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Graduate student journals supported by GSA Publications are one of UCLA’s best-kept secrets and one of its most important assets in fostering new ways of thinking about scholarly communication. GSA’s publishing program, one of the largest of its kind in the country, has always supported less commercially viable and socially progressive scholarship and often under-supported forms of scholarly communication such as aggregation as well as traditionally defined areas of intellectual endeavor.
GSA Publications’ graduate student journals are ahead of the general scholarly curve in actively seeking out new ways to generate and disseminate knowledge by adopting new models, new methods, and new partnerships.
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Funding Application
Deadline: Wednesday, March 17th at 11:59pm PST
Dear distinguished Journals and Editors,
I hope this finds you well. I'm writing to formally introduce myself to you and to update you on the GSA Publications funds for this academic year of 2020-2021.
My name is Amira Hassnaoui and I am a PhD student in the Department of World Arts & Cultures/Dance. I had the honor to be recently appointed as the new GSA Director of Publications. As you were previously informed by my colleague and Vice President of Academic Affairs Letty, it has been very challenging to manage the GSA Publications this year due to two major factors:
This led me to rebuild and reconstruct the GSA Publications from scratch with the help and support of my colleague Letty. This meant having to learn and navigate several steps including gaining access to the GSA Publications email account and other websites to purchase ISBN and barcodes for your respective journals. In addition, we've been responding to countless emails and questions regarding lingering issues from last year. This is just to give you a very brief overview on what we have been navigating since the Summer.
For this year, I have been developing a vision that would hopefully make the process much more equitable for everyone but also a process that values quality over quantity. This means taking several aspects into consideration when applying for funds to GSA publications.
Below I'm providing you with:
Please make sure you read the disclaimer fully and carefully. You will need to sign it and submit it with your application, along with an itemized budget. All applications are due by Wednesday, March 17th at 11:59 pm PST.
I'm looking forward to working with you and supporting your contributions to knowledge productions.
Kind Regards,
Amira Hassnaoui
Director of Publications, Graduate Students Association (GSA)
PhD candidate, World Arts and Culture/Dance, UCLA
I hope this finds you well. I'm writing to formally introduce myself to you and to update you on the GSA Publications funds for this academic year of 2020-2021.
My name is Amira Hassnaoui and I am a PhD student in the Department of World Arts & Cultures/Dance. I had the honor to be recently appointed as the new GSA Director of Publications. As you were previously informed by my colleague and Vice President of Academic Affairs Letty, it has been very challenging to manage the GSA Publications this year due to two major factors:
- A delay in my hiring due to administrative processing.
- The previous GSA publications Office unfortunately did not provide any transition documents for me or our office when I took up the position.
This led me to rebuild and reconstruct the GSA Publications from scratch with the help and support of my colleague Letty. This meant having to learn and navigate several steps including gaining access to the GSA Publications email account and other websites to purchase ISBN and barcodes for your respective journals. In addition, we've been responding to countless emails and questions regarding lingering issues from last year. This is just to give you a very brief overview on what we have been navigating since the Summer.
For this year, I have been developing a vision that would hopefully make the process much more equitable for everyone but also a process that values quality over quantity. This means taking several aspects into consideration when applying for funds to GSA publications.
Below I'm providing you with:
- The link to the application.
- A Disclaimer document with the guidelines for this academic year's application process (2020-2021), that also outlines some changes to the application process for next academic year's application process (2021-2022).
- A sample budget for those that need an example.
Please make sure you read the disclaimer fully and carefully. You will need to sign it and submit it with your application, along with an itemized budget. All applications are due by Wednesday, March 17th at 11:59 pm PST.
I'm looking forward to working with you and supporting your contributions to knowledge productions.
Kind Regards,
Amira Hassnaoui
Director of Publications, Graduate Students Association (GSA)
PhD candidate, World Arts and Culture/Dance, UCLA
Funding Schedule
Application |
Funding Period |
2019-2020 Application |
Date of notification until June 30, 2021. |
2020-2021 Application |
Date of notification until June 30, 2022. |
2021-2022 Application |
Date of notification until June 30, 2023. |
Any funds left unused at the end of the Funding Period are forfeit and will revert back to GSA Publications.
Funding Allocations from 2019-2020 School Year
Publications awarded funding in the 2019-2020 school year must submit a requisition form for their funding by June 30, 2021 or forfeit their funding.
Publication |
Funding Allocation |
Available Funds* |
5521-Asian Pacific American Law Journal (APALJ) |
743.00 |
743.00 |
5542-Entertainment Law Review |
724.63 |
724.63 |
5543-Echo: A Music-Centered Journal |
2,700.00 |
2,700.00 |
5563-Journal of International Law & Foreign Affairs (JILFA) |
2,834.00 |
2,834.00 |
5571-MESTER |
1,588.75 |
1,588.75 |
5583-Pacific Basin Law Journal |
3,412.47 |
3,412.47 |
5585-Ethnomusicology Review (formerly Pacific Review of Ethnomu) |
6,050.00 |
4,850.00 |
5612-Pool (Architecture & Urban Planning) |
2,841.80 |
2,841.80 |
5631-Women's Law Journal |
521.00 |
521.00 |
5632-Indigenous Peoples' Journal of Law, Culture & Resistance |
1,730.00 |
1,730.00 |
5633-Disability Law Journal |
1,700.00 |
1,700.00 |
5635-Ufahamu: Journal of the African Activist Association |
7,899.00 |
7,899.00 |
5658-Criminal Justice Law Review |
2,592.50 |
2,592.50 |
5659-Journal of Law and Technology (JOLT) |
370.00 |
370.00 |
5662-Dukeminier Awards Jrnl of Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity |
370.00 |
370.00 |
*These numbers reflect the amounts available as of 11/4/2020
How to Access Funds
There are only two ways to access funds from GSA:
Once you decide on how you want to access your funds follow the steps below:
- You pay and then are reimbursed.
- Student Government Accounting send a check directly to your vendor.
Once you decide on how you want to access your funds follow the steps below:
- Gather documentation (receipts, invoices, etc.)
- Fill out a Requisition Form. Your 21-digit account number is explained below...
Entity - 2
Fund - 4500
Division - 550
Department - YOUR PUBLICATION-SPECIFIC # (You can locate this 4-digit number next to your name above.)
GL - 6220
Event - 00000 - Once filled out, a pdf will be emailed to you. Sign the Requisition Form (Signatures > GSA Approvals > Student Org. Rep.).
- Then email the form to pubs@gsa.asucla.ucla.edu and cc vpaa@gsa.asucla.ucla.edu with the subject line [Signature Required] Publication Funding - PUBLICATION NAME.
- On our end we will verify your funding source, sign the form, then send it in for processing. If any additional paperwork is required you will be contacted by Student Government Accounting. Otherwise, processing will begin within 48hrs.
- During the pandemic, reimbursements will be mailed directly to the student/vendor. Expect 2-3 week processing and mailing time for domestic addresses and 5-7 weeks for international addresses.