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 Department of Political Science and the Pacific Century Institute in Los Angeles.

Executive Editor
Danniella Kelleher ’21

Book Review Editor
Danniella Kelleher ’21

Administrative Assistant
Samantha Lundin

Website Engineer
Liam Rogers ’21

AMI Video Anchor
Janelynne Galera

Senior Curriculum Coordinator
Miles Whittingham

Contributing Writers
Abigail Glavin
Aidan Smith-Fagan
Angeline Kek
Aryana Khalilzadeh
Benjamin Barrett
Claire Gute
Dmitry Kolesnikov
Gaby Rusli
Ismael Hammouaicha
Jared Sivila
Kiana Karimi
Marco Antonio Llamas
Miles Whittingham
Ryan Byrne
Tristin Clint

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
Yeocheol Yoon

Emeritus Editors
Cristina Pedler
Zhi Jiao Danielle Goh
Michelle Nguyen
Senay Emmanuel
Clementine Todorov
Dhari Alduraibi
Savannah Nunez
Jay Seo
Sabrina Verduzco
Mary Grace Costa
Jeremiah Fajardo
Kelcey Lorenzo
Lexi Tucker
Aashna Malpani
Yi Ning Wong
Lani Luo

Senior Editor (Writing)
Andrea Plate

Special Assistant to the President
Lamiya Shabbir

Chief Researcher to the President
Yawen Sun

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