Studium

The fourth edition of Studium has been compiled by an energetic and accomplished community of CSUC student editors whose main objective is to produce a journal that displays quality student writing on political issues. The types of papers selected include research papers, policy analysis articles, position pieces, and film and book reviews. The Studium staff is involved with every aspect of producing the journal, beginning with the call for papers and advertising the journal, to collaborating with the student authors and editing each paper, then choosing the cover design and formatting the journal, and finally, hosting a reception to present the finished journal.

Studium is not only made possible by a dedicated staff of students, but also by many other supportive individuals. We would like to thank Gregg Berryman of the Communication Design department, whose “Visual Communication” class came up with many outstanding cover designs. The prevailing design was submitted by Amber Cummings, whom we also thank. We are grateful for the efforts of Laura Kling in the Instructional Media Center and Davin Skonberg, the student who formatted the journal. We also greatly appreciate the Instructionally Related Activity board and Dean Jeanne Thomas of the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences, who provided the funding that made the publication of the journal possible. In addition, we would like to thank Joanna Ellis, an English graduate student, for conducting an editing workshop for us. Finally, we would like to thank all those members of the Political Science Department who assisted the journal staff in a wide variety of ways, and, most importantly, encouraged their own students to submit their papers for publication consideration.