Arbor: The U of T Interdisciplinary Undergraduate Research Journal

Arbor is a multidisciplinary undergraduate research journal for the arts and sciences, at the University of Toronto. Arbor is a student-run journal, seeking to publish, highlight, and celebrate the best of undergraduate arts and sciences research at the University of Toronto.

Following its inception by the Arts and Science Student Union (ASSU), Arbor has set out to promote the work of undergraduate students at one of the most distinguished research universities in the world. The University of Toronto is a premier venue for conversations about cross-disciplinary research and Arbor hopes to showcase the research talent of the university’s undergraduate students through an annual issue featuring the best from the humanities, social sciences, life sciences, and physical sciences.

Arbor is listed with International Standard Serial Number Canada.

ISSN 2563-4879

Key title: Arbor (Toronto. Print)

ISSN 2563-4887

Key title: Arbor (Toronto. Online)

If you are interested in submitting an article for consideration, the deadline will be posted in the Fall. Articles must have received an A- grade (80+) to be considered and may not be more than 3,000 words. Articles may be from any course in the humanities, social sciences, life sciences, and physical sciences may include papers, book reviews, policy memos, historiographical essays, or literature reviews. You may only submit one submission. Send your submission in .doc or .docx form to arbor.assu@gmail.com with the subject title “[Program] – Arbor Journal Submission” (Program categories: Humanities, Social Sciences, Sciences). Please remove all identifying information from your submission to facilitate an anonymous review. Include your name, year, program of study, grade of the article, and the course the article was written for in the text of your email.

The editorial board of Arbor offers undergraduate students the opportunity to participate in the creation, design and editorial supervision of an academic journal. We welcome all students in the Faculty of Arts and Science at the University of Toronto who are interested in getting more involved with undergraduate scholarship to apply! You can contact us at: students.assu@utoronto.ca

Editorial Board 2024-2025

Co-Editors-in-Chief

Farida Kayed

Mia Rodrigo

Managing Editors

Sharanya Tissera  (Humanities)

Shania Winter  (Social Sciences)

Franco M. Valencia (Sciences)

Associate Editors- Humanities

Emily Carlucci

Natalie Lau

Vanessa Salvati

Callie Zhang

Associate Editors- Social Sciences

Jacob Marr

Elliot Savin

Isabel V. Reny

Annie Li

Associate Editors-Sciences

Cynthia Ji

Arshad N. Seleh

Miguel Villegas

Judy Zhu

Design Editor

Eno Ma