Leadership and Alumni

Editorial Board (2025-2026)

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.

Zain Khan
President

Biography

Mohammed Zain Shafi Khan (Zain Khan) is a senior 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

Logan Burgess
Vice-President

Biography

Logan Burgess (any pronouns) is a junior majoring in International Relations and minoring in East Asian Languages and Cultures. Their interests include human rights, foreign affairs, and queer rights. 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 working at Global Ties U.S. focusing on project development. Aside from school, Logan loves to run long distances, play games with friends, and cook a variety of food.

Contact

lkburges@usc.edu

Sam Hill
Finance Chair

Biography

Sam is a Senior majoring in English with minors in Screenwriting and Law & Public Policy. Her main region of interest is the Middle East and likes writing about global health and religion.

Contact

sphill@usc.edu

Mané Berikyan
Editor-in-Chief

Biography

Mane Berikyan is a Deans scholar senior 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

Lucia Musacchi
Assistant Editor-in-Chief

Biography

Lucia Musacchi is a junior 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

Ivana Karastoeva
Publishing Chair

Biography

Ivana Karastoeva is a senior studying Global Studies and Public Administration.

Contact

karastoe@usc.edu

Raegan Lusk
Outreach and Recruitment Director

Biography

Raegan is a senior from San Diego, CA majoring in international relations, minoring in human rights and pursuing a progressive master’s degree in public diplomacy (MPD). Her interests include immigration, cultural diplomacy and education. On campus, Raegan is involved in the Jumpstart Americorps program as the club President, and the Communications Director of the Global Policy Institute. She has previously interned at an immigration agency in South Korea and for PBS News.

Contact

rmlusk@usc.edu

Ethan Galbraith
Podcast Director

Biography

TBA

Contact

egalbrai@usc.edu

Ava Garibay
Social Media Director

Biography

TBA

Contact

amgariba@usc.edu

Samantha Chapman
Managing Editor

Biography

Samantha Chapman (she/her) is a senior 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

Bright Lee
Associate Editor

Biography

TBA

Contact

dokyeong@usc.edu

Erika Chagin
Associate Editor

Biography

Erika Chagin is a pre-law senior at USC majoring in International Relations and minoring in Business Law. She is originally from Cleveland, Ohio. Erika is particularly passionate about refugee rights in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. In addition to Glimpse, Erika is the president of the United Nations Association of the USA at USC, chief editorial lead with the Global Policy Institute, the USC campus ambassador for the Peace Corps, a research assistant with the Gibson Climate Justice Lab and a mentor with Women and Youth Supporting Each Other. In her free time, she loves playing classical piano, going to art museums and weightlifting.

Contact

kracht@usc.edu

Mallory Moon
Associate Editor

Biography

TBA

Contact

mmmoon@usc.edu

Rudra Saigal
Social Chair

Biography

Rudra Saigal is a senior from Indore, India, studying Economics with a minor in International Relations. Passionate about economic policy and global development, he has worked at the United Nations Headquarters and India’s NITI Aayog, contributing to policy efforts on sustainable finance and poverty reduction. He currently serves as the Social Chair for Glimpse. Previously, Rudra served as Speaker of the Senate in Undergraduate Student Government on campus and co-founded Students for South Asia, successfully advocating for USC’s first South Asian Studies minor. A USC Presidential Scholar, Phi Beta Kappa inductee, and Provost Research Fellow, he aims to pursue graduate studies focused on mobilizing finance for equitable and sustainable development.

Contact

rsaigal@usc.edu

Reid Hartman-Teske
Chief Copy Editor

Biography

TBA

Contact

hartmant@usc.edu

Tolu Okegbenro
Assistant Social Media Director

Biography

Tolu is a Junior double majoring in International Relations and Journalism. At Glimpse, she is the Associate Director of Social Media with a passion for making global news accessible and engaging for young audiences. With her combined studies at Dornsife and Annenberg, she hopes to pursue a career in the digital marketing field and educate others on the importance of catering media to various people around the world.

Contact

okegbenr@usc.edu

Solange Aguerova
Managing Editor

Biography

TBA

Contact

saguero@usc.edu

Eva Kracht
Associate Editor

Biography

Eva Kracht is a junior at the University of Southern California majoring in English Creative Writing with a minor in Podcasting. On campus, Eva is staff writer and associate editor for Glimpse From the Globe and a writer for SPEC fashion magazine. She is especially interested in the Fast Fashion Industry and its detrimental effects on the environment. Additionally, she is curious about methods to create a sustainable and ethical fashion production system. In her free time, Eva loves to read, write, sing, spend time with her family, and go thrifting.

Contact

kracht@usc.edu

Elisa Switzer
Associate Editor

Biography

TBA

Contact

ekswitze@usc.edu

Wing Yat Lam
Associate Editor

Biography

TBA

Contact

wingl@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