UCLA's Journal of the Arts
UCLA's Journal of the Arts
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Gwendolyn Lopez (she/her)
Managing Editor
Gwendolyn Lopez is a third-year English and communication double major pursuing a creative writing minor. A fiction writer and occasional poet, she is drawn to the intersection between the speculative and the literary. She enjoys reading well-worn library books and drinking all forms of tea.
Caitlyn Kim (she/her)
Executive Poetry Editor
Caitlyn Kim is a fourth-year English and Sociology double major at UCLA. She has previously worked as a writer and editor for UCLA’s FEM Newsmagazine, and currently serves on the ASUCLA Communications Board. Growing up in China sparked her passion for international relations and cross-cultural understanding, which she explores through writing and sociological inquiry focused on collective healing and social justice. In her free time, she can be found buried in a book, exploring new corners of the world, and snuggling with her cats.
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Jessica Meeker (she/her)
Executive Poetry Editor
Jessica is a third-year English major and creative writing minor at UCLA. She loves poetry, writing, and her people. You can find her @jessica_rose_author on Instagram.
Roman Bieliaieva (he/she/they)
Executive Fiction Editor
Roman Bieliaieva is a third-year English and Psychology double major from the Bay. When they’re not busy researching bizarre historical details for their novels, they can be found reading, crocheting to modern rock, and binging vaguely queer crime procedurals.
Logan Shobe (he/him)
Executive Fiction Editor
Logan Shobe is a third-year English major from the Central Valley. While writing is his first and foremost passion, his many other interests include: wine-tasting, clothes that smell like tobacco, and old, thrifted books.
Issy McKellar (she/her)
Creative Nonfiction Editor
Issy McKellar is a third year English major hoping to minor in creative writing and disability studies. She spent most of her childhood swimming in the Pacific Ocean and lakes of Oklahoma, and now enjoys reading, writing, and crocheting silly animals.
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Hyerim Yoon (she/they)
Blog Editor
Hyerim Yoon is a fourth-year/second-year transfer student double majoring in English and history. She has previously edited for FEM Newsmagazine and Quaestio, UCLA’s undergraduate history journal. Outside of her extracurriculars that revolve around writing and editing, she serves as the Undergraduate Students Association Council Transfer Student Representative. In her free time, she enjoys tinkering with fountain pens and preserving vintage books for her personal collection.
Hannah Park (she/her)
Art Editor
Hannah Park is a second-year English major and novelist who enjoys writing fiction in experimental settings. Her work centers on kinship with nature, the experience of the bittersweet, and ancient societies. Hannah also finds joy in running, drawing, and nurturing California native plants.
Mia Dowdell (she/her)
Design Editor
Mia Dowdell is a third-year English and Psychology double major from Redondo Beach. In her free time, she likes collecting funky keychains and taking personality quizzes.