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Editorial Committee for Volume 9, 2026
Dean
Dr. Jonathan Farina
Dean, College of Arts and Sciences
Background: Professor of English with over 45 peer-reviewed publications and reviews, one published book and another on the way. Expert in character, novel theory, the history of criticism, and the literature of science and business.
Faculty Editors
Dr. Cherubim Quizon
Dept. of Sociology, Anthropology and Criminal Justice
Social Sciences Faculty Editor
Home City: Brooklyn, NY
Background: Assistant professor of Anthropology with interests in Indigenous cultural experience and identity. Ethnographic expertise on textile culture among the Bagobo in Southern Mindanao, the Philippines.
Fun Fact: I was a feature editor in my college newspaper The Philippine Collegian in the days of manual typesetting and offset printing. Helping set up Locus Journal was a way to learn how online journal publishing works today and it has been exciting!
Dr. Muhammad Farooq
Dept. of English
Humanities Faculty Editor
Home City: Peshawar, Pakistan
Background: Assistant professor of English with interests in postcolonial studies. Literary analytical expertise on South Asian and Global Anglophone literature reflections in necrogeography.
Fun Fact: I spend most of my time walking, hiking, and drinking a ridiculous amount of tea.
Dr. Nathan Kahl
Dept. of Mathematics & Computer Science
Sciences Faculty Editor
Home City: Hillsdale, NJ
Background: Professor of Mathematics with interests in discrete mathematics and combinatorics. My research area is graph theory, which is the analysis of abstract networks.
Fun Fact: As an undergrad I double majored in math and English, or as my 4 kids say, I majored in the SAT. My honors thesis in English was entitled “The Meeting of Parallel Lines: Science, Fiction, and Science Fiction.”
Student Editors
Bridie McGlone
Majors: English & Philosophy
Minor: Italian
SHU Class of 2027
Humanities Student Editor
Home City: Boonton, NJ
A bit about me: In my downtime, I like to play guitar, mainly acoustic or bluegrass guitar.
Eliz
abeth Cantrell
Majors: Environmental Studies & Economics
Minor: Anthropology
SHU Class of 2026
Social Sciences Student Editor
Home City: Dearborn, MI
A bit about me: I am a part of the E-board for Seton Hall’s Coloring Club.
Leo Chu
Majors: Biology & Anthropology
Minor: Chemistry
SHU Class of 2026
Social Sciences Student Editor
Home City: Castro Valley, CA
A bit about me: I am a first-generation college student working as a supplemental instructor with the SHU Academic Resource Center.
Madison Gresham
Madison.gresham@student.shu.edu
Majors: Creative Writing (Fiction) & English
SHU Class of 2028
Humanities Student Editor
Home City: Michigan City, IN
A bit about me: I am very involved with my hometown theater community.
Maxine Kunz
Majors: Math & English
Minor: Medieval and Renaissance Studies
SHU Class of 2026
Sciences Student Editor
Home City: West Milford, NJ
A bit about me: I love reading and writing. I am a fledgling birder – identifying birds and adding them to my life list. I am a triplet and I love my sisters more than anything.
Naisha Guttikonda
Majors: Biology & Anthropology
SHU Class of 2028
Social Sciences Student Editor
Home City: Edison, NJ
A bit about me: I play the flute in the Seton Hall Pep Band.
Olivia Hicks
Majors: Creative Writing (Fiction)
Minor: Environmental Studies (Environmental Policy)
SHU Class of 2027
Humanities Student Editor
Home City: El Dorado Hills, CA
A bit about me: I am on the SHU club volleyball team.
Teopipilitzin Valdivia
Majors: Math & Physics
Minor: Religion
SHU Class of 2026
Sciences Student Editor
Home City: Los Angeles, CA
A bit about me: My favorite version of poker is Omaha.
Editorial Committee members for Volumes 1 (2018) through 9 (2025), in alphabetical order
- Samantha Bernstein, Student Editor, Social Sciences, 2021-2022
- Chloe Burke, Student Editor, Sciences , 2021-2022
- Elizabeth Cantrell, Student Editor, Social Sciences, 2024-2026
- Leo Chu, Student Editor, Social Sciences, 2024-2026
- Clara Cusanelli, Student Editor, Social Sciences, 2022-2023
- Jonathan Farina, Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, 2023-
- Muhammad Farooq, Faculty Editor, Humanities, 2024-
- Melani Filosa, Student Editor, Humanities, 2018-2019
- Georita Frierson, Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, 2022-2023
- Madison Gresham, Student Editor, Humanities, 2026-2026
- Karl Hendela, Student Editor, Sciences, 2018-2019
- Olivia Hicks, Student Editor, Humanities, 2024-2026
- Carolina Holguin, Student Editor, Humanities, 2019-2020
- Mark Horowitz, Faculty Editor, Social Sciences, 202o-2021, 2022-2024
- Nathan Kahl, Faculty Editor, Sciences, 2018-
- Erin Kostic, Student Editor, Social Sciences, 2022-2023
- Dominic Kozloski, Student Editor, Sciences, 2022-2023
- Maxine Kunz, Student Editor, Sciences, 2026-2026
- Zach Mawby, Student Editor, Humanities, 2024-2025
- Brigid McGlone, Student Editor, Humanities, 2024-2026
- Laura Mendez, Student Editor, Social Sciences, 2018-2019
- William Moll, Sciences Student Editor, 2021-2022
- Brooke Mullin, Student Editor, Sciences, 2019-2021
- Melissa Myrtaj, Student Editor, Social Sciences, 2023-2024
- Anne Pino, Student Editor, Humanities, 2019-2021
- Markela Quin, Student Editor, Social Sciences, 2019-2021
- Cherubim Quizon, Faculty Editor, Social Sciences, 2018-2020, 2021-2022, 2024-
- Russell Sbriglia, Faculty Editor, Humanities, 2018-2019
- Donovan Sherman, Faculty Editor, Humanities, 2019-2024
- Peter Shoemaker, Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, 2018-2020
- Shardai Smith, Student Editor, Humanities, 2022-2023
- Robin Towey, Student Editor, Humanities, 2022-2023
- Teopipilitzin Valdivia, Student Editor, Sciences, 2026-2026
- Anayelli Vigo, Student Editor, Sciences, 2022-2023
- Kayla Wager, Sciences Student Editor, 2023-2025
- Robert Wager, Sciences Student Editor, 2023-2025