Arizona Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies, Volume 12

The idea for the cover came from an AJIS editing meeting I sat in on, where students worked through each paragraph carefully. It shows Palo Verde blossoms, which were blooming across Arizona that spring, growing out of an open book toward a reaching hand.

Since the journal is interdisciplinary, I combined three mediums on the cover: hand-drawn illustration, my own photography and vector typography. Inside, I laid out all 52 pages, including the front matter, a special feature on the Fronteridades internship program and four peer-reviewed articles, and prepared the issue for print and open-access digital publication.

I worked with a 10-person editorial team to meet print deadlines and updated the journal’s logo for business cards and t-shirts. The Editor-in-Chief recognized the cover in the issue’s opening letter.