About the Journal
Prisms: The Princeton Journal of Gender and Sexuality Studies Princeton's first undergraduate journal dedicated to this interdisciplinary field. The objective of this journal is to contribute to the advancement of knowledge in gender and sexuality studies by cultivating high-quality student research, and increasing undergraduate access to the field. The journal operates on a biannual basis and is entirely student run. For more information on submissions, please see below.
Call for papers
Wrote a paper? Want to see it published? The Princeton Journal of Gender and Sexuality Studies is seeking submissions for its Winter 2025 issue. Students from any academic institution are welcome to apply. We welcome submissions from all disciplines that engage in research through gender and sexuality as an analytical lens.
Please upload your paper as a PDF document. All submissions should be more than 10 double-spaced pages (excluding bibliography), with 20-35 pages being the typical length of an accepted paper. Submissions should include Chicago or MLA style footnotes/bibliography. Your submission should not feature your name anywhere on the document.
Please submit your paper through this form: Princeton Journal of Gender and Sexuality Studies Submission Form
Submissions are due on November 25th at 11:59 PM.
Accepted authors will collaborate with a team of editors over a two-stage editing process to prepare their articles for publication in February.
Please contact editor-in-chief Anika Asthana ([email protected]) with any questions. We look forward to working with you!!
GSS Journal Editors
Moses Abrahamson is a member of the Class of 2025 majoring in Art History, with minors in Dance and African American Studies. His junior independent work critically examined gendered dynamics, sociocultural politics, and spatiality in Edgar Degas’s The Rehearsal of the Ballet Onstage, 1874.
Anika Asthana is a History and Gender and Sexuality Studies student at Princeton University. Her research focuses on 19th century constructions of racial boundaries and gendered identities.
Born in Virginia and raised in D.C. and New York, Amy Başkurt is a junior in the History Department. Her academic interests include American political and cultural history, as well as their interconnectivity with Gender & Sexuality studies.
Arrey Enow is a junior in the Anthropology Department, minoring in Gender & Sexuality Studies, Entrepreneurship, and English. On campus, she’s the director of the Sankofa Fashion Show, a researcher for the Asylum Project, and a member of the LISD Gender & Security group.
Riya Joshi is a sophomore from Chicago. She plans to major in Classics and minor in GSS and/or GHP. On campus, she is a member of Princeton Students for Reproductive Justice and a volunteer EMT with Princeton First Aid and Rescue Squad.
Mya Koffie is a second-year student studying Public and International Affairs with a focus on humanitarian law, ethics in wartimes, conflict-related sexual violence, and queer interests within the context of diplomacy.
Yi is a freshman interested in majoring in politics, and minoring in East Asian and Eurasian/Russian Studies. Her interests span from the geopolitical to the cultural, particularly focusing on the intersections of identity, history, and representation.
Charlie Yale is from Omaha, Nebraska, and is a Member of Butler College. On campus, Charlie is a contributing columnist for The Daily Princetonian, works as a Barista at The Coffee Club, and is involved with the Alliance of Jewish Progressives.
I am a rising junior in the Anthropology department pursuing a minor in Gender & Sexuality Studies. I am excited to begin my independent work examining queer, trans and femme experiences through an ethnographic lens.
Born and raised in New York City, Daniel Yu is an African American Studies major, receiving minors in Gender & Sexuality Studies and English. Daniel’s research interests lie at the intersections of race and gender, with a particular focus on Black queer and trans studies.