established in 1987...
The Berkeley Undergraduate Journal is the oldest undergraduate research journal at UC Berkeley.
undergraduate scholarship
Annually, the BUJ publishes carefully reviewed and edited scholarly work from the humanities and social sciences, highlighting the strength of undergraduate scholarship on the UC Berkeley campus.
BY AND FOR STUDENTS
Undergraduate editors read and review undergraduate authors’ submissions to the journal, edit accepted papers, and publish them on the University of California’s eScholarship website. The BUJ therefore offers undergraduates the chance to both convey their ideas to a broader university audience and to hone and polish their writing and editing skills.
INTELLECTUAL COMMUNITY
By publishing undergraduate theses or independent research papers, and by collaborating with university faculty and administration, the BUJ helps to integrate undergraduates into our university’s intellectual community.
Latest issue
Check out our previous issues, which are available online.
JOIN OUR EDITORIAL BOARD
What will you gain as a member of the BUJ Editorial Board?
As a member of our Editorial Board, you will receive training in the fundamentals of editing and gain invaluable opportunities for continued learning in the field of editing and publishing.
Not only do you get the privilege of reading the academic theses of fellow UC Berkeley undergraduate students, but you also get to review these papers and make important editorial decisions regarding which pieces to publish.
Each of our editors brings to the table an excellent work ethic, a positive attitude, a collaborative mindset, and a willingness to learn. Editors who showcase exceptional passion and dedication in furthering the goals of the BUJ have the chance to be selected for leadership positions (Editor-in-Chief, Managing Editor, Layout Editor, Publicity Manager).
STAFF RECRUITING FOR SPRING 2025
We will be recruiting new staff members in Spring 2025. Check back here after classes start in January to fill out our interest form.We need readers, editors, graphic designers, and social media coordinators.
OUR TEAM
Meet the people who work with staff editors and university staff to ensure excellence within the BUJ.
RAZ SAZONOVA
Editor-in-Chief, Primary Contact
NIKHIL JAGOTA
Managing Editor
KEILA DIEHL
Staff Advisor
LARA OGE
Senior Editor
ANANYA DUA
Senior Editor
BEATRIZ NASCIMENTO
Senior Editor
“When we honor the University of California, we celebrate with good reason its academic renown, its impressive list of Nobel Laureates, its contributions to the sciences and the humanities…. Whatever the high rankings of Berkeley’s graduate schools, the undergraduates remain the principal strength of the University; the curiosity they bring to the classroom and the culture of discourse in which they participate is its life blood. In that spirit, I welcome Berkeley Undergraduate Journal, as a means of preserving and extending the commitment of Berkeley students to intellectual inquiry, to asking the most uncomfortable questions, to insulting proprieties, to questioning and shaking beliefs, institutions and systems of long standing, and, if necessary, to disturbing the peace. Of the many traditions of this campus, these are the most precious, and I expect this journal to advance and nourish them.”
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