EXEMPLARY UNDERGRADUATE WRITING ACROSS

THE CURRICULUM

VOLUME 31 | 2021 – 2022

Mission Statement

The mission of The George Mason Review is to capture Mason’s spirit, where “innovation is tradition,” through the publication of diverse works from across the curriculum. The George Mason Review, a publication for undergraduates by undergraduates, seeks scholarship that demonstrates creativity and critical thought. In its print and virtual form, this cross-disciplinary and interdisciplinary journal features exemplary academic work and welcomes submissions that challenge the boundaries of how scholarship has traditionally been defined.

How To Submit Your Work

The George Mason Review accepts submissions year round. We accept research writing, literary critiques or analyses, creative nonfiction, and all other forms of scholarship. Find submission guidelines online at gmreview.gmu.edu. Submit your work via georgemasonreview.submittable.com/submit

Peer Review Process

Submissions underwent a two-tiered peer review process. Peer reviewers evaluated papers on the categories of “Quality of Writing,” “Clarity of Writing,” “Knowledge/ Depth of Field,” and “Interest/Applicability of Topic.” These peer reviewers, all from different majors, were looking for papers that were both the best in their fields and understandable to people from other fields. The Assistant Editor and Editor-in-Chief reviewed all papers that made it to the second round in order to select the papers that you see published here.

This volume would not have been possible without the extraordinary efforts of the following people:

Executive Board

Meg Thornberry

Lexi McCaffrey

Editor-In-Chief

Associate Editor

Peer Reviewers

Isabella Horne

Ashley Platenberg

Aisha Ibrahim

Semira Benyam

Faculty Advisor

Jason Hartsel

Acknowledgments

Special thanks to Kathryn Mangus, David Carroll, Ben Hosig, and the Office of Student Media.