Author: Ryan Urban

ASIA MEDIA INTERNATIONAL is a student-driven publication of Loyola Marymount University’s Asia Media Center, part of LMU’s Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts and the Department of Asian and Asian American Studies, along with the university's Dept. of Political Science and the Pacific Century Institute in Los Angeles.

MANAGING EDITORS:
Dhari Alduraibi
Senay Emmanuel

CONTRIBUTING EDITORS:
Malik Adeniji
Abdulaziz Alabdulrazzaq
Khaled Alsabeeh
Mathew Androvett
Nile Brown
Emily Capouya
Tia Carr
Diana Castillo
Samantha Clancy
Annalisa Del Vecchio
Lori Demirjian
Talin Derohanessians
Michelle Dor
Katherine Douglas
Luca Francini
Gregory de Gersdorff
Daniela Guevara
Andre Hacobian
Jun You Hyung
Joseph Littaua
Joanne Pang
Patrick Poleshuck
Nathan Rivas
Natasha Vass
Wei Wu
Daniel Zand

CURRICULUM COORDINATOR:
Ashley Flores
Michelle Nguyen

SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT:
Lamiya Shabbir

ASSISTANT MANAGING EDITOR:
Trisha Curry

SENIOR ADVISOR (WRITING AND EDITING):
Andrea Plate

ASIA MEDIA INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF ADVISORS:
Gareth C.C. Chang
Leta Hong Fincher
Spencer H. Kim
Professor Kal Raustiala
Professor Jennifer Ramos
Gregory F. Treverton

SENIOR EDITOR:
Clementine Todorov

ALUMNI SPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS:
Ying He
Bassem Naifar

EMERITUS EDITORS:
Olivia Amezcua
Yi Ning Wong
Aashna Malpani
Savannah Nunez
Jay Seo
Sabrina Verduzco
Mary Grace Costa
Lexi Tucker
Kelcey Lorenzo
Lexi Tucker

Emeritus Executive Senior Editor
Ben Sullivan

Founder & President:
Clinical Professor Tom Plate,
Distinguished Scholar of Asian and Pacific Studies