Editorial Board
Ilios Fall 2022 Edition
John has headed the process to restart Ilios since its break during COVID-19. He is conversational in (formal) Arabic and is an intermediate Turkish speaker – in the summer of 2022 he began intensive Turkish lessons in Istanbul and has continued to study the language through the fall. He has also been featured in other publications on campus, including The Slap's Spring 2022 edition. Moving forward, he wishes to combine his undergraduate work with his language skills and interest in writing to undertake a research project regarding media history and access in the Middle East in graduate school. John is thrilled to be restarting Ilios, as he is dedicated to creating a space for undergraduates to share their work with their peers and the outside world.
Mane Berikyan is a Deans scholar sophomore majoring in International Relations and minoring in Russian Area Studies and Human Security and Geospatial Intelligence on the pre-law track. On campus, Mane is an editorial lead at the Global Policy Institute, associate editor at Glimpse From the Globe, an editor at the Southern California International Review, works at the USC Institute of Armenian Studies, and acts as the representative of the Armenian Students Association. Outside of USC, she is a journalist for the Armenia-based media outlet CivilNet and formerly served as membership director for the non-profit organization Armenian Engineers & Scientists of America. Her interests include issues of corruption, democracy, foreign affairs and national security as it pertains to post-Soviet Eurasia, Europe and the Middle East.
Minji is an editor of Ilios and a Trustee scholar majoring in Political Science with a minor in Communications. She joined Ilios to channel her passion for international law and human rights into a journal publication. In her article, she discusses the significance of international legal protection of journalists in war zones and calls for an expansion of the existing protocols. Other than Ilios, she is involved in the Trojan Review as well as working as a Research Assistant for Vice Dean Donald Scotten. When not doing readings (which is always), you can find Minji trying new restaurants, watching Broadway shows, and baking raspberry cheesecakes.
As an international student from Istanbul, Turkey, Fethi is a junoir studying Economics and Political Science. Apart from his involvement in the E-Board of Ilios, he is coauthoring a research on the impacts of land reform and ownership on historical development prospects of Turkey with Prof. Allison Hartnett. Fethi joined Ilios because the journal allows his combined passions in political science and writing to grow. Fethi plans to earn his master's in Economics and is interested in pursuing a career around economic development.
