Rediscover the George Mason Review, Now Led by an All-Undergraduate Editorial Team

by Paula Salamoun, student, PIA

The George Mason Review, the university’s only journal to publish undergraduate writing from all disciplines, is undergoing a transformation with the goal of better aligning the journal with the Students as Scholars focus of Mason’s QEP. For the first time, the Review is being led by an undergraduate editor-in-chief and is fully staffed by undergraduates. As one of its first actions, the new editorial board, with the assistance of faculty advisors and graduate editorial advisors, drafted a mission statement that reimagines the scope of the journal.

The new mission statement articulates the journal’s focus on publishing “scholarship that demonstrates creativity and critical thought,” through both online and print editions. The journal’s staff and advisors, understanding and embracing the obstacles posed by publishing a wide array of content, made explicit in the mission statement that the journal will be “challenging the boundaries of how writing has traditionally been defined.”

The 2010-2011 editorial team consists of editor-in-chief Paula Salamoun, a government and international politics major and economics minor; assistant editors Justin Voigt, English/linguistics; Candace Baker, English/non-fiction writing; Brittany Hill, graphic design and multimedia; Rheal Radwany, undeclared; and Iman Bahabib, integrative studies. The graduate editorial advisors are Whitney Poole and Jay Patel, both MFA candidates in creative writing. Faculty advisors are Terry Zawacki, English and WAC director, and Lynn Constantine, art and visual technology.