News Releases
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Vol. 2 No. 2 Release
WUJUR is thrilled to present Vol. 2 No. 2., an edition of consistent progress, big changes, and an exciting horizon. Within, you will find six original research articles of high caliber—from film studies to ecology, and art studies to data curation. We also present our greatest number yet of Features, spotlighting WashU researchers.
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WUJUR launches its Digital Repository
In collaboration with WashU Libraries, WUJUR is pleased to launch the Digital Repository, a hub for archived articles and all steps of the publication process. Authors, Editors, Reviewers, and readers will be able to take advantage of the new features within.
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Vol. 2 No. 1 Release
WUJUR is proud to present our second edition, which improves on all facets of our previous work. Inside, you will find beautiful spreads, a greater quantity of enhanced illustrations, our revamped Features initiative, and rigorous, remarkable research spanning fields from biology to sociology and history to computer science.
All Articles
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Silence Across Screens: A Dual-Method Analysis of Gendered Emotional Labor in The Farewell
Cheney Zhang ‘29 — This article examines how The Farewell (2019), directed by Lulu Wang, constructs and circulates gendered emotional labor within a transnational Chinese family. While the film is…
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Emma Wang: Contemporary Revelations and Hippie Modernisms
Helen Ives ‘26 — This paper examines the work of WashU Sam Fox senior Emma Wang. Specifically, it contextualizes Wang’s practice within the history of hippie modernism, a 1960s art…
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Filling the Holes in Porous Media: Metadata Assessment and Accessibility in the Digital Porous Media Portal
Zach Nowacek ‘27 — The Digital Porous Media Portal (DPMP) is a repository of 176 datasets and terabytes of data. The applications of its data are scattered across a number…
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A Quantitative Analysis of the 2025 Ballon d’Or
Lucas Olmeta ‘28 & Ben Kras ‘28 — The Ballon d’Or debate often reflects disagreement over whether the award recognizes pure on-pitch performance or a combination of performance, honors, and…
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Influence of Weather on Questing Strategy by Amblyomma americanum Nymphs
Rachel Tang ’28 — Ticks are ectoparasites that feed exclusively on blood from vertebrate hosts using questing (host-seeking behaviors) strategies such as ambushing (sitting/waiting on vegetation for hosts to brush…
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Getting Hip with Art History: An Interview with Helen Ives
Julia Claire Johnson ’28 — What can contemporary art reveal about the cultural anxieties of the past? Helen Ives’s research examines Emma Wang’s artwork through the lens of “hippie modernism,”…
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Quantifying Controversy: An Interview with Lucas Olmeta and Ben Kras
Saanvi Kumar ’29 — Can data science determine who truly deserves the Ballon d’Or? After becoming curious about the controversy surrounding the 2025 award, WashU students Lucas Olmeta and Ben…
