Staff
Editorial Staff
Sanjena Sathian
Editor-in-Chief
The first time Sanjena left her home city of Atlanta, GA to travel across the globe to India, she was five. She packed her suitcase six months in advance and began her first ever travel journal… also six months too early. She’s been eagerly globetrotting and writing ever since. Fourteen years later, Sanjena is still addicted to traveling and writing — and was delighted to have a chance to pursue both with the Globalist when she joined as a sophomore. When she’s not hanging out in Istanbul or Cyprus with her fellow Globalistas, you can find her studying postcolonial literature in the English department, giving tours to prospective Yalies, or taking advantage of all of Yale’s opportunities for travelling. She spent her first Yale summer at the World Cup in South Africa, mountaineering in the Rockies, and backpacking in Western Europe — and she hopes to one day make a pilgrimage to see FC Barca play in Spain. Sanjena spent this past summer working on gender equity policy and doing a freelance reporting project in eastern Nepal. She loves the mountains, good (vegetarian) food, and learning as many languages as possible. Contact her at sanjena.sathian@yale.edu.
Jeffrey Dastin
Managing Editor
Jeffrey is a rising sophomore in Saybrook College from Los Angeles, California. He has great interest in the Middle East and recently studied American strategy in the region. This summer, he travelled to Turkey to report on Turkish-Israeli relations. In addition, Jeffrey has interest in European politics and culture, and recently he wrote an article on the revitalization of Manx, a Celtic language. Jeffrey has studied abroad in the United Kingdom and Spain and plans to continue his travels elsewhere. Outside The Globalist, Jeffrey is an active member of the Independent Party of the Yale Political Union. He also is the co-president of Mind Matters, an organization for mental health awareness. Contact him at jeffrey.dastin@yale.edu.
Nikita Lalwani
Managing Editor
Nikita Lalwani plans to double major in English and Political Science and is a proud member of Morse College. She has lived in California and New York but is rarely at home. Over summers, she has lived in London for nine weeks, where she interned for the Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats in the British Parliament. She even had full security access to the Palace of Westminster. In addition to her interest in global politics, Nikita is passionate about global service. She led a Yale trip to Cambodia this spring, where her group worked at an orphanage and studied the impact of the Khmer Rouge genocide. On campus, Nikita is involved in the Yale Daily News and the Association for India’s Development, in addition to the Globalist. Contact her at nikita.lalwani@yale.edu.
Charlotte Parker
Managing Editor
Charlotte is a junior in Berkeley originally from Bernardsville, New Jersey, although she credits a year spent living with family in Venice, Italy, for her interest in all things international. As a recently-declared American Studies major in the International US concentration, she hopes to begin to focus her classwork on the American immigrant experience, multicultural enclaves, and US foreign policy. Beyond the Globalist at Yale, Charlotte enjoys hiking and hanging with FOOT, teaching non-violent conflict resolution to middle schoolers, and running the occasional half-marathon. Over the past school year, she has fallen in love with Persian language and culture and WILL, one day, travel to Iran. Contact her at charlotte.parker@yale.edu.
Adèle Rossouw
Managing Editor
Adèle was born and raised in Johannesburg, South Africa. She is a rising junior in Trumbull College, and hopes to major in History and Economics. She has recently been studying abroad in Germany. During her time at the Globalist, Adèle has been involved in editing, writing, blogging and events coordination. Her other activities include the Yale Proven Impact Club and the Yale Urban Collective, and working as a research assistant in the Yale Department of Economics. Contact her at adele.rossouw@yale.edu.
Raisa Bruner
Managing Editor for Online
Raisa is a junior Anthropology major in Calhoun College from the sun-soaked beaches of Santa Barbara, California. She began her involvement with the Globalist freshman year, and has worked on the print side of the magazine as a Production Editor last year. Over her summers, she has been lucky enough to explore Jakarta, Bali, Istanbul, and Cyprus with the Globalist reporting trips; spend two months in Madrid interning at a humanitarian aid evaluation agency while enjoying World Cup festivities; and learn Portuguese in Brazil. Outside of the Globalist, Raisa was a Production and Design Editor on the board of the Yale Daily News and has tried her hand in the world of theater production. Contact her at raisa.bruner@yale.edu.
Marissa Dearing
Associate Editor
Marissa is a rising sophomore in Berkeley College and prospective Humanities and Modern Middle East Studies major hailing from the DC area, though she considers Miami, where she visits the Cuban side of the family, her second home. Joining the Globalist soon after arriving at Yale, she has written for the print magazine and the World at Yale blog and enjoys all things Globalist. Marissa has worked for the Roosevelt Institute’s Foreign Policy Center and she is the new Outreach Chair for the Arab Students Association. She is a Liaison with the World Fellows program and plans to pursue a career in diplomacy with a particular focus on the Middle East. Marissa particularly enjoys books, food, travel, languages, and the desert. Contact her at marissa.dearing@yale.edu.
Cathy Huang
Associate Editor
Cathy Huang is a rising sophomore in Morse College studying English and Economics. Having lived on three continents, she is eager to explore the remaining four. Writing for the Globalist has been Cathy’s first foray into journalism but has proved already to be immensely rewarding. This past year, Cathy wrote pieces about the Yale-NUS liberal arts college, a venture capital city project in Russia, and online mapping technologies. In her spare time, Cathy works at the Yale Asian American Cultural Center and interns at IRIS, a refugee resettlement agency in New Haven, CT. Contact her at cathy.huang@yale.edu.
Diana Saverin
Associate Editor
Diana Saverin is a junior English major in Berkeley College. She has written three articles for the Globalist, in addition to summer blogging. Outside of the Globalist, Diana has served on the board of the Yale Women’s Center, has edited for the New Journal, taught in New Haven, and led outdoor trips through FOOT and YO. She enjoys running, and has run one half and two full marathons. Since coming to Yale, she has also become interested in yoga, and teaches a weekly yoga class to refugee women living in New Haven. She spent last summer in Jerusalem working at a coexistence radio station, participating in feminist activism, researching the political situation, and blogging for the Globalist. She has also traveled to Rwanda and Peru during her time at Yale. This summer, she traveled to Turkey on the reporting trip before heading to Sitka, Alaska to work in radio journalism. Contact her at diana.saverin@yale.edu.
Emily Ullmann
Associate Editor
Emily is a sophomore in Timothy Dwight College from the great state of New Jersey (you got a problem with that?). Although officially undecided, Emily will most likely major in American Studies or East Asian Studies. Taking French and Mandarin in high school peaked Emily’s interest in international studies, so she joined the Globalist shortly after coming to Yale. As a freshman, Emily wrote an article on border crossings between San Diego and Tijuana. In May, Emily went with her fellow globalistas to Turkey and Cyprus and she spent the remainder of the summer studying Chinese in Harbin, China. Outside of the Globalist, Emily eats, sleeps, and breathes Timothy Dwight pride and is a member of TD college council and student activities committee. She also enjoys running and is the women’s captain of Yale Road Running club. Contact her at emily.ullmann@yale.edu.
Maggie Yellen
Associate Editor
Maggie is a sophomore in Timothy Dwight College and a proud Bostonian. Growing up, she became fascinated with the infinite, kaleidoscopic complexities of individuals—and the power of words to capture those complexities. She loves meeting people from different countries and hearing their stories; currently, she teaches a Karate class to children of refugees living in the New Haven area. Her other extra-curricular activities include running, Muay Thai, and tutoring in a local school. Contact her at margaret.yellen@yale.edu.
Sophie Broach
Copy Editor
Sophie is a rising junior in Pierson College who spent her summer exploring Cyprus on the Globalist reporting trip and researching humanitarian aid at a Madrid-based internship. Contact her at sophie.broach@yale.edu.
Rae Ellen Bichell
Editor-at-Large
Rae Ellen Bichell is a senior Anthropology major in Davenport College. Involved with the Globalist since freshman year, she traveled on two summer reporting trips to write about the Hadza hunter-gatherers in Tanzania and the black market wildlife trade in Indonesia. On campus, she is a FOOT leader, and a student liaison for the World Fellows program and the Yale Journalism Initiative. Contact her at raeellen.bichell@yale.edu.
Jeffrey Kaiser
Editor-at-Large
Jeff is a senior Political Science major in Saybrook College. He is currently learning Arabic and hopes to eventually work in the Middle East. Jeff became involved in the Globalist early in his freshman year after hearing great things about the magazine from other students, and served as Editor-in-Chief for 2010-2011. Like most members of the Globalist community, Jeff loves to travel at every possible opportunity and spent the past summer interning for an internet publication in Jordan. He spent this summer doing research for his senior thesis in Political Science in the new nation of South Sudan. Contact him at jeffrey.kaiser@yale.edu.
Catherine Osborn
Editor-at-Large
Catherine is a senior in Pierson College from Austin, Texas. She is a Latin American Studies major with a focus on cities and people, which is what it is all about, anyway. She has reported for the Globalist on drug policy, graffiti, and informal sector communities. Favorite other activities include FOOT leadering, coordinating the Poynter Fellowship in Journalism, and serving as part of the nonprofit Yspaniola in the Western Dominican Republic. During summertime Catherine has interned at a contemporary art museum in Buenos Aires and reported at Austin’s National Public Radio station, and this June and July she researched young women’s experience of a new policing program in Rio de Janeiro. She is proud to count in her languages some Portuñol and Haitian Creole. Contact her at catherine.osborn@yale.edu.
Diego Salvatierra
Editor-at-Large
Diego is a junior in Pierson College from Santiago, Chile, and an Ethics, Politics, and Economics major. After writing several articles for the Globalist his freshman year and traveling to Indonesia for the summer reporting trip, he became an Associate Editor as a sophomore. Beyond the Globalist, Diego is looking forward to a year as president of the Latin American Student Organization (LASO), organizing cultural shows, raising awareness of Latin-American issues, and hosting social events for anybody who loves the region. In his spare time, he enjoys playing piano and going running. This summer, Diego traveled to Turkey with the Globalist, and then spent time in Siena, Italy, learning Italian and getting in touch with his heritage. Contact him at diego.salvatierra@yale.edu.
Raphaella Friedman
Editor Emeritus
Raphaella Friedman, also known as Raffi, plans to double major in Political Science and History and is a proud member of Trumbull College. The daughter of South African immigrants, she was born and raised in the unlikely hometown of Nashville, Tennessee. Raffi has an avid interest in the Middle East and is involved in Seeds of Peace, an international camp that fosters reconciliation between Israeli and Palestinian teenagers. Recently, Raffi worked in a UNRWA-run Palestinian refugee camp in Jordan. She is also on the Executive Leadership Council of Operation Smile, an international medical nonprofit, and worked on a medical mission in Lima, Peru. On campus, Raffi is involved in the World Fellows Liason program and FOOT, in addition to the Globalist. During the past summer, post-Globalist reporting trip to Indonesia, she worked at a public relations firm in Nashville. Contact her at raphaella.friedman@yale.edu.
Uzra Khan
Editor Emeritus
Uzra is a senior Psychology major in Trumbull College from the exciting city of Mumbai, and a former Managing Editor for the Globalist. She is also involved with the World Fellows Program, the Teach for India initiative, and will be leading the Orientation for International Students at Yale in 2011. Last year she had the opportunity to travel to Indonesia with the Globalist and write about Ketut Liyer, the famous Balinese medicine man. This summer, she will be in Turkey reporting about issues related to Islam in the country, and then she will be traveling India on a journalism fellowship, and reporting on-the-ground. Her involvement with the Globalist has made her consider a career in journalism or foreign correspondence. Contact her at uzra.khan@yale.edu.
Sibjeet Mahapatra
Editor Emeritus
Sibjeet (Sib) Mahapatra is a rising junior in Silliman College, originally hailing from Montvale, New Jersey, and majoring in Ethics, Politics and Economics. He joined the Globalist in the fall of his freshman year, and beyond writing articles concerning certain African dictators, he has enjoyed visiting the offices of Bloomberg and the New York Times on the Globalist‘s annual NYC trip and learning from journalistic luminaries at many Globalist events. When he isn’t editing, Sib is a Director General for the Yale Model United Nations Conference, serves as the Vice President of the Yale International Relations Association, reads and writes a lot, hikes and does outdoors-y stuff with FOOT, and goes on trips with MUNTY (the Yale MUN travel team). Contact him at sibjeet.mahapatra@yale.edu.
Angela Ramirez
Editor Emeritus
A senior in Davenport College, Angie is Political Science and International Studies double major. Born and raised in Colombia until the age of ten, Angie has been writing for the Globalist since the beginning of her freshman year. Like most Globalistas, she has traveled extensively during her time at Yale, writing for the Globalist in Tanzania and Indonesia, taking an intensive language class in France, volunteering at an UNRWA-run Palestinian refugee camp in Jordan, and visiting museums in England and Holland. This summer she worked in the Americas and Global Health Programs at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a think tank in Washington DC. At Yale, she was the president of the Junior Class Council, a Davenport class representative, a Public School intern, and last but certainly not least, a FOOT leader. Angie plans to keep on traveling the world and hopes to in the future work in the field of international development. Contact her at angela.ramirez@yale.edu.
Alexander Krey
Copy Editor Emeritus
Alexander is a senior Economics and International Studies double major in Ezra Stiles College. Originally from Chicago’s north suburbs, he went to boarding school in Southern California before Yale. He started working for the Globalist business team during sophomore year and was hooked, becoming copy editor later in the year. He spent a gap year before Yale exploring Western China and cattle ranching in Ecuador, and he returned to Beijing after freshman year to study Mandarin through the generosity of Yale’s Light Fellowship. Outside of the Globalist, Alexander spends most of his time rowing for Yale’s Heavyweight Crew team. He has also run the business team for the Yale Herald. Contact him at alexander.krey@yale.edu.
Business Staff
Jessica Shor
Executive Director
According to Shor family legend, when Jessie was three she tried speaking gibberish to a group of toddlers on a playground in France, thinking she had mastered French. Needless to say, she received some confused looks. Although Jessie abandoned her attempt to learn French at Yale after only one semester, she has not lost her passion for travel. She studied in Beijing for a year in high school, and at Yale she has had the opportunity to go on Globalist reporting trips to Indonesia and Turkey, as well as intern at an NGO in southwestern China. Jessie spent this past summer in Liberia, helping develop a network of community-run news outlets that write each day’s stories on roadside chalkboards for citizens who can’t afford newspapers – a project inspired by a Globalist article she wrote as a freshman. Jessie is from a small town near Cape Cod, and she is currently a junior studying anthropology. Contact her at jessica.shor@yale.edu.
Jason Toups
Publisher
Jason is a sophomore Economics and Mathematics major in Timothy Dwight College from Los Angeles. In addition to working as Publisher for the Globalist, he is a World Fellows Undergraduate Liaison, works on the business team for Q Magazine, and maintains an active role in the Yale Political Union and the Yale International Relations Association. Since high school, when he spent a semester abroad in Switzerland and 2 months in India, he has been hooked on travel. This summer, he headed to Turkey and Cyprus with the Globalist and made a stop in Greece on the way home before starting an internship with The Boeing Company. Contact him at jason.toups@yale.edu.
Conrad Lee
Director of Development
Conrad Lee is a junior Economics major in Trumbull College. He moved to the United States at an early age and attended St. Andrew’s School before coming to Yale. Prior to joining the Globalist, he studied Arabic, tutored prison inmates, and interned at the Office of Development. Last spring, he journeyed to New Delhi and Agra as a director of the Yale Gospel Choir, and saw everything from the slums to the Taj Mahal. Conrad spends much of his time outdoors with friends, and is an Eagle Scout and SOLO certified Wilderness First Responder. He spent the summer teaching at King’s Academy in Jordan. Contact him at conrad.lee@yale.edu.
Margaret Zhang
Director of Development
Margaret is a sophomore in Berkeley college majoring in Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology. She likes rollerblading, her Twitter feed and discovering new places to eat. Because she’s taking a lot of biology classes (cells on cells y’all), the Globalist reporting trips sub in as her international affairs classes, for which she is eternally grateful. In addition to the Globalist, Margaret also volunteers for DEMOS, teaches nutrition workshops with Community Health Educators, and works as social media assistant for Yale Environment 360. She also has a lot of Midwestern pride, as she’s from the greatest state in the US: Ohio. You can follow her on Twitter (@margaretzhang_). Contact her at margaret.zhang@yale.edu.
Lauren Hoffman
Director of Online Development
Lauren, a current sophomore in Jonathan Edwards College from Buffalo, New York, plans to double major in Political Science
and French. She began her involvement with The Globalist during the fall of her freshman year on the production and business teams, and could not be more excited to combine her interests into one position with Director of Online Development. Lauren, an avid reader of Nicholas Kristof, is particularly interested in the role women’s education plays in international development and cannot wait to bring the non-profit, Circle of Women, to Yale in the fall. Lauren spent her summer studying in Paris and working at the Consulate General of Canada. Contact her at lauren.hoffman@yale.edu.
Julie Kim
Events Coordinator
Julie is a sophomore in Jonathan Edwards College from New York City, and is currently thinking about pursuing History. She has been with the Globalist since her freshman year as part of the business team and blog, and is excited for her new role. Julie has backpacked through Europe and fell in love with Seoul while studying in South Korea this past summer. In addition to the Globalist, Julie is involved with the Asian American Students Alliance and other Yale publications, and likes feeding her friends freshly baked goods. Contact her at julie.kim@yale.edu.
Joe Bolognese
Business Mentor
Having been raised in the delightful climate of Buffalo, New York, Joe is thrilled to be working with the Globalist in the tropical oasis that is New Haven. Joe, a senior Economics and Mathematics major in Pierson College, has served the Globalist as Assistant Events Coordinator and Director of Development. He was also a member of the Conference Team of Global21, the Globalist’s umbrella organization, and can be found working at Yale’s Department of Spanish and Portuguese. Joe has spent his summers studing in Yale Summer Session in St. Petersburg, backpacking across Europe, and most recently researching effects on prices in the Philippines. Contact him at joseph.bolognese@yale.edu.
Joanna Cornell
Business Mentor
A senior in Saybrook College, Joanna Cornell has loved every second of being a Globalista. After working events for the past two years, Joanna is thrilled to be returning as Director of Development. Hailing from the Greater DC area, she is in love with the city and has spent numerous summers exploring it. This summer, she decided to conquer Europe and China, and loved it. Next stop, the world! Joanna is currently an Economics and East Asian Studies Major. When she’s not Globalisting or exploring, Joanna also enjoys hanging out with AIESECers, working at the law school, and adoring her Saybrook, the best college at Yale. Contact her at joanna.cornell@yale.edu.
Courtney Fukuda
Business Mentor
Courtney Fukuda, a senior Economics major in Berkeley College, was born in Tokyo and grew up in Hawaii and studied in Beijing during high school. Training 24 hours a week as a competitive gymnast for 10 years left her little time for journalism (or anything else for that matter), but since starting college, she has chosen to vary her extracurricular activities to include the Globalist, AIESEC, and the Berkeley College Council, among others. In the future, Courtney hopes to pursue a career in international business, particularly in East Asia. As a gourmet food aficionado and advocate for organic/sustainable agriculture, Courtney spent 10 weeks interning for Slow Food International at their regional headquarter in Kanda, Japan. Contact her at courtney.fukuda@yale.edu.
Tonia Sun
Business Mentor
Born in Beijing, China and raised in the California Bay Area, Tonia is a rising senior in Morse College double majoring in Political Science and Economics. She is interested in studying international affairs from both a political and economic perspective and is especially interested in development economics. Tonia has written for the Globalist along with her work for the business team, and she also participated in the magazine’s recent research trip to Indonesia. She has spent her past summers at Yale working in Uganda and China, finding time in between work to do some adventurous traveling. Outside of the Globalist, Tonia is involved with the Elmseed Enterprise Fund and the Dwight Hall SRI Fund. Contact her at tonia.sun@yale.edu.
Production Staff
Jay Pabarue
Production Editor
Jay Pabarue, a sophomore in Silliman College and prospective Political Science or English major, was born and raised in Philadelphia, PA. An avid consumer of all things foreign and all things beautiful, he joined the Globalist production team in the fall of his freshman year. In addition to heading up production efforts with his co-editor Anisha Suterwala, Jay tears up intramural sports fields and chugs dining hall milkshakes on the daily. He spent the summer of 2011 studying abroad in Prague. Contact him at james.pabarue@yale.edu.
Anisha Suterwala
Production Editor
Anisha is a sophomore in Timothy Dwight college from the obnoxiously suburban city of Colleyville, Texas. After finding herself incapable of choosing between six different majors, ranging from Global Affairs to Biology to English, she has decided that she just won’t pick, and will be the first person to graduate from Yale without ever declaring a major. Anisha has written for the Globalist’s World at Yale blog in addition to designing pages for past issues. This summer she’ll be working at a bakery and volunteering in India. Outside of the Globalist, Anisha enjoys tutoring at New Haven Reads, dancing, making playlists, procrastinating, Wenzels, baking, and being one of three black belts on the Globalist ed board. Contact her at anisha.suterwala@yale.edu.
Eli Markham
Production Editor Emeritus
A junior in Ezra Stiles college, Eli is an Ethics, Politics and Economics major. In addition to making sure that the Globalist actually gets printed and repping his hometown Brooklyn to the fullest, he also plays club soccer and is a Production and Design Editor of the Yale Daily News alongside Raisa Bruner, his former fellow Globalist Production Editor. He joined the Globalist in the fall of freshman year because it had pretty pictures and stayed because he found that he really enjoyed the company of the other Globalistas. Contact him at eli.markham@yale.edu.
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