Anna is a third year student at NYU Abu Dhabi, deeply interested in international security, especially energy and cybersecurity. She works as a Research Assistant for Prof. Maria Carrai – an expert on US-China relations. Anna is also the Managing Editor of the NYUAD Journal of Social Sciences and a Co-Founder of Young Think \u2014 a think tank engaging Polish youth in public policy creation. She was also a Team Member of the China-Gulf Conference – the largest such conference in the Gulf region.<\/div>\n

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Chaea is a senior from Korea majoring in Social Research and Public Policy. She lived her whole life in the Philippines, and her research interests lie in (but are not limited to) Southeast Asian social and economic development and geopolitics. She also enjoys learning new languages (currently on her 6th!) and trying out new drinks and menus from Blacksmith.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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$\"\"$ Megi Tarughishvili | Senior Editor<\/h3>\n
Megi is a senior from Georgia majoring in Economics with a Data Science and Economics track. Her research interests include behavioral economics, particularly in the areas of behavioral public policy and gender stereotyping, as well as labor economics. Outside of academics, Megi enjoys photography, traveling, and reading.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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$\"\"$ Mehraneh Saffari | Senior Editor<\/h3>\n
Mehraneh is a senior majoring in Social Research and Public Policy. Her primary research interests include comparative sociology and gender dynamics within the context of MENA and beyond. In her free time, she enjoys writing for the Gazelle and practicing Persian calligraphy.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Avjin Aktop | Junior Editor<\/h3>\n
Avjin Aktop is a junior from T\u00fcrkiye, double majoring in Arab Crossroads Studies and Political Science at NYU Abu Dhabi. Her research interests include minority rights, language politics, gender and indigeneity, and the intersection of conflict and activism in the Middle East. Outside the classroom, she enjoys reading literature and practicing her Arabic.<\/div>\n
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Berenice Lara Alva | Junior Editor<\/h3>\n
Berenice is a junior from Mexico majoring in Political Sciences with a minor in Arabic and Chinese. Her research interests include comparative politics with a regional focus on Latin America, West Asia, North Africa, and China, political behavior, non-state actors\u2019 behavior, terrorism, radicalization and conflict. In her free time she enjoys painting, playing cello, watching commentary videos on YouTube and taking walks on the highline.<\/div>\n
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Lakshmipriya Gopikrishnan | Junior Editor<\/h3>\n
Lakshmi is a junior majoring in Economics with a minor in Social Research and Public Policy. Her research interests include labor migration, particularly in the Gulf, income inequality in developing countries, and the economics of climate change. Outside of academics, she enjoys reading, knitting, and traveling.<\/div>\n
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Meerah Al Zaabi | Junior Editor<\/h3>\n
Meerah is a junior from the United Arab Emirates majoring in Social Research & Public Policy at NYU Abu Dhabi. Her research interests include migration policy, youth transitions, and social development in the Gulf, with a particular focus on ethnographic and qualitative methods. Outside academics, she enjoys experimenting with new matcha recipes.<\/div>\n
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Sanansh Garg | Junior Editor<\/h3>\n
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Sanansh is a junior from India majoring in Economics. His academic interests include political economy, international finance, market dynamics, and applied statistics. In his free time, he enjoys watching movies, traveling, exploring music, and having thoughtful conversations about current events and ideas.<\/div>\n
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Siva Nanda Rajesh | Junior Editor<\/h3>\n
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Siva Nanda is a senior majoring in Legal Studies with minors in Political Science and Music. Her research interests are Gender in Third World International Law (TWAIL), Feminist-critique theories, border politics, and women’s bodies as weapons of war and the climate crisis. Nanda finds joy in singing\/song-writing, critiquing films, and yapping about international politics.<\/div>\n
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Valeria Carrillo Cama | Junior Editor<\/h3>\n
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Valeria Carrillo is a junior at NYU Abu Dhabi double majoring in Economics and Social Research and Public Policy. Her research interests include inequality, political economy, and development economics, with projects examining migration, education, and identity in Latin America. Originally from Peru, she is also the author of Red Heart, White Flag, a poetry collection on Peru\u2019s contemporary social issues and historical violence.<\/div>\n
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$\"\"$ Mariella Rubenson | Editor-in-Chief<\/h3>\n
Mariella is a senior from Canada majoring in Political Science with a minor in Arabic. Her research interests include voting behavior, identity politics, ethnicity, misinformation, polarization, and migration. Outside of academics, she enjoys traveling, reading, and skiing.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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$\"\"$ Maria Wani | Managing Editor<\/h3>\n
Maria is a senior 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 video games in her free time.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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$\"\"$ Chris Huang | Senior Editor<\/h3>\n
Chris is a senior from China majoring in Economics, with a minor in Mathematics. His research mainly lies in macrofinance, with specific interests in emerging markets, monetary policies, and market frictions. Outside academics, he is a huge lover of film, photography, and traveling.<\/span><\/div>\n
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$\"\"$ Silvana Garc\u00eda Guti\u00e9rrez | Senior Editor<\/h3>\n
Silvana is a senior majoring in Political Science with a minor in Arabic. She is from Colombia but has also lived in several other countries. Her research interests include Latin American politics, human rights violation, and alternatives to social cohesion (such as sports, social businesses, and education). Outside of academics, she loves playing football, learning languages, and watching Netflix.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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$\"\"$ Chaea Lee | Senior Editor<\/h3>\n
Chaea is a junior from Korea majoring in Social Research and Public Policy. She lived her whole life in the Philippines, and her research interests lie in (but are not limited to) Southeast Asian social and economic development and geopolitics. She also enjoys learning new languages (currently on her 6th!) and trying out new drinks and menus from Blacksmith.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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$\"\"$ Sejin Park | Senior Editor<\/h3>\n
Sejin is a senior from South Korea majoring in Social Research and Public Policy and minoring in Economics. His research interests include international migration, particularly in\/from\/to Asia. Outside of academics, Sejin enjoys traveling and playing board games.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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$\"\"$ Mari Pulido | Senior Editor<\/h3>\n
Mari is a senior from Colombia majoring in Social Research and Public policy with a minor in Legal Studies and Social Entrepreneurship. Her research interests include gender, international development, identity, and social mobilizations in Latin America. Outside of academics, she enjoys dancing and traveling.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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$\"\"$ Anna Lipiec | Junior Editor<\/h3>\n
Anna Lipiec is a second-year political science student at NYU Abu Dhabi. She is interested in issues related to military alliances, disinformation, and democracy, particularly in the context of US-China and EU-China relations. A laureate of numerous leadership programs, in her free time she runs the NYUAD Debate Union. She is passionate about learning foreign languages \u200b\u200band reading non-fiction novels.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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$\"\"$ Megi Tarughishvili | Junior Editor<\/h3>\n
Megi is a junior from Georgia majoring in Economics with a Data Science and Economics track. Her research interests include behavioral economics, particularly in the areas of behavioral public policy and gender stereotyping, as well as labor economics. Outside of academics, Megi enjoys photography, traveling, and reading.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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$\"\"$ Mehraneh Saffari | Junior Editor<\/h3>\n
Mehraneh is a junior majoring in Social Research and Public Policy. Her primary research interests include comparative sociology and gender dynamics within the context of MENA and beyond. In her free time, she enjoys writing for the Gazelle and practicing Persian calligraphy.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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$\"\"$ Nowsheen Fatema | Junior Editor<\/h3>\n
Nowsheen is a junior from Bangladesh majoring in Social Research and Public Policy. Her research interests are focused on Islamic studies, gender and gender dynamics, and developmental social work. In her free time she loves cooking, solo traveling, and keeping up with F1.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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$\"\"$ Raffaello Khan Agustin | Junior Editor<\/h3>\n
Raffaello is a sophomore majoring in Social Research and Public Policy and minoring in Legal Studies. His research interests lie in the intersection between migration and education, return migration policies, and the Filipino skilled diaspora. Outside of academics, he enjoys cooking Filipino food to pair with his coffee and is trying to learn a new language.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\n 2023-2024<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n
Mariella Rubenson | Editor-in-Chief<\/h3>\n
Mariella is a junior from Canada majoring in Political Science with minors in Arabic and Economics. Her research interests include misinformation, identity, polarization and migration. Outside of academics, she enjoys traveling, reading and skiing.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Yukti Adhikari| Senior Editor<\/h3>\n
Yukti is a senior from Nepal majoring in Economics with a minor in Applied Maths. Her research interests include migration economics and inclusion policy, primarily in South Asia. Besides academics, she like travelling and painting.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Irene Lin| Senior Editor<\/h3>\n
Irene Lin is a senior from China majoring in Social Research and Public Policy with minors in Economics and Political Science. Her research interest is mainly in the macro-level change in family and marriage and the internationalization of education. She is also a huge fan of music and jogging.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Mari Pulido| Senior Editor<\/h3>\n
Mari is a junior from Colombia majoring in Social Research and Public policy with a minor in Legal Studies and Social Entrepreneurship. Her research interests include gender, international development, identity, and social mobilizations in Latin America. Outside of academics, she enjoys dancing and traveling.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Silvana Garc\u00eda Guti\u00e9rrez| Junior Editor<\/h3>\n
Silvana is a Junior majoring in Political Science with a minor in Arabic. She is from Colombia but has also lived in several other countries. Her research interests include Latin American politics, human rights violation, and alternatives to social cohesion (such as sports, social businesses, and education). Outside of academics, she loves playing football, learning languages, and watching Netflix.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Chris Huang| Junior Editor<\/h3>\n
Chris is a junior from China majoring in Economics, with a minor in Mathematics. His research mainly lies in macro finance, with specific interests in emerging markets, monetary policies, and market frictions. Outside academics, he is a huge lover in film, photography, and traveling.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Chaea Lee| Junior Editor<\/h3>\n
Chaea is a sophomore majoring in Social Research and Public policy. Her research interests lie in (but are not limited to) multiculturalism and migration in the Philippine context, global sustainability, and Southeast Asian geopolitics. You can sometimes find her walking around campus with drum sticks and trying out new drinks and menus from Blacksmith.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Sejin Park| Junior Editor<\/h3>\n
Sejin is a senior from South Korea majoring in Social Research and Public Policy and minoring in Economics. His research interests include international migration, particularly in\/from\/to Asia. Outside of academics, Sejin enjoys traveling and playing board games.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Maria Wani| Junior Editor<\/h3>\n
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.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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\n 2022-2023<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n
Mia Landeck | Editor-in-Chief<\/h3>\n
Mia is a Senior from the United States studying Social Research and Public Policy with minors in Economics and Chinese. Her research interests include the intersection of public policy and international development with a focus on sustainability in the Asia Pacific region. Outside of academics, Mia enjoys spending time outdoors and working out with friends.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
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Khoa Tran | Managing Editor<\/h3>\n
Khoa Tran is a Senior from Vietnam studying Legal Studies. His research revolves around how technology and policy innovation can drive sustainable development and the welfare of developing countries. He has publications in Religions (2077-1444) and Patient Preference and Adherence (1177-889X). He is also the founder of two education start-ups in Vietnam, VSPACE Education, and Miyork Organization.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Zixi (Valerie) Li | Senior Editor<\/h3>\n
Valerie is a Senior from China studying Economics. Her research interests lay in the field of labor economics, development economics, and east asian history. Outside of academics, Valerie enjoys cooking and baking and reading historical pieces.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Zhong Chen (Zack) Tan | Senior Editor<\/h3>\n
Zhong Chen\/Zack is a Senior from Singapore studying Social Research and Public Policy, with minors in Arabic and Public Health. His research interests lie broadly in the field of international development, public health, early childhood development, and gender. On campus, he is also a part of REACH, the Writing Center, the Applied Global Public Health Initiative, and the Parkour SIG.<\/div>\n
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Michael Xu | Senior Editor<\/h3>\n
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Michael is a Senior from Northeast China majoring in Economics and minoring in Arabic and Computer Science. His potential research interests include primarily the fields of data science and visualization, econometrics theories and models, and possibly natural language processing. In terms of non-curricular, university-related activities, Michael has worked with the Student Embassy Ambassador Liaison Program (SEAL) as the contacting point for the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Abu Dhabi, served as the President of NYUAD Tower of Babel, and co-organized the “#NYUCheerUpChina<\/a>” Event in Spring 2020.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Alya Osman | Editor-in-Chief<\/h3>\n
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.<\/p>\n
Matthew Holmes | Managing Editor<\/h3>\n
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.<\/span><\/p>\n
Anna Pustovoit | Senior Editor<\/h3>\n
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.<\/span><\/p>\n
Maryam \u00a0Al Marzooqi | Senior Editor<\/h3>\n
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.\u00a0<\/span>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.<\/span><\/p>\n
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Yao Xu | Editor-in-Chief<\/h3>\n
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.<\/p>\n
Aakriti Ghimire | Managing Editor<\/h3>\n
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.<\/p>\n
Abigail Shu | Senior Editor<\/h3>\n
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.<\/p>\n
Maitha AlSuwaidi | Senior Editor<\/h3>\n
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.<\/p>\n
Enshu Cheng | Senior Editor<\/h3>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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\n 2019-2020<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n
Seongyoon Kim | Editor-in-Chief<\/h3>\n
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.<\/p>\n
Rawan Dareer | Managing Editor<\/h3>\n
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.<\/p>\n
Christine Shao | Senior Editor<\/h3>\n
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.<\/p>\n
Yobin Timilsena | Senior Editor<\/h3>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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Jocilyn Estes | Editor-in-Chief<\/h3>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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Eugene Cho | Managing Editor<\/h3>\n
Eugene is a final year Economics student from South Korea. Her research interests include entrepreneurship and economic crises.<\/p>\n
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Ahmed Meshref | Senior Editor<\/h3>\n
Ahmed is a senior from Egypt majoring in Economics. He is particularly interested in economic policy, political economy and comparative institutions.<\/p>\n
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Thomas Yates | Senior Editor<\/h3>\n
Thomas is a Senior from New Zealand studying Economics and Finance. His research interests primarily include infrastructure development and financing,<\/p>\n
Christine Shao | Junior Editor<\/h3>\n
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.<\/p>\n
Rawan Dareer | Junior Editor<\/h3>\n
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.<\/p>\n
Yobin Timilsena | Junior Editor<\/h3>\n
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.<\/p>\n
Seongyoon Kim | Junior Editor<\/h3>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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Alex Matters | Editor-in-Chief<\/h3>\n
Alex is an Economics major from Prince Edward Island, Canada. His primary research interests lie in experimental economics and social psychology.<\/p>\n
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Mina Kim | Managing Editor<\/h3>\n
Mina is an Economics major from Seoul, Korea. Her research interests lie in the intersection of development, gender, and labor economics.<\/p>\n
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Tom Klein | Senior Editor<\/h3>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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Adam Ladhani| Senior Editor<\/h3>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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Jocilyn Estes | Junior Editor<\/h3>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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Eduardo Campillo B | Editor-in-Chief<\/h3>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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Lauren Clingan | Managing Editor<\/h3>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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Alioune Fall | Senior Editor<\/h3>\n
Alioune Fall is an Economics Major from Senegal. His research interests include Africana Studies, Education, and Business Economics, as well as Cultural Analysis.<\/p>\n
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Tom Klein | Senior Editor<\/h3>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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Azhar Yerzhanova | Senior Editor<\/h3>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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Clara Bicalho | Editor-in-Chief<\/h3>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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Megan Eloise | Senior Editor<\/h3>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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Cole Tanigawa-Lau | Senior Editor<\/h3>\n
Cole Tanigawa-Lau is a Political Science major from Honolulu, Hawaii. His research interests include political economy, development, and analytical international relations.<\/p>\n
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Aliz Toth | Senior Editor<\/h3>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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Ramina Sotoudeh | Editor-in-Chief<\/h3>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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Kefa Kabanga | Senior Editor<\/h3>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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Cambria Naslund | Senior Editor<\/h3>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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Corey Meyer | Senior Editor<\/h3>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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Alex Nyikos | Senior Editor<\/h3>\n
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.<\/p>\n\n\n
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Matthew Holmes | Managing Editor<\/h3>\nMatthew 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.<\/span><\/p>\n

Anna Pustovoit | Senior Editor<\/h3>\nAnna 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.<\/span><\/p>\n

Yao Xu | Editor-in-Chief<\/h3>\nYao 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.<\/p>\n

Abigail Shu | Senior Editor<\/h3>\nAbigail 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.<\/p>\n

Seongyoon Kim | Editor-in-Chief<\/h3>\nSeongyoon (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.<\/p>\n

Rawan Dareer | Managing Editor<\/h3>\nRawan 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.<\/p>\n

Rawan Dareer | Junior Editor<\/h3>\nRawan 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.<\/p>\n

Yobin Timilsena | Junior Editor<\/h3>\nYobin 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.<\/p>\n

Alex Matters | Editor-in-Chief<\/h3>\nAlex is an Economics major from Prince Edward Island, Canada. His primary research interests lie in experimental economics and social psychology.<\/p>\n

Eduardo Campillo B | Editor-in-Chief<\/h3>\nEduardo 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.<\/p>\n

Matthew Holmes | Managing Editor<\/h3>\n
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.<\/span><\/p>\n

Anna Pustovoit | Senior Editor<\/h3>\n
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.<\/span><\/p>\n

Yao Xu | Editor-in-Chief<\/h3>\n
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.<\/p>\n

Abigail Shu | Senior Editor<\/h3>\n
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.<\/p>\n

Seongyoon Kim | Editor-in-Chief<\/h3>\n
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.<\/p>\n

Rawan Dareer | Managing Editor<\/h3>\n
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.<\/p>\n

Rawan Dareer | Junior Editor<\/h3>\n
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.<\/p>\n

Alex Matters | Editor-in-Chief<\/h3>\n
Alex is an Economics major from Prince Edward Island, Canada. His primary research interests lie in experimental economics and social psychology.<\/p>\n
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