Draft:Mester Journal

Mester is a graduate-student run, peer-reviewed academic journal published at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). The journal primarily publishes peer-reviewed articles about Latin American Studies and related subjects.

Overview
Mester is the graduate student academic journal of the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of California, Los Angeles. Mester publishes articles, interviews, and book reviews on literature, culture, and linguistics in the fields of Iberian, Spanish-American, Brazilian, Lusophone African, Latina/o and Chicana/o studies. It is published annually online and in print with assistance of the UCLA Department of Spanish and Portuguese, the Del Amo Foundation, and the UCLA Graduate Students Association.

Access and indexing
All volumes of Mester are freely available online in their entirety through the California Digital Library’s open access platform, and via eScholarship. Mester is indexed in the Modern Languages Association International bibliography and is listed in the ISI Web of Science.