Our Team - The Sunday Diplomat

The Sunday Diplomat is a student-run news site staffed by a new generation of political thinkers. We hope you find our work informing, enlightening, and entertaining. Meet the team!

Management Department

Si Kai Feng 🇺🇸

Founder

Aanya Shah 🇺🇸

CEO & Editor-in-Chief

Cassie Zheng 🇬🇧

COO

Zhuangyan Shi 🇨🇳

Head of Policy Research

Managing Editors

Elda Abera 🇺🇸

Section Editor

Darmaris Ferrer 🇺🇸

Section Editor

Colin Chan 🇬🇧

Section Editor

Artus Oury 🇩🇪

Section Editor

Kathleen Espinoza 🇪🇸

Section Editor

Kevin Cui 🇨🇳

Section Editor

Anthony Hu 🇨🇳

Section Editor

Alex Wang 🇨🇳

Section Editor

Editorial Department

Africa

Asia

Europe

Dorine Benedict 🇹🇿

Senior Writer

Sahasra Yellepeddi 🇮🇳

Senior Writer

Samarth Irani

Senior Writer

Cameron To 🇺🇸

Senior Writer

Evan Choi 🇰🇷

Deputy Writer

Ava LeFevre 🇺🇸

Deputy Writer

Alexandra Kwitkowski 🇺🇸

Senior Writer

North America

Middle East

South America

Saachi Kandula 🇮🇳

Senior Writer

Arash Moaref 🇮🇷

Senior Writer

Rakan Pharaon 🇪🇨

Senior Writer

Sirisha Kunamneni 🇺🇸

Senior Writer

Selina Liu 🇨🇦

Deputy Writer

Julia Dos Santos 🇧🇷

Senior Writer

War & Conflict

Eshan Korat 🇺🇸

Senior Writer

Tanmay Parikh 🇦🇪

Senior Writer

Sadhika Kari 🇺🇸

Senior Writer

Divya Saha 🇺🇸

Deputy Writer

Destiny Anna 🇨🇦

Deputy Writer

Society & Culture

Ratisha Khare 🇮🇳

Senior Writer

Artin Safaie 🇮🇷

Senior Writer

Julia Jiang 🇺🇸

Senior Writer

Chiara Ferrari 🇧🇷

Senior Writer

Shi Ka Li 🇯🇵

Deputy Writer

Economics

Aniruddh Sajan 🇮🇳

Senior Writer

Vi Lam Dinh 🇻🇳

Senior Writer

Audrey Damis 🇺🇸

Senior Writer

Anushka Sriram 🇮🇳

Senior Writer

Sarp Basaran 🇬🇧

Deputy Writer

Govt & Politics

Michael Shohat 🇺🇸

Senior Writer

Suriya Rampersad 🇨🇦

Senior Writer

Claire Liu 🇺🇸

Senior Writer

Harinishree Babu 🇮🇳

Deputy Writer

Pacey Qi 🇨🇳

Deputy Writer

Law

Caroline Zera 🇵🇱

Senior Writer

Kwi Vifansi 🇺🇸

Senior Writer

Ananya Nambiar 🇮🇳

Senior Writer

Chloe Li 🇨🇦

Senior Writer

Moeez Ajmal 🇵🇰

Deputy Writer

Technology

Monica Alomba 🇺🇸

Senior Writer

Shivu Sathe 🇺🇸

Senior Writer

Ananya Karthik 🇺🇸

Senior Writer

Johannes Kuehn von Burgsdorff 🇩🇪

Deputy Writer

Milanni Contreras 🇺🇸

Deputy Writer

Saanvika Gandhari 🇺🇸

Senior Writer

Environment

Imane Moumen 🇲🇦

Senior Writer

Sahana Ramesh 🇬🇧

Senior Writer

Emilie Fann 🇺🇸

Senior Writer

Valentina Sanna 🇸🇮

Deputy Writer

Olivia Marant 🇺🇸

Deputy Writer

Science

Andy Qi 🇺🇸

Senior Writer

Palak Gupta 🇮🇳

Senior Writer

Gathieri Kahuko 🇰🇪

Deputy Writer

Aurora Gutiérrez 🇪🇸

Deputy Writer

Policy Research Department

Seth Jessoo Kang 🇰🇷

Director of Policy Research

Shujia Zhan 🇨🇳

Policy Researcher

Leah del Fierro 🇵🇹

Policy Researcher

Erica Li 🇯🇵

Policy Researcher

Weifeng Xu 🇨🇳

Policy Researcher

Hyeeun Lee 🇰🇷

Policy Researcher

Jaxon Xie 🇨🇦

Policy Researcher

Yingbo Wang 🇨🇳

Policy Researcher

Lora Kateva 🇧🇬

Policy Researcher

Kaisen Jin 🇨🇳

Policy Researcher

Marketing Department

Enis Almis 🇨🇳

Head of Marketing

Andrea Lahrssen 🇻🇪

Marketing Officer

Bianca Disciullo 🇮🇹

Marketing Officer

Han Wu 🇨🇳

Marketing Officer

Mohammad Amin 🇮🇷

Marketing Officer

Ethan Dizerens 🇺🇸

Marketing Officer

Salma Abuzaid 🇩🇿

Marketing Officer

Samuel Adeniyi

Marketing Officer

Shreya Kulkarni 🇮🇳

Marketing Officer

Ariella Zecchini 🇬🇶

Marketing Officer

Victor Martinez 🇺🇸

Marketing Officer

Sakshi Mallah 🇮🇳

Marketing Officer

Orea Kastrati 🇦🇱

Marketing Officer

Sarem Girmai 🇺🇸

Marketing Officer

Phillip Hatchett Jr

Marketing Officer

Supporting Departments

Julius Chandler 🇳🇿

Head of Technology

Avinash Kumar 🇱🇰

DEI Officer

Julia Jiang 🇺🇸

Website Manager

Yolanda Xiao 🇨🇳

Head of Photography

In addition to the senior staff, The Sunday Diplomat is supported by a talented team of junior writers and editors. Their names are present at the end of articles they have contributed in.