The Brown Journal of World Affairs

Editorial Team

Marcie Madoff, ’24

  • Position: Editor-in-Chief
  • Concentration: International and Public Affairs and East Asian Studies
  • Hometown: New York, NY

Luka Willett, ’24

  • Position: Editor-in-Chief
  • Concentration: Slavic Studies
  • Hometown: Weston, MA

Michelle Alas Molina, ’25

  • Position: Managing Editor
  • Concentration: Latin American and Caribbean Studies and International and Public Affairs
  • Hometown: Bay Area, CA

Ariana Palomo, ’25

  • Position: Managing Editor
  • Concentration: International and Public Affairs
  • Hometown: Dallas, TX

Nicholas Sanzi, ‘24.5

  • Position: Managing Editor
  • Concentration: Economics and International and Public Affairs
  • Hometown: Providence, RI

Stella Kleinman, ’25

  • Position: Managing Editor
  • Concentration: English and International and Public Affairs
  • Hometown: Rochester, NY

Linda Kebichi, ’25

  • Position: Section Head
  • Concentration: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
  • Hometown: Lexington, MA

Aditya Lodha, ’25

  • Position: Section Head
  • Concentration: History
  • Hometown: Long Island, NY

Giovanna Alioto-Pier, ’25

  • Position: Section Head
  • Concentration: International and Public Affairs
  • Hometown: San Francisco, CA

Ashton Higgins, ’26

  • Position: Section Head
  • Concentration: Philosophy, Politics, and Economics and Anthropology
  • Hometown: Dallas, TX 

Griffin Seidel, ’25

  • Position: Section Head
  • Concentration: East Asian Studies
  • Hometown: Concord, MA

Ela Snyder, ’26

  • Position: Section Head
  • Concentration: Political Science and International and Public Affairs
  • Hometown: London, England

Kaelah Kimura, ’27

  • Position: Section Head
  • Concentration: International and Public Affairs
  • Hometown: Aiea, HI

Irene Zhao, ’27

  • Position: Section Head
  • Concentration: Applied Mathematics and International and Public Affairs
  • Hometown: McLean, VA

Emma Gargiulo, ’25

  • Position: Associate Editor
  • Concentration: International and Public Affairs
  • Hometown: Los Angeles, CA

Maria Laura Felce Castillo, ’25

  • Position: Associate Editor
  • Concentration: Business Economics and International and Public Affairs
  • Hometown: Caracas, Venezuela 

Miguel Rivera-Young, ’24

  • Position: Associate Editor
  • Concentration: Classics and Slavic Studies
  • Hometown: Staunton, VA

Theodore Young, ’25

  • Position: Associate Editor
  • Concentration: Philosophy and Economics
  • Hometown: Victoria, BC, Canada

Elliot Smith, ’26

  • Position: Associate Editor
  • Concentration: International and Public Affairs
  • Hometown: New Jersey

Ariana Ghafouri, ’25

  • Position: Associate Editor
  • Concentration: Behavioral Decision Sciences
  • Hometown: Great Falls, VA

Caroline Knight, ’26

  • Position: Associate Editor
  • Concentration: International and Public Affairs and Literary Arts
  • Hometown: Laurel, MD

Cecilia Hult, ’26

  • Position: Associate Editor
  • Concentration: Political Science and English
  • Hometown: London, England

Nina Lidar, ’26

  • Position: Associate Editor
  • Concentration: English
  • Hometown: La Cañada, CA

Gaden Romer, ‘2X

  • Position: Associate Editor
  • Concentration:
  • Hometown:

Carter Bedford, ’26

  • Position: Associate Editor
  • Concentration: International and Public Affairs and Economics
  • Hometown: Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Malcolm Furman, ’27

  • Position: Associate Editor
  • Concentration: Political Science
  • Hometown: New York, New York

Daniel Salaru, ’25

  • Position: Associate Editor
  • Concentration: Applied Math and Economics
  • Hometown: Vienna, Austria

Aimee Zheng, ’27

  • Position: Associate Editor
  • Concentration: International and Public Affairs and Classics
  • Hometown: East Hampton, CT