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2012 Editorial Board

CEAR's editorial board is comprised entirely of Columbia University undergraduates. CEAR editors come from a wide range of academic backgrounds and all four CU undergraduate schools—Columbia College, the Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science, the School of General Studies, and Barnard College—but are united by their shared interest in East and Southeast Asian studies. Many editors have experience living, working, and studying in East Asia; others have studied one or more areas in the region extensively. To view past editorial boards, please click here.

	Katherine Marshall Editor-in-Chief Katherine Marshall is a senior in Columbia College majoring in East Asian Studies and concentrating in Business Management. She has been passionate about language and cultural exchange from a young age, having studied abroad in Japan, France, and Mexico throughout high school and college. She is proficient in Spanish, French, Italian, and Japanese. Katherine has participated in a number of professional internships, including experiences at the Boston Consulting Group, the Center on Japanese Economy and Business at Columbia Business School, UBS, and INTERPOL. She has served as a delegate to the Japan-America Student Conference and has been active on campus as a tour guide and volunteer tutor for the Double Discovery Center. An avid traveler, Katherine is also a VFR-rated private pilot. She will join the New York office of the Boston Consulting Group after graduation and hopes to one day pursue a management career in fashion.
	Melissa Stone Managing Editor Melissa Stone (BC '12) is Managing Editor of the Review, overseeing the editorial process of the publication. As a member of the Review for three years running, she has seen it grow from a journal local to Columbia to one whose readership extends across the country today. A native of Hong Kong, Melissa is pursuing a degree in Economics with a minor in Art History. She counts emerging market and transition economies, and the contemporary art market in East Asia, among her academic interests. Melissa will be working in the business of real estate upon graduation this year.
	Amin Ghadimi Lead Senior Editor Born and raised in Kobe, Japan, Amin Ghadimi majors in East Asian Languages and Cultures at Columbia College. His academic interests lie generally in questions of East Asian modernity and specifically in Japanese intellectual history, the history of early Japan-Middle East encounters, and the history and historiography of minorities in Japan. Amin brings to CEAR experience as editorial page editor of the Columbia Daily Spectator and secretary of the Baha'i Club of Columbia University. He likes bushwalking, country music, and Zhuangzi.
	Shan Cie Fok Senior Editor Shan Cie Fok is a junior at Columbia University majoring in History. Born and raised in Hong Kong, a place that is a microcosm of how the East meets the West, she has witnessed and experienced the relationship between China and the Western super powers. As such, she is particularly interested in modern Chinese history and the long-lasting effects that imperialism have imprinted upon China, most notably Sino-American/Japanese relations and the opaque mix of communism and capitalism in Chinese politics, a unique dichotomy that exists only in China. She is passionate about foreign languages and meeting people from different cultural backgrounds. In her spare time, she enjoys walks in fresh air and tennis.
	Paula Gergen Senior Editor Paula Gergen is a senior in Columbia College majoring in East Asian Languages and Cultures and concentrating in Psychology. Having spent a summer interning in Taiwan and a semester abroad in Beijing, she is particularly interested in East Asian literature, contemporary Chinese social issues, and cross-Strait relations. In her spare time, she enjoys travelling, reading, cooking, Netflix, and exploring New York City.
	Paul Hsiao Senior Editor Paul Hsiao is a senior in Columbia College studying Economics and Psychology via English and East Asian Studies. Paul became interested in East Asian affairs by living Hong Kong, Japan and Canada and one day plans to open an Asian-themed coffee shop.
	Benjamin Krusling Senior Editor Benjamin Krusling is a Columbia College senior majoring in English, concentrating in East Asian Studies with a focus on Japan. He is primarily interested in literary and cultural formulations of gender and identity in Japan's postwar period, the way those things inform and are informed by sexuality, capitalism, and politics. Benjamin ran into Ryan Gosling near his apartment last summer which was funny and unexpected. His other interests mainly involve reading, writing, and music, often in combination. He is from the American Midwest which is a slow and pleasant place.
	Hyun Jee Cho Associate Editor Hyun Jee Cho is a Junior from Seoul, Korea. She majors in Political Science and her academic interests include foreign policy, domestic politics and ethnic minorities of East Asian countries. In her free time, she enjoys watching Japanese tv shows and baking chocolate chip cookies.
	Cathi Choi Associate Editor Cathi Choi is a junior in the College, studying History and Art History. Within the History major, Cathi is specializing in International History with a regional focus on East Asia. Besides her work with CEAR, she also spends her time working as the Art Director of the Eye Magazine, chair of the Academic Awards Committee, and president of West Coast Connection. Her investment in East Asia also spans beyond the academic realm, and she has spent her past two summers in Shanghai and Seoul.
	Mark Choi Associate Editor Mark Choi is a sophomore in Columbia College majoring in Economics-Philosophy. Growing up in a very Zen environment as a child, Mark is a vegetarian and likes to meditate and practice the traditional Korean tea ceremony. His varied interests in East Asia include the history and politics of North Korea, Chinese language and culture, Buddhism, and Eastern mysticism. In his spare time, Mark is an amateur photographer, who wishes he were an artsy hipster.
	Jesse Garrett Associate Editor Born and raised in San Francisco, Jesse Garrett is a Columbia College Freshman, majoring in Financial Economics and currently taking elementary Mandarin. Having already traveled to China twice, he is excited for the opportunity to intern in the Shanghai venture capital industry this upcoming summer. At Columbia, he is also a finance associate for the Daily Spectator. In his free time, he plays soccer and shoots wildlife photography.
	Nora Habboosh Associate Editor Nora Habboosh is a sophomore in Columbia College majoring in Political Science (with an International Relations concentration) and Statistics along with a Pre-Medical track. Nora is interested in international health and enjoys a multifaceted study of medicine through both science and policy. In addition to CEAR at Columbia, Nora is a board member of the Columbia China Law and Business Association and a member of the Pre-Med Society, Columbia Choir and Chamber Choir, and is an RA in Carman Hall. Nora also speaks Spanish and is studying Chinese at Columbia. She also loves being involved in athletics, volunteering in the community, planning events for her freshmen residents, Broadway musicals, baking, and classic novels.
	Peinan Liu Associate Editor Hi! My name is Peinan Liu and I am a Columbia College junior studying Economics and Political Science. I am an international student from Shenzhen, China with a passion for American culture. In my spare time I love to listen to dance music, though I am not a good dancer. In my opinion CEAR is truly a wonderful platform of cultural mix, where Eastern cultures are represented through a global perspective. I look forward to reading your submissions!
	Jessica Moningka Associate Editor Jessica Moningka is a General Studies junior majoring in Financial Economics. Born and raised primarily in Indonesia and Singapore, Jessica is passionate about the rapid development and economic potential of emerging markets in Southeast Asia. She spent a year after high school working in the food export industry as a Product Developments Manager in which she had the chance to travel and sample different Asian delicacies as part of her job. After spending her first college year in the beautiful west coast, her interests in the city include conquering unexplored territories and pining for the sea.
	David Sun Associate Editor & Publicity Committee Co-Chair David Sun is a junior in the College majoring in Economics-Philosophy. Born in Manchuria but raised in the city of Canton, he considers steamed rice noodle roll to be the crowning pearl among all dim sum dishes. After attending a cultural exchange program in the Ehime Prefecture of Japan, David became passionate about Japanese history, culture, and politics. He is particularly interested in Sino-Japanese relations, intellectual foundation of modern Japanese politics, and modernization process in East Asia. In his spare time, David thinks about architecture and reads Delirious New York written by Rem Koolhaas.
	Eric Tang Associate Editor Eric Tang is a senior studying Operations Research at Columbia Engineering. Born in Shanghai and raised in New Jersey, Eric is interested in the military, economic and political affairs of China in the twenty-first century. In his spare time, Eric enjoys finding great street food in New York, watching bad Asian movies, and driving to exotic locations.
	Katy Tong Associate Editor Katy Tong is a Columbia College sophomore majoring in Economics. Though she was born in China, she regrettably remembers very little about her childhood there, and now resides in the D.C. metro area. Outside the classroom and CEAR, Katy enjoys writing and editing for the Columbia Daily Spectator, reading works of French existentialism, watching foreign films, and navigating the NYC nightlife for independent music.
	Annie Wu Associate Editor Annie Wu is currently a junior at Barnard College, majoring in EALAC/AMEC, with a focus on Chinese history. Her academic interests include studying material cultures and exploring urbanization and concepts of modernity in late imperial China. She also enjoys creative writing, and hopes to do more of it in the future. As a born and bred New Yorker, she takes pride in the city's incredible diversity, and vows to eventually try every cuisine served within New York's restaurants. In her free time, she likes to roam the city and the Internet for the latest good eats and good music, in addition to watching Korean dramas during her study breaks.