Leadership and Alumni

Editorial Board (2023-2024)

Glimpse from the Globe is a student-run international affairs digital publication led and managed by our President, Editor-in-Chief, Vice-President, Managing Editors, Associate Editors, Outreach Director, Assistant Outreach Director, Multimedia Director, Podcast Director, Social Media Director, Assistant Social Media Designers, Design Directors, Assistant Design Directors, and staff of senior and junior writers. Our publication is partnered with the University of Southern California, in collaboration with USC’s Department of Political Science and International Relations.

Sarra Hussien
President

Biography

Sarra Hussien is a junior at the University of Southern California majoring in Political Science and Psychology. On campus, Sarra is a member of Delta Phi Epsilon, serves as the Assistant Director of External Relations and Under-Secretary-General of Programming for USC’s Model United Nations team, Assistant Director of External Finance for Moot Court, Director of Design for Glimpse from the Globe, an undergraduate researcher for the Near Crisis Project, Associate Editor for Southern California International Review, and a member of the Thematic Option Honors Program. She is specifically interested in democracy, global conflict, and human rights as it pertains to the Middle East and Africa. When she is not writing, she spends time with friends, naps at the beach, and checks things off her LA bucket list.

Contact

hussien@usc.edu

Zain Khan
Vice-President

Biography

Mohammed Zain Shafi Khan (Zain Khan) is a Junior studying International Relations at USC. Previously, he has interned at Freedom Firm, a non-profit that works on rescue and restoration operations for minors sold into prostitution. Currently he is a research intern for the LA county 5th district supervisor’s office where he and his team work to find facilities that can house the mentally ill population of the soon to be demolished Mens Central Jail. He is passionate about human rights especially in countries/regions with no regard for life in conflict driven zones such as Syria, Afghanisthan, South America and the Middle East. In his free time he loves to cook, dance, try new foods, spend time with friends, family and binge watch tv series.

Contact

zainkhan@usc.edu

Mané Berikyan
Editor-in-Chief

Biography

Mane Berikyan is a Deans scholar junior double majoring in International Relations and Russian. On campus, Mane is the Editor-in-Chief of Glimpse From the Globe, the Editorial Director at the Global Policy Institute, the Vice President of the Armenian Students Association and works at the USC Institute of Armenian Studies. Outside of USC, she is a journalist for Armenia-based media outlet CivilNet and a fellow at the Regional Studies Center based in Yerevan. Her interests include corruption, democracy and conflict in post-Soviet Eurasia, Europe and the Middle East.

Contact

berikyan@usc.edu

Rudra Saigal
Finance Chair

Biography

Rudra Saigal is a Junior from Indore, India, majoring in Political Science. Rudra is deeply passionate about political, socio-economic, and human rights issues, particularly in South Asia. Growing up in central India and having closely observed Indian politics, public administration and justice at the grass-roots levels, Rudra is fondly interested in writing about the state of Indian democracy, society and economy. In addition to serving as the Junior Writer at Glimpse from the Globe, Rudra is involved with SC Project RISHI (Rural India Social and Health Initiative) and Unruh Associates on campus. He is also the Co-Director of Trojan Scholar Socitey’s Academic and Professional Committee and the Advocacy Director of the Queer and Ally Student Assembly (QuASA). In his free time, Rudra enjoys reading poetry and fiction, watching Bollywood movies and hanging out with his friends.    

Contact

rsaigal@usc.edu

Alicia Liu
Managing Editor

Biography

Xiao Alicia Liu is a senior majoring in communication and minoring in international relations and history. At USC, Alicia is an assistant editor at Daily Trojan and the mandarin desk editor at Annenberg Media. Her regional focus is Europe and East Asia. Her areas of interest include intercultural relations, foreign policy, and international organizations. She also hopes to combine her academic interests by studying media impacts on a global scale.

Contact

liualici@usc.edu

Sam Hill
Chief Copy Editor

Biography

TBD

Contact

sphill@usc.edu

Navya Chintaman
Managing Editor

Biography

TBA

Contact

nchintam@usc.edu

Amy Argueta
Managing Editor

Biography

TBA

Contact

anarguet@usc.edu

Bita Beheshti
Associate Editor

Biography

Bita Beheshti is a junior majoring in International Relations and minoring in Iranian studies. She was born in Iran, and has lived in the greater Sacramento area since she was 10. Her primary interests in IR include Middle East foreign politics, economics, and global trade. She is also involved in Moot Court, Global Policy Institute, Society of Women in Law, and works for the American Language Institute as the lead program assistant. Outside of school, she loves to go to the beach, read, cook, and watch movies.

Contact

bitabehe@usc.edu

Kira Liljegren
Associate Editor

Biography

Kira Liljegren is a Senior at USC double-majoring in International Relations and Theatre with a minor in German Studies. Originally from Phoenix, Arizona, her interests include women’s and LGBTQ+ rights. On campus, Kira is a member of the German club, triathlon team, and performs in plays with the School of Dramatic Arts. Outside of the classroom, she loves to dance, read, and spend time on Duolingo learning bits of various languages.

Contact

liljegre@usc.edu

Layla MoheyEldin
Associate Editor

Biography

Layla MoheyEldin is a senior double majoring in International Relations and Middle East Studies. Having grown up in Saudi Arabia, her areas of interest include neocolonialism and security studies as they relate to the Middle East, specifically the Gulf region. In addition, she is particularly interested in the way Western intervention has shaped the domestic politics and international interactions of various nations in the region, and how this dynamic has contributed to proxy conflicts and power struggles between competing rising powers in the Middle East. Layla is a research assistant with USC Near Crisis Project Africa and has also interned for WeVote, Humanitarian Aid International, and California State Assemblyman Josh Hoover.

Contact

moheyeld@usc.edu

Jacob Rose
Multimedia Director

Biography

Jacob is from Walla Walla, Washington. He is majoring in International Relations and the Global Economy, and plans to minor in Spanish. Jacob’s interest in IR and global affairs stems from his parents’ backgrounds in Chinese and Jewish cultures and traveling as a child. Some particular areas of interest for him are the Pacific Rim and the Middle East. In his spare time, he enjoys discussing all things sports, playing video games with friends, and long walks in the countryside with Coco, his basset hound.

Contact

jbrose@usc.edu

Safira Khan
Social Chair

Biography

TBD

Contact

smkhan@usc.edu

Samantha Chapman
Managing Editor

Biography

Samantha Chapman is a junior from Hawaii double majoring in Writing for Screen and Television and Environmental Studies. She specializes mostly in topics of energy and human rights in eastern and western Europe. In her free time she likes learning languages, spending time outdoors, and going to watch live sports. Besides Glimpse from the Globe, she is also on the Resource Marketing team for the USC podcast Eco Alarm and a mentor for Scholars Leading Scholars.

Contact

ssc43182@usc.edu

Ivana Karastoeva
Publishing Chair

Biography

Molly Miller is a second-year student majoring in International Relations and the Global Economy. Molly is from Tempe, Arizona and has always been interested in how policy can shape interactions at the international level. Molly has had a strong focus on communications, qualifying twice to the National Speech and Debate Association’s National Tournament. Molly has also been involved in local politics, chairing an official commission of the City of Tempe. Molly is committed to encouraging active engagement with politics at all levels, local and international.

Contact

mollydm@usc.edu

Lucia Musacchi
Associate Editor

Biography

Lucia Musacchi is a sophomore majoring in economics on a pre-law track. An associated editor, she is interested in economic integration, international development, and human rights in Europe and Sub-Saharan Africa. Outside academics, she loves hiking and watching the interesting F1 Ferrari strategies.

Contact

lmusacch@usc.edu

Hanna Sun Teerman
Associate Editor

Biography

TBD

Contact

hteerman@usc.edu

Molly Miller
Associate Editor

Biography

Molly Miller is a third-year student majoring in International Relations and the Global Economy. Molly is from Tempe, Arizona and has always been interested in how policy can shape interactions at the international level. Molly has had a strong focus on communications, qualifying twice to the National Speech and Debate Association’s National Tournament. Molly has also been involved in local politics, chairing an official commission of the City of Tempe. Molly is committed to encouraging active engagement with politics at all levels, local and international.

Contact

carterdm@usc.edu

Raegan Lusk
Podcast Director

Biography

Raegan is a junior majoring in international relations and minoring in human rights on the pre-law track. Her interests include migration, cultural diplomacy and gender equality. On campus, Raegan is also involved in the Jumpstart Americorps program as a Team Leader, and the Communications Director of the Global Policy Institute. Over the summer, she interned at an immigration agency in South Korea. Raegan is from San Diego, California and loves to explore the outdoors.

Contact

rmlusk@usc.edu

Mia Prange
Outreach and Recruitment Director

Biography

Mia Prange is a senior double majoring in International Relations and Art History, and she has always had a passion for politics and global affairs. She is interested in reporting on issues such as women’s rights, LGBTQ+ movements, and the climate crisis, and on areas including Latin America and the Middle East. At USC, Mia is also involved with the Model UN team, the Southern California International Review, the Global Policy Institute, and the pre-law fraternity Phi Alpha Delta.

Contact

mprange@usc.edu

Zigi Kaiser
Deputy Outreach and Recruitment Director

Biography

Zigi is a junior studying International Relations with a minor in Law and Social Justice. She is from Minneapolis, Minnesota, and has a bunny. She is passionate about Eastern European and East Asian affairs, as well as domestic U.S. politics.

Contact

zkaiser@usc.edu

Ava Garibay
Assistant Social Media Director

Biography

Ivana Karastoeva is a sophomore at USC majoring in Global Studies. Originally from Bulgaria, the poorest and most corrupt country in the European Union, Ivana became interested in investigating Eastern European affairs and the region’s interactions with the rest of the world. Bulgaria also has a vast Roma population that is heavily oppressed and marginalized. Seeing this treatment firsthand, she wishes to also report on the disparities faced by stateless nations like the Romani, Uyghur Muslims, and Rohingya, just to name a few. In her free time she enjoys hiking, reading, and going on adventures.

Contact

karastoe@usc.edu

Karan Kalra
Social Media Director

Biography

TBD

Contact

karankal@usc.edu

Diya Panda
Assistant Social Media Director

Biography

Diya is a senior studying IRGB & Law. Her focus is human rights law and international affairs. The region she is most interested in is South Asia.

Contact

dspanda@usc.edu

Ahn Ho Rhee
Design Director

Biography

Ahn Ho is a Junior studying Intelligence and Cyber Operations with a minor in Computer Programming. Having been raised in Indonesia, Ahn Ho’s primary areas of interest have grown to include the influence of religion and ethnicity on politics, government information security, and South East Asian foreign policy. Recreationally, Ahn Ho is an avid player of cue sports and PvP Tetris, and is also a member of the USC Brazilian Jiu Jitsu club.

Contact

ahnhorhe@usc.edu

Marguerite Bysshe
Assistant Design Director

Biography

Marguerite is currently an Intelligence and Cyber Operations major with a Russian minor. She is into photography and art, and looking forward to being a multimedia editor and assistant design director. She has lived in Italy, America, and Indonesia, and is specifically interested in issues in Southeast Asia. In her free time, she enjoys skateboarding, photography and going to the beach!

Contact

bysshe@usc.edu

Lawrence Sung
Video/Artistic Director

Biography

Lawrence Sung is a junior at the University of Southern California pursuing a major in International Relations (Global Business) and a minor in Management Consulting. His passion for global affairs stems from his annual summer trips to Southeast Asia to see his grandparents. Learning about the unique perspectives of the region and East Asia at large made him realize that he wanted a life where he could bridge countries together to foster mutual respect and understanding. Lawrence’s main topics of focus include East Asian affairs, international trade and development, and authoritarianism. He serves as the Co-Director of External Affairs at the USC Political Student Assembly, and works for Annenberg Media in various positions. Professionally, he has done market research as an analyst intern for LanciaConsult, a UK consulting firm in Singapore, and aims to make a career in the intersection of government and global marketing. Lawrence is also a college football fan, history nerd, Quentin Tarantino enthusiast, and loving brother to his autistic sibling. Glimpse from the Globe was Lawrence’s first community at USC, and he plans on continuing his contributions to the news organization through his multimedia skill set.

Contact

sunglawr@usc.edu

Reid Hartman-Teske
Assistant Copy Editor

Biography

TBD

Contact

hartmant@usc.edu

Logan Burgess
Assistant Copy Editor

Biography

Logan Burgess is a sophomore majoring in International Relations and minoring in East Asian Languages and Cultures. Their interests include human rights, foreign affairs, and tourism issues. Logan’s regions of focus include East Asia and the Pacific, but they still love learning about the rest of the world. Currently, Logan is volunteering for the US Office of Language Services as a part of the outreach team. Aside from school, Logan loves to run long distances, play games with friends, and cook a variety of food.

Contact

lkburges@usc.edu

Glimpse from the Globe Alumni

Glimpse from the Globe’s alumni network spans the globe. Our alumni go on to pursue careers in foreign affairs, journalism and media, law, communication, business and more. View our alumni network below:

Taline Gettas, Co-Founder, 2010-13

Samir Kumar, Co-Founder and Editor-in-Chief, 2012-13

Ried Lidow, Content Editor, 2013-14

Alessandro Sassoon, Media and Content Manager, 2013-14

Nick Kosturos, President, 2014-15

Thomas Armstrong, Editor-in-Chief, 2014-15

Rojine Ariani, Writer, 2013-14

Kerry Collins, Writer, 2013-14

Sydney Stockus, Writer, 2013-14

Jessica Agostinelli, Writer, 2014-15

Loudanni Chen, Writer, 2014-15

Jeff Grimes, Writer, 2014-15

Nathaniel Haas, Writer, 2014-15

Elizabeth Peabody, Writer, 2014-15

Nitya Ramanathan, Writer, 2014-15

Erin Wong, Writer, 2014-15

Ben Jury, Writer, 2014-15

Dan Morgan-Russell, Writer, 2015

Wang Xiaojie, Writer, 2014-15

Jason Tse, Writer, 2014-16

Hanna Jolkovsky, Writer, 2015-16

Anbar Aizenman, Writer, 2015-16

Isabella Soehn, Editor-in-Chief, 2015-16

Abigail Becker, President, 2015-16

J.T. Blakely, Webmaster; Writer, 2014-16

Alec Hively, Writer, 2016

Claire Cahoon, Writer, 2015-16

Edoardo Del Vecchio, Writer, 2015-16

Justine Breuch, Writer, 2014-15

Sofie Roehrig, Writer, 2015

Jack Anderson, Writer, 2015-2016

Jacqueline Teobaldi, Writer, 2016-17

Brandon Whitehill, Writer, 2015-16

Erum Jaffery, Writer, 2015-16

Kara Junttila, Writer, 2015-16

Caroline Chen, Writer, 2015-16

Alma Velazquez, Writer, 2016-17

Andre Gray, Editor-in-Chief, 2016-17

Kshitij Kumar, President, 2016-17

Steve Helmeci, Writer, 2016-17

Gesine Holtmann, Writer, 2016-17

Spencer Slagowitz, Writer, 2016-17

Jong Su Kim, Writer, 2016-17

Lyndon Chang, Writer, 2016-17

Tess Murray, President, 2017-18

Katya Lopatko, Editor-in-Chief, 2017-18

Jenna Mazza, President, 2018-19

Rebecca Cheng, Editor-in-Chief, 2018-19

Matthew McDonell, Webmaster; Writer, 2018-19

Brendan Moreyl, Writer, 2018-19

Ashlyn Elliot, Writer, 2018-19

Stuart Caron, Writer, 2018-19

Steve Literati, Writer, 2018-19

Amartya Ranganathan, Writer, 2018-19

Kendal Gee, Writer, 2018-19

Ciara Taylor, Writer, 2018-19

Henry Algert, Writer, 2018-19

Kevin Fry, Writer, 2019-20

Ananya Anand, Writer, 2019-20

Max Haskell, President, 2019-21

Maya Diab, Design Director, 2020-21

Yoran Henzler, Writer, 2020-21

Emma Taylor, Writer, 2020-21

Sara Khoshniyati, Writer, 2020-21

Ruhi Ramesh, Writer, 2020-21

Noah Blackman, Writer, 2020-21

Jamie Vang, Writer, 2020-21

Luke Zapolski, Writer, 2020-21

Anushka Sapra, Writer, 2020-21

Mia Speier, Editor-in-Chief, 2020-22

Kirian Mischke-Reeds, Vice-President, 2019-22

Cameron Melillo, Podcast Director, 2020-22

Carmen Santiago-Urbauer, Managing Editor, 2019-22

Anya Moturi, Associate Editor, 2020-22

Hannah Keenan, Associate Editor, 2020-22

Ishani Desai, Outreach Director, 2018-22

Tori Ely, Writer, 2021-22