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The Editorial Board of CEAR is composed entirely of Columbia University undergraduates. Editors come from a wide range of academic backgrounds but share an interest in topics pertaining to East Asia. Many editors have experience working, living, and studying in East Asia; others have studied one or more of the countries in the region extensively. To view past editorial boards, please click here.

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	Samantha Lassoff Co-Editor-in-Chief Samantha Lassoff is a senior majoring in East Asian Studies. Her academic interests include pre-modern Chinese and Japanese religion, cultural history, and art, as well as political economy. Samantha's senior thesis questioned the universal appeal of Chinese/Han Taiwanese female deities. This is Samantha's third year with the Columbia East Asia Review, having served as Senior Editor, Public Relations Deputy, and Managing Editor in the last two years, and currently Co-Editor-in-Chief.
	Angela Lu Co-Editor-in-Chief Angela Lu is a senior at Columbia University majoring in East Asian Studies. Her academic interests include China's political, sociological, and legal development and China-Japan relations. She has conducted fieldwork in Shanghai for her thesis on non-governmental legal aid services and its relationship to China's mass organizations.
	Winston Kung Publisher Winston Kung is a junior at Columbia. He is nominally from this beautiful city of New York, meaning he's actually spent most of his life after three years old growing up in Hong Kong and Taipei. He is majoring in political science and economics now and is especially interested in the economic takeoff of the Asian tiger states. He also secretly wants to be a chef and open a chain of delicious Taiwanese restaurants throughout the U.S., but is limited by his inability to turn on a stove.
	Christine Kwon Lead Senior Editor Christine Kwon is a (very!) recent graduate of Columbia College, with a B.A. in East Asian Languages and Cultures, and Linguistics. She is currently acting as research assistant to Profs. Robert Barnett and Gray Tuttle. Most summers will find her out in some obscure corner of the world failing to absorb any country's language or culture with any success, while continually making badder her already deteriorating English. Christine enjoys cooking, and, by extension, almost all foods, with the exception of moldy, fermented old milk--what some like to call 'cheese.'
	Katie Rooney Lead Senior Editor Katherine Rooney, Barnard '10, is majoring in East Asian Studies with a focus on China and sociology. She is also pursuing a concentration in history. Katherine has spent the last two summers studying and interning in China. This past summer, she conducted research on Buddhist material culture in Beijing.
	Kristina Sweet Lead Senior Editor Kristina Sweet is a fourth-year student at The School of General Studies who brings an infectious enthusiasm for punctuation to the CEAR Editorial Board. An anthropology major and former chef, Kristina spends most of her time thinking about food, culture, and graduate school applications. In addition to her work with CEAR, Kristina works with several on-campus community service programs as the assistant to the Senior Program Coordinator at Community Impact.
	Amin Ghadimi Senior Editor Amin Ghadimi is a Columbia College sophomore majoring in East Asian Languages and Cultures. Born and raised in Kobe, Japan, Amin maintains an academic interest in Japanese history and language. He is also an opinion columnist for the Columbia Daily Spectator and the secretary of the Baha'i Club of Columbia University. And he thinks we should all speak Kansai-ben.
	Alison Hodgson Senior Editor Alison Hodgson is a Barnard senior majoring in Asian and Middle Eastern Cultures with a disciplinary concentration in the built environment and a minor in Architecture. Her academic interests include sustainable development, low-income housing and China's linguistic and physical evolution. In addition to her role at CEAR, she is also the Editor Emerita of the Barnard Bulletin, Barnard's bi-weekly magazine, and a Writing Fellow of Barnard's Writing Fellows Program.
	Christopher Morales Senior Editor Christopher Morales is a senior at Columbia College finishing his major in East Asian Languages and Cultures. He is in his fourth year of Chinese language study and specializes in the literature and sociology of China. He spent last summer living in Beijing conducting research for his senior thesis on neighborhood and ethnic identity. He is a founding member of the East Asia Review and is currently a senior editor.
	Sayuri Shimoda Senior Editor Sayuri Shimoda is a Senior in Columbia College, majoring in Political Science-Economics and East Asian Studies. She is a Senior Editor for the Columbia East Asia Review. She is originally from Tokyo but is loving New York City and hopes to stay here for many more years. While Sayuri has taken many amazing classes, her two favorties are World War Two in History and Memory and Japanese Politics.
	Caitlin Casiello Associate Editor Caitlin Casiello is a Barnard junior majoring in EALAC/AMEC with a focus on Japanese literature. She hails from beautiful, pristine middle-of-nowhere and much prefers dirty, smoggy New York. Her interest in Japan began at the age of nine when she saw an episode of Sailor Moon. This event has determined the entire trajectory of her life since, but she tries not to think about that too much. Her hobbies include writing unfinished short stories and drawing unfunny cartoons on request.
	Adoree Kim Associate Editor Adoree Kim is a sophomore in Columbia College majoring in East Asian Languages and Cultures. Adoree has interned as a reporter and editor for the Washington Times, the Korea Times, and The Daily Yomiuri. She has also conducted independent field research in China, South Korea, and Japan concerning students? attitudes and misconceptions toward the peoples and governments of other East Asian nations. She is interested in Chinese literature, Korean Reunification politics and all things North Korean.
	Mia Lewis Associate Editor Mia Lewis is currently a senior majoring in East Asian Studies with a focus on Japanese Literature. She has spent two years living in Japan: one in high school in Takasaki, Gunma, and one last year in Kyoto. She loves exploring the potential of the medium of Japanese comics, even though she couldn't draw to save her life. Her other interests include tea, cute and not-so-cute animals, and cooking vegetarian meals.
	Christopher Loo Associate Editor Chris Loo is currently a junior majoring in EALAC with a disciplinary focus in Chinese Literature. He is also a Head Teacher of Artist Reaching Out (ARO), a program that aims at expanding the extracurricular opportunities available to children in local public schools. He realized he has neither the saintly patience nor the tyrannical authority necessary to be a good teacher in the real world. After forgoing all CC reading to finish Adrian Tomine's "Shortcomings," he now entertains the fantasy of delving back into his High School Cartoonist's roots to become a Graphic Artist in the future.
	Ashley Lu Associate Editor Ashley Lu is currently a junior at Columbia. Her primary interests in East Asia centers around urban planning, and artistic and cultural developments. She is from Hong Kong and has a passion for city life, movies, water sports, and art. She hopes one day to attend the Oscars.
	Katherine Marshall Associate Editor Katherine Marshall is a Columbia College sophomore from Minneapolis, Minnesota. She plans to major in East Asian Languages and Cultures and is particularly interested in modern Japanese language and mass culture. Katy is involved with the Columbia International Relations Council and Association and the Undergraduate Recruitment Committee and contributes to the Weatherhead East Asian Institute's publication, Soundings. She speaks fluent Spanish, French and Italian and is a certified private pilot.
	Alexander Martin Associate Editor Alec Martin is a sophomore at Columbia College majoring in East Asian Studies. Alec is particularly interested in Cross-Strait relations, modern Chinese history, and the evolution of cultural perceptions of East Asia in the US. In his spare time, he enjoys travel and 90's era Hong Kong action cinema. Born and raised in Nashville, Tennessee, Alec considers barbecue the foundation of the food pyramid.
	Joyce Ng Associate Editor Born in Hong Kong, Joyce Ng is currently a junior majoring in English. An avid art-house film fan, she divides her spare time between watching movies and reading novels. Joyce is also Vice President of the Chinese Students Club.
	Elizabeth Shen Associate Editor Lizzie Shen is a junior in the College, double majoring in Political Science and EALAC, with a primary regional interest in China. Lizzie is fascinated by the interaction of the Chinese political elite, and their influence on party policy, and the internet and its effects on free speech in China. Born and raised in Hong Kong and currently living in Shanghai, Lizzie enjoys a really good bowl of wonton, sample sales in New York, and exploring the temples and churches of Shanghai.
	Melissa Stone Associate Editor Mel Stone hails from Hong Kong and speaks endlessly of it. She aspires to be a barrister, a position at the Hong Kong Tourism Board would probably better suit her. She spent the first few years of her life speaking only Cantonese and broken English, and still questions her ability to speak English coherently. She enjoys plane rides, train rides, boat rides, and Italian Renaissance Art. Her academic interests include comparative economies and legal systems, as well as urban planning in East Asia. She is a sophomore majoring in Economics and Italian.
	Eric Tang Associate Editor Born in Shanghai and currently residing in New Jersey, Eric Tang came to Columbia with the goal of exploring the scientific, political and economic issues facing the world of today. He plans on using his Columbia education to spread understanding between cultures and bring change to this world. Eric is currently a sophomore in Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.
	Yinuo Wang Associate Editor Yinuo Wang is from Holmdel, NJ and is interested in biochemistry and East Asian studies. She is excited to explore the latter as a member of the CEAR editorial board. A native of Shanghai, she would like to continue traveling throughout China to become more acquainted with its contemporary culture. In her free time, she enjoys great nights of music in New York City.