Katharine Kendrick is a History/International Studies major in Saybrook College. Proficient in French and Arabic, she focuses on the Middle East and North Africa region in her studies. Born and raised in San Francisco, Katharine joined the Yale Globalist freshman year with a general interest in international relations but no background in journalism. After three years as a writer, features editor, and managing editor, the Globalist has made her love reporting and writing about the world. Katharine spent last summer in Istanbul working for the Turkish Daily News, the largest English-language newspaper in Turkey. This summer she interned in the press section of the American Embassy in Rabat, Morocco. Her Globalist article "Activism 2.0" was awarded the Macmillan Center's William J. Foltz Journalism Award. Beyond the Globalist, Katharine is an avid choral singer with a dangerous penchant for silly stationery. 

Pete Martin
Managing Editor

Pete is a junior Religious Studies major in Morse College from New York, NY. He has written for the Globalist since arriving at Yale, writing main articles in both his freshman and sophomore years, and he serves as a features editor a year ago. He has traveled to Venezuela and India with the Globalist, and to other countries in Africa, Europe, and South America on his own in recent years. In addition to his work for the Globalist, Pete is a columnist and staff photographer for the Yale Daily News. He is trying to learn about the world on his own, educating himself through travel and journalism while avoiding political science and international studies classes. 

Jesse Marks
Managing Editor

A proud Chicagoan (Go Cubbies!), Amila was born in Bosnia and spent her childhood in Croatia, Austria, and Germany before immigrating to the United States. Those years of travel shaped her long-standing curiosity about different cultures and far-off places, an interest she satisfies through her involvement with the Yale Globalist, for which she served as events coordinator and associate editor in her freshman and sophomore years. This past summer, Amila was the Trip Planner for the magazine's annual reporting trip and led magazine staff to India for two weeks, where they reported on issues related to the urban development of New Delhi. In past summers, she traveled to Venezuela with the Yale Globalist, did independent historical research in Bosnia, and interned for Barack Obama's presidential campaign. A junior in Pierson College, she is studying English literature. 

Born in New Haven, Connecticut, Maria Blackwood split her childhood between the U.S. and Poland. She grew up witnessing the post-communist transition firsthand - she was in Berlin when the Berlin Wall came down as well as in the Slovak part of Czechoslovakia when it declared independence. At Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, Maria wrote and edited for several student publication. Currently a junior at Yale, she is pursuing a double major in history and economics, mostly concentrating on her fascination with the Caucasus and Central Asia. In 2007, Maria spent her summer in Almaty, Kazakhstan, and, in 2008 she led a group of Yale students to the Republic of Georgia. She speaks Polish, French, Russian, and German, but is still working on English.

Alex Soble
Associate Editor

Alex, a junior in Trumbull College, prefers majors with three words (Ethics, Politics, & Economics and South Asian Studies). When not pursuing his own education, Alex has a penchant for going to other peoples' schools, whether working and teaching at a center for street children in Mexico City or visiting madrasahs while researching Islamic education in India. At Yale, when he's not busy with the Globalist, Alex can be found debating with the Independent Party and perpetually attempting to start a Yale Model Arab League team.  Dabbling in languages (French, Spanish, Portuguese, Hindi, and Urdu) is a major hobby of his. His signature style of editing for the Globalist involves pacing vigorously across the room while muttering alternative ways of phrasing a sentence under his breath.  

A devoted traveler, George has been to Italy, France, England, Russia, China, Japan, India, Mexico, Guatemala, and Belize. He enjoyed working and studying in Turkey this summer. Growing up in Kailua, Hawaii instilled an interest in languages in George. He enjoys studying French and would like to pursue Turkish language study at Yale. While currently undeclared, George is interested in majoring in political science with international studies. He is also active in the Yale International Relations Association. 

A sophomore in Timothy Dwight College, Emma grew up in Amherst, Massachusetts. Fluent in Spanish and Portuguese, Emma goes back and forth between wanting to see as much of the world as possible and loving to really get to know people in new places. Based on her research on a rural women's movement in Southern Brazil, Emma designed a curriculum to engage American high school students in pressing global issues and encourages them to be more active in their own communities. Over the past two years, she has presented the curriculum to public school teachers and university professors in the United States and Brazil. Her first article for the Globalist won a J. Edward Meeker prize for English. Emma loves the challenge and intensity of field research and spent this past summer doing research at a domestic violence center in Northeastern Brazil. At Yale, she plays clarinet, serves as a World Fellows liaison, FOOT leader, Master's Aide, and Dwight Hall Urban fellow, and is always up for an ultimate frisbee game in the TD courtyard. 

Annie Carney is a senior Political Science major with a concentration in East African politics. She worked and gossiped in the Ugandan Parliament this summer, and spent the latter weeks working with female tailors in northern Uganda. Her claim to fame (well, in addition to donning 13 pairs of underwear at a time as a child) is that she climbed a volcano in Congo. She likes to share this story, since it makes her seem infinitely cooler than she actually is. She is a lapsed/reformed member of the Yale a capella community.

Catherine Cheney (Yale 2010) is a Political Science and International Studies major in Trumbull College. Her experience as a writer, features editor, managing editor, and now senior editor at the Globalist have been highlights of her Yale experience and she is fortunate to have worked with such a wonderful group of people. Catherine is originially from San Antonio, and now lives in Los Angeles where she discovered her love of meeting new people and telling their stories through journalism. Some of her most rewarding reporting experiencies include interviewing hurricane victims in New Orleans, reporting on the close of RCTV in Venezuela, gathering perspectives on the wall construction on the U.S.-Mexico border, and convering the stories of Guatemalan immigrants from Los Angeles and Guatemala City. Catherine has worked as an intern for National Geographic Films, a reporter for the Daily Breeze newspaper in Southern California, a consultant with the World Counci of Credit Unions in Mexico, and a broadcast producer for the Freedom Forum. She is the recipient of a Student Emmy for television news production and was selected by USA Today as the top female high school journalist in the nation with the Free Spirit Award. At Yale, Catherine is also a staff writer and the director of video content for the Yale Daily News, a Yale Tour Guide, and a member of the Yale College Dean's Advisory Board.

Emma is a junior English major in Silliman College. She loves the Globalist, classical music, Islamic architecture, and old books. This summer she studied in Rome and explored the Balkans (accompanied by some fellow Globalistas), all of this of course after the Globalist research trip to India. However, she misses El Salvador, where she has worked as a service team leader fo the NGO International Partners and can't wait to get back, perhaps this spring.   

J.T. is a senior History major in Trumbull College from Stuart, Florida. His first interaction with international affairs was watching the evening news with his grandmother as a young boy. J.T. found the Globalist during his first weeks at Yale and has enjoyed pursuing his interest in international affairs and perfecting his writing with the magazine ever since. A former Assistant Trip Planner, Managing Editor, and Executive Director, J.T. has enjoyed taking part in all the great things that the Globalist does and has learned a lot in the process. J.T. is also currently president of the Yale International Relations Association and is an active member of the Model United Nations Team at Yale.

Born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area, Amira is now a junior in Silliman College studying Political Science and International Studies. Like the rest of the Globalist staff, she loves getting her passport stamped and has had the opportunity to travel to every continent but Antarctica. Last summer, she interned in Egypt and spent time travelling around the Middle East, where she developed a stronger interest in Islam, Middle Eastern politics, and the Arab world in general. Outside of working on the Globalist, Amira stays involved in Silliman's Student Activities Committee, enjoys going on long runs around New Haven, and takes full advantage of the city's vibrant food scene.

A sophomore in Berkeley College, Oscar was born in El Salvador and raised in between there and Guatemala. He is a prospective Economics and Psychology double major. Like all other Globalistas, he enjoys traveling and has been able to travel on Yale sponsored programs to Vietnam and Brazil, where he interned with an NGO over this past summer. Oscar enjoys writing about Latin America and has great interest on development and social issues, good government practices, and the psychology behind economic and political behavior. At Yale, while not enriching his knowledge of song lyrics and trivia or writing for the Globalist, he is involved in Yale's international student community, works as a Berkeley Master's Aide, and enjoys having random conversation with people in dining halls, the library, or his suite at 4 am

Gemma Bloemen is a Junior in Pierson College majoring in Psychology and International Studies, which allows her to explore her interests in people, cultures and international economy and diplomacy. Born and raised in Utrecht, The Netherlands, she grew up traveling all over Europe. Her desire for a top-level international education led her to apply to Yale and become the first student from her high school to pursue a bachelor’s degree in the United States. At Yale, Gemma works for the Council on European Studies and has served as a World Fellows Liaison and as Business Director for the Gaze, a Journal of Photography. As a sophomore she co-founded YEU (Yale European Undergraduates), an organization aiming to form a European community at Yale and reach out to Yale students with events related to Europe and the EU, of which she is now Co-President. After freshman year, Gemma went on the Yale 100 Delegation to China, took an advanced French language course in Paris, and interned at the Advisory Committee for Aliens Affairs in The Hague, where she carried out a legal research project for the Dutch government concerning dual citizenship in the EU. During the past summer Gemma interned at the digital TV company Unitymedia in Cologne, Germany

Brad is a political science and international studies double major and started working with the Globalist in his sophomore year. He is from Muskegon, Michigan, and the middle-of-nowhere nature of that town and prodigious amount of snow have led him to develop an interest in skiing. He also likes to play, listen to, and teach music (guitar and a wide variety of percussion instruments). He wrote for high school publications and has always found international affairs to be quite awesome; he has a particular interest in international human rights organizations, and also likes to study Latin American politics. He speaks proficient Spanish and can say complicated phrases such as "hello" in an unimpressive number of other languages. At Yale, Brad is also involved in The Roosevelt Institution's Security and Foreign Policy center.

Hayeon Lee is a sophomore Environmental Engineering and Political Science double major in Ezra Stiles College. While born in Seoul, Korea, she has moved every three years of her life between Asia, Europe and the United States and attended high school is Paris, France. Hayeon has traveled extensively and speaks Korean, English, French, and is currently learning Chinese. Having led such an international life, Hayeon naturally came to embrace the global community. As a consequence of her deep interest in diplomacy and international relations, Hayeon devotes most of her time to on-campus foreign affairs and cultural organizations. Currently, she is on the Secretariat for Yale’s College level Model United Nations Conference (SCSY), chairs for Yale’s high school MUN conference (YMUN), and is Secretary of the Yale European Undergraduates. She has loved working for The Yale Globalist since she joined as a freshman and is excited to serve on the Editorial Board again this year!

A native of Berkeley, California, Alice has dedicated herself to the study of all things international after moving to Italy at fifteen with the American Field Service year abroad program. She enjoys languages, musical theater, and the great outdoors. Last summer she interned at the California Public Utilities Commission, researching European energy efficiency policies. This summer she examined international environmental issues as an intern at the Reginal Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe in Budapest, Hungary. While she loves writing and events-coordinating for the Yale Globalist, she keeps her extra-curricular interests broad. Alice teaches figure skating weekly, is an Intramural Secretary for Pierson College (Go Pirates!) playing more sports than she can count, and is on the Board of Directors of Yale Children's Theater. She has acted in six plays over the past two years, and assistant-produced an additional four. Alice is currently a sophomore History and International Studies major in Pierson College. 

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