research since 1986. She has a PhD in American Studies, and her own research centers on hate crime.  She serves as an advisor/mentor for MURAJ with a goal to support the student board in creating, establishing and maintaining a new undergraduate research journal at the University of Minnesota.  

The Undergraduate Research Advisory Board is made up of these members:

Chair
Robert B. McMaster, Vice Provost and Dean of Undergraduate Education

Members

Dr. Lucy Dunne, Design, Housing, and Apparel

Dr. Brian Hinderliter, SCSE, UMD

Dr. Thomas Hoye, Chemistry

Dr. Bo Hu, Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering

Dr. Richard Lee, Psychology

Dr. Vicky Munro, Program Director, Office of Undergraduate Research, ex-officio

Dr. Sujaya Rao, Entomology

Dr. Joshua Feinberg, Faculty Director, Undergraduate Research 

Dr. Michael Silverman, Music Therapy

Current Editorial Board Members - 

Editor-in-Chief - Achyuta Telekicherla Kandalam

Managing Editor - Silas Simpson

Publishing Editor - Riley Stern

Media Editor - Oliver Liu

Finance Editor -Sofiya Ismagilova

Training Editor - Allison Hanka

Recruitment Editor - Vandita Gupta

Previous Editorial Board Members -

Editor-in-Chief - Matthew Freeman (2017-2018), Miranda Van Pilsum-Johnson (2018-2019), Austin Kraft (2019-2020), Katerina Graf (2020-2021), Alli Graper (2021-2022), Alice Zhang (2023-2024), Cynthia Shao (2024-25)

Managing Editor - Senuri Raf (2017-2018), Nathan Torunsky (2018-2019), Carole Hall (2019-2020), Ayush Shah (2021-2022), Marie Ronnander (2023-2024), Shreya Srinivasan (2024-25)

Publishing Editor - Cynthia Shao (2023-2024), Ramanuja Telekicherla Kandalam (2024-25)

Media Editor - Liz MacDonald (2017-2018), Governess Simpson (2018-2019), Cassandra Varrige (2019-2020), Abigail Spoden (2020-2021), Chloe Wick (2021-2022), Tyler Swiatkowski (2023-2024), Madison Stromberg (2024-25)

Outreach Director - Miranda Van Pilsum-Johnson (2017-2018), Austin Kraft (2018-2019), Rajiv Dharnipragada (2019-2020), Alexa Carlson (2020-2021), Ananya Vegesna (2021-2022)

Treasurer - Maddison McFarland (2017-2018), Carole Hall (2018-2020), Alli Graper (2020-2021), Drew Brinker (2021-2022), Gavin Fuchs (2023-2024), Bianca Turman (2024-25)

Training Editor - Viktoria Tadlock (2021-2022), Leah Kellgren (2023-2024), Achyuta Telekicherla Kandalam (2024-25)

Recruitment Editor - Ethan Voss (2021-2022), Mansai Nagargoje (2023-2024), Silas Simpson (2024-25)

Other Founding Members - Andrew Zhou, Cameron Frost, Derek Frank, George Abdallah, Katherine Hill, Leslie Kent, Michelle Abdon