Editorial Board
Mariella Rubenson | Editor-in-Chief
Yukti Adhikari| Senior Editor
Irene Lin| Senior Editor
Mari Pulido| Senior Editor
Silvana García Gutiérrez| Junior Editor
Chris Huang| Junior Editor
Chaea Lee| Junior Editor
Sejin Park| Junior Editor
Maria Wani| Junior Editor
Maria is a junior from Pakistan majoring in Political Science. Her research interests lie in learning more about research methodology, political economy and wealth/land taxation (an interest she inherits from her mother). Outside of that, Maria paints, cooks, and plays videogames in her free time.
Mia Landeck | Editor-in-Chief
Khoa Tran | Managing Editor
Zixi (Valerie) Li | Senior Editor
Zhong Chen (Zack) Tan | Senior Editor
Michael Xu | Senior Editor
Alya Osman | Editor-in-Chief
Alya is a senior studying Film and Social Research & Public Policy. Her research focuses on the MENA region, including issues of national identity, collective memory, gender, education policy, and migrant rights. Beyond the social sciences, her passions include screenwriting and film photography.
Matthew Holmes | Managing Editor
Matthew is a senior from Brisbane, Australia studying Political Science and Arabic language. His research interests include international security, terrorism, political disinformation and conflict in the MENA region.
Anna Pustovoit | Senior Editor
Anna is a senior from Ukraine studying Economics. Her research interests lay in the field of public policy, international relations, and economics. Outside of academics, Anna is greatly involved with the NYUAD Debate Union.
Maryam Al Marzooqi | Senior Editor
Maryam is an Emirati senior majoring in Economics with a focus on Finance. Her research interests includes financial technologies, financial services, cryptocurrencies, mental health, psychology and psychiatry. Beyond academics, Maryam works on writing articles, stories and poems. She is also passionate about nutrition, maintaining a healthy lifestyle, and managing well-being and positive emotions.
Yao Xu | Editor-in-Chief
Yao is a senior from Beijing, China majoring in Social Research and Public Policy and minoring in Economics. She is interested in quantitative social science, international migration, and international law.
Aakriti Ghimire | Managing Editor
Aakriti is a senior from Nepal studying Legal Studies with minors in Natural Sciences and Mathematics. Her research interests include feminist movements in the South Asian community, understanding the politics of patriarchy and the role of law in deconstructing gender inequality.
Abigail Shu | Senior Editor
Abigail is a senior from Taiwan studying Economics with a specialization in Finance and minoring in Applied Math and Computer Science. She is interested in event analysis.
Maitha AlSuwaidi | Senior Editor
Maitha is a senior from Sharjah studying Political Science and Social Research and Public Policy. Her interests include identity politics, Middle Eastern politics and the Arab Spring, soft power politics, and the intersections between politics and society.
Enshu Cheng | Senior Editor
Enshu is a senior from China studying Economics with a specialization in Finance and minoring in Applied Mathematics and Computer Science. His research interest is international knowledge flow.
Seongyoon Kim | Editor-in-Chief
Seongyoon (SY) is a senior from Korea double majoring in Economics and Mathematics. His research interests lie in Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) growth and social networks in developing countries.
Rawan Dareer | Managing Editor
Rawan is a Sudanese- Canadian senior studying Political Science. Her primary research interests include colonial legacy, and political theory with a specific focus on democracy and democratic alternatives.
Christine Shao | Senior Editor
Christine is a junior from Auckland, New Zealand studying Economics with a specialisation in Finance and minoring in Public Policy & Management. Her research interests pertain to labor and urban economics, with a focus on the economic impacts of social policy.
Yobin Timilsena | Senior Editor
Yobin is a senior from Nepal majoring in Economics (with a specialization in Finance) and pursuing minors in Applied Mathematics and Computer Science. He is keen in research pertaining to asset pricing, information asymmetry and their interrelationship.
Jocilyn Estes | Editor-in-Chief
Jocilyn is a Senior from Texas studying Political Science and Philosophy. She is primarily interested in research relating to U.S. politics and comparative social policy.
Eugene Cho | Managing Editor
Eugene is a final year Economics student from South Korea. Her research interests include entrepreneurship and economic crises.
Ahmed Meshref | Senior Editor
Ahmed is a senior from Egypt majoring in Economics. He is particularly interested in economic policy, political economy and comparative institutions.
Thomas Yates | Senior Editor
Thomas is a Senior from New Zealand studying Economics and Finance. His research interests primarily include infrastructure development and financing,
Christine Shao | Junior Editor
Christine is a junior from Auckland, New Zealand studying Economics with a specialisation in Finance and minoring in Public Policy & Management. Her research interests pertain to labor and urban economics, with a focus on the economic impacts of social policy.
Rawan Dareer | Junior Editor
Rawan is a Sudanese- Canadian junior studying Political Science. Her primary research interests include colonial legacy, and political theory with a specific focus on democracy and democratic alternatives.
Yobin Timilsena | Junior Editor
Yobin is a Junior from Nepal majoring in Economics (with a specialization in Finance) and pursuing minors in Applied Mathematics and Computer Science. He is keen in research pertaining to asset pricing, information asymmetry and their interrelationship.
Seongyoon Kim | Junior Editor
Seongyoon (SY) is a junior from Korea double majoring in Economics and Mathematics. His research interests lie in macroeconomics and development, specifically in microcredit and the alleviation of poverty.
Alex Matters | Editor-in-Chief
Alex is an Economics major from Prince Edward Island, Canada. His primary research interests lie in experimental economics and social psychology.
Mina Kim | Managing Editor
Mina is an Economics major from Seoul, Korea. Her research interests lie in the intersection of development, gender, and labor economics.
Tom Klein | Senior Editor
Thomas is a Senior from New Jersey, the United States studying Political Science and Philosophy. He is primarily interested in MENA politics and political theory.
Adam Ladhani| Senior Editor
Adam is a Social Research and Public Policy major from the US. His primary research interests lie in social impact, international relations, and the intersection of law and policy.
Jocilyn Estes | Junior Editor
Jocilyn is a Junior from Texas studying Political Science and Philosophy. She is primarily interested in research relating to U.S. politics and comparative social policy.
Eduardo Campillo B | Editor-in-Chief
Eduardo is an Economics major from Mexico City. His interests lie at the intersection of Development Economics and Applied Microeconomics. Particularly, he is interested in how education and technology adaption can help lift people from poverty.
Lauren Clingan | Managing Editor
Lauren Clingan is a Social Research and Public Policy major from Cape Cod, the United States. Her research interests lie predominantly in labor rights, gender, and ethnicity, with an eye towards social policy.
Alioune Fall | Senior Editor
Alioune Fall is an Economics Major from Senegal. His research interests include Africana Studies, Education, and Business Economics, as well as Cultural Analysis.
Tom Klein | Senior Editor
Thomas is a Junior from New Jersey, the United States studying Political Science and Philosophy. He is primarily interested in MENA politics and political theory.
Azhar Yerzhanova | Senior Editor
Azhar Yerzhanova is a Political Science major from Almaty, Kazakhstan. Her research interests include the political economy of warfare, international policy formation, and authoritarian governments.
Clara Bicalho | Editor-in-Chief
Clara Bicalho is a Political Science and Arab Crossroads Studies major from Brazil. Her research interests focus on labor migration and development with an emphasis on ethnographic methods.
Megan Eloise | Senior Editor
Megan Eloise is a Social Research and Visual Art major originally from Christchurch, New Zealand. Her research interests lie predominantly in migration, gender and sexuality studies, alongside population demographics.
Cole Tanigawa-Lau | Senior Editor
Cole Tanigawa-Lau is a Political Science major from Honolulu, Hawaii. His research interests include political economy, development, and analytical international relations.
Aliz Toth | Senior Editor
Aliz Toth is a member of Class of 2016 from Budapest, Hungary. She is majoring in Political Science with a concentration in History. Her research interests include migration, political economy of development, poverty-related policies and randomized controlled trials.
Ramina Sotoudeh | Editor-in-Chief
Ramina Sotoudeh is a member of class of 2015 from Tehran, Iran. She is majoring in Social Research and Public Policy. Her academic interests include comparative cultural sociology, demography and quantitative methods in the social sciences.
Kefa Kabanga | Senior Editor
Kefa Kabanga, a member of the Class of 2015, is a citizen of Nairobi, Kenya. He is double majoring in Political Science and Economics, with a Concentration in Urbanization. His academic interests lie in development related aspects of political economy, poverty, culture and institutional design, and international affairs.
Cambria Naslund | Senior Editor
Cambria Naslund grew up in upstate New York and Santiago, Chile. She is pursuing a major in Social Research and Public Policy. Her research interests include gender, religion, psychology, quantitative methods, and analytical sociology.
Corey Meyer | Senior Editor
Corey Meyer is a Political Science major from Columbus, Ohio. His research interests focus on comparative politics and elections, with an emphasis on the implications of legal institutions on U.S. Congressional elections.
Alex Nyikos | Senior Editor
Alex Nyikos, is currently a fourth-year student majoring in political science from Toronto, Canada. His academic interests include law and international relations. Alex served as a Junior Editor in 2014, and is committed to expanding the visibility of the JSS both at NYUAD and online, and to developing its presence on Google Scholar.