Our Team

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

Alex Wang 🇨🇳

Section Editor

Editorial Department

Vincent Kikano 🇱🇧

Lead Writer

Ava LeFevre 🇺🇸

Section Writer for the World

Kevin Han 🇨🇳

Section Writer for the United States

Imane Moumen 🇲🇦

Section Writer for Europe

Aniruddh Sajan 🇮🇳

Section Writer for Economics

Selina Liu 🇨🇦

Section Writer for Asia-Pacific

Moeez Ajmal 🇵🇰

Section Writer for Government and Politics

Ratisha Khare 🇮🇳

Section Writer for Society & Culture

Olivia Marant 🇺🇸

Section Writer for The Environment

Rakan Pharaon 🇪🇨

Section Writer for the Americas

Arash Moaref 🇮🇷

Section Writer for the Middle East

Gathieri Kahuko 🇰🇪

Section Writer for Africa

Sarp Basaran 🇬🇧

Section Writer for Economics

Pacey Qi 🇨🇳

Section Writer for Govt & Politics

Zongping Cui 🇬🇧

Section Writer for History

Milanni Contreras 🇺🇸

Section Writer for Technology

Emilie Fann 🇺🇸

Section Writer for the Climate

Johannes Kuehn von Burgsdorff 🇩🇪

Section Writer for the Law

Divya Saha 🇺🇸

Section Writer for War & Conflict

Tanmay Parikh 🇦🇪

Deputy Writer for Technology

Shi Ka Li 🇯🇵

Section Writer for the Climate

Eshan Korat 🇺🇸

Section Writer for War and Conflict

Julia Jiang 🇺🇸

Section Writer for Society & Culture

Monica Alomba 🇺🇸

Section Writer for Technology

Saachi Kandula 🇮🇳

Section Writer for the Americas

Dorine Benedict 🇹🇿

Section Writer for Africa

Mumtaj Cooper 🇸🇩

Deputy Writer for Society & Culture

Yolanda Xiao 🇨🇳

Deputy Writer for Technology

Sirisha Kunamneni 🇺🇸

Section Writer for the Americas

Sahasra Yellepeddi 🇮🇳

Section Writer for Asia-Pacific

Evan Choi 🇸🇩

Deputy Writer for Asia-Pacific

Destiny Anna 🇨🇦

Deputy Writer for War and Conflict

Policy Research Department

Seth Jessoo Kang 🇰🇷

Director of Policy Research

Shujia Zhang 🇨🇳

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

Supporting Departments

Julius Chandler 🇳🇿

Head of Technology

Avinash Kumar 🇱🇰

DEI Officer

Yolanda Xiao 🇨🇳

Head of Photography

Enis Almis 🇹🇷

Head of Marketing

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.