Shortly before yesterday’s publication of our eighth volume of the Locus, and the journal’s eighth anniversary, the total downloads for all editions of Locus have surpassed 70,000! Thank you to all our authors for their hard work in penning and refining their specialized insights into valuable contributions in interdisciplinary research, all our editors who have and continue to foster academic excelled in publication, and to all our readers who continue to propel Locus along our mission to make bright ideas accessible across wider audiences.

For a small snapshot of our download data, most of our readership comes from North America and Asia. As of October 13th, 2025, our ~70,000 downloads came from 4,031 institutions, of which the majority (63%) are educational.

Thank you again to all members of the Locus community. Go check out our newly published 8th edition of Locus, featuring seven papers from amazing undergraduate scholars in psychology, diplomacy, English, and much more!

SHU Academic Affairs recently released a Campus News story celebrating the recent 8^th anniversary and 70,000 downloads milestones of Locus where members of the 2025 editorial committee have shared some of their insights on the history and inner workings of the journal.  Check it out for a behind-the-scenes peek of Locus!

Featured editors

• Nathan Kahl, Ph.D. (natural sciences faculty editor)
• Cherubim Quizon, Ph.D. (social sciences faculty editor)
• Leo Chu (social science student editor)

Thank you to Flora Wu for reaching out to the Locus editorial team for this project, and thank you to the University Library for celebrating this amazing milestone with us.  We at Locus are committed and proud to represent the university’s undergraduate research on a global stage.  Check out the 8th volume of Locus published recently featuring 7 papers in psychology, political science, philosophy, and much more!

The editorial board received and reviewed many excellent submissions with author notifications sent out in early summer. Accepted paper resubmissions are now in. Thank you to all authors for another bountiful year of interdisciplinary query and watch this space for updates as we prepare for the publication of Volume 8!

The Locus Editorial Committee and the undergraduate students at Seton Hall are committed to research and the pursuit of knowledge. We are therefore happy to announce that our seventh volume of Locus is now published and ready for viewing!  These authors have worked hard on their research, and the excellence of their work reflects the time and effort put into these research papers. The Locus Editorial Committee are proud to present Locus Vol. 7. 

If you are a Seton Hall undergraduate student or Seton Hall alum and wish to see your own work published in our research journal, visit our blog and contact one of the Editorial Staff. We’d love to see your work and ideas published in 2025 for Volume 8!

Thank you to the rest of the Editorial Committee for the hard work and numerous hours put into making this volume possible. And thank you so much to the authors who worked diligently on these papers. Without you, there would be no Locus!

The Locus Editorial Committee and the undergraduate students at Seton Hall are committed to research and the pursuit of knowledge. We are therefore happy to announce that our sixth volume of Locus is now published and ready for viewing!  These authors have worked hard on their research, and the excellence of their work reflects the time and effort put into these research papers. The Locus Editorial Committee are proud to present Locus Vol. 6. 

If you are a Seton Hall undergraduate student or Seton Hall alum and wish to see your own work published in our research journal, visit our blog and contact one of the Editorial Staff. We’d love to see your work and ideas published in 2024 for Volume 7!

Thank you to the rest of the Editorial Committee for the hard work and numerous emails put into making this volume possible. Thank you to the authors who worked diligently on these papers. Without you, there would be no Locus.

The Editorial Committee for Locus is now accepting scholarly works for our sixth volume! Current or recently graduated students are welcome to submit works between 5-10k words (references included). Submissions can be emailed to the appropriate student editor or faculty advisor, and must be submitted by May 31st. We look forward to reading your work!

Editorial Committee for the 2023 issue
Clara Cusanelli, Student Editor, Social Sciences clara.cusanelli@student.shu.edu
Chloe Burke, Student Editor, Sciences chloe.burke@student.shu.edu
Robin Towey, Student Editor, Humanities robin.towey@student.shu.edu
Nathan Kahl, Faculty Advisor, Sciences nathan.kahl@shu.edu
Mark Horowitz, Faculty Advisor, Social Sciences mark.horowitz@shu.edu
Donovan Sherman, Faculty Advisor, Humanities donovan.sherman@shu.edu
Georita Frierson, Dean, College of Arts and Sciences friersge@shu.edu

Volume 5 can be found here: https://scholarship.shu.edu/locus/

Student work from the Petersheim Academic Exposition 2022 by Samantha Bernstein and Shardai Smith.

https://scholarship.shu.edu/petersheim-exposition/102/

The Locus Editorial Committee and the undergraduate students at Seton Hall are committed to research and the pursuit of knowledge. We are therefore happy to announce that our fifth volume of Locus is now published and ready for viewing!  These authors have worked hard on their research, and the excellence of their work reflects the time and effort put into these research papers. The Locus Editorial Committee are proud to present Locus Vol. 5. 

If you are a Seton Hall undergraduate student or Seton Hall alum and wish to see your own work published in our research journal, visit our blog and contact one of the Editorial Staff. We’d love to see your work and ideas published in 2023 for Volume 6!

Thank you to the rest of the Editorial Committee for the hard work and numerous emails put into making this volume possible. Thank you to the authors who worked diligently on these papers. Without you, there would be no Locus.