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Ariyanna Aimen is a recent UCLA graduate with a B.A. in Political Science, specializing in Race, Ethnicity, and Politics. During her academic career, she served in the student senate and was an active member of the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee. Currently, working as a paralegal at Blumenthal and Moore Law Firm, she assists attorneys with Franklin proceedings. Her professional work focuses on supporting young offenders, seeking to provide context regarding their personal hardships as children that eventually led to their incarceration. Ariyanna plans to attend law school to further her legal career.
Hunter Alexander graduated from the University of Arizona in 2024 with Honors, majoring in PPEL and minoring in Government and Public Policy. His academic interests lie in the intersection between law and philosophy, more specifically in the nature of constitutions and their relation to the body politic. He hopes to pursue this passion in law school in the near future. In the meantime, he is the Director of Web Development and serves on the Board of Directors for ABC Youth Foundation, a nonprofit boxing gym for disadvantaged children in San Diego, California.
Mohammed Alharthi is a senior undergraduate student at UCLA, pursuing a B.A. in Political Science and a B.S. in Mathematics and Economics. Mohammed consulted the public sector at McKinsey & Co., worked with diplomats and UN member states as a political affairs intern at the United Nations Secretariat in New York, and aided strategic planning at the Saudi Industrial Development Fund. He co-founded Furas to unlock internships in Saudi Arabia and served in student government and association positions on the UCLA campus. Mohammed is currently writing his UCLA honors thesis on Economic Statecraft, using AI-powered sentiment and content analysis.
Mustafa Gillani is a recent graduate from UCLA where he attained a B.A. in Political Science, with a concentration in International Relations. His research interests include foreign policy, the role of social media in shaping political behavior, and the growing impact of AI on the public. He previously worked for the Council on International Educational Exchange (an NGO focused on promoting international education/cultural exchange) in their Government Affairs Department, and is interested in pursuing a career in law.
Maddox Larson is pursuing a B.A. with a Major in Philosophy and Minors in Economics and Mathematics at Creighton University. Since 2022, he has been a Research Assistant and Writing Mentor at the Gail Werner-Robertson Research Fellowship Program at the Menard Family Center for Economic Inquiry in Creighton University’s Heider College of Business. His research interests are primarily in social epistemology. He has participated in several undergraduate research projects in philosophy and economics which have led to multiple conference presentations, research awards, and publications.
Robert McCann is pursuing a Major in Humanistic Philosophy and a Minor in German at the University of Pennsylvania. His main research areas focus on French Continental Philosophy, especially figures like Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Michel Foucault, and Jacques Derrida. Through a close look at the intersection of language and phenomenology, he hopes to re-evaluate a specific moment in French thought. He is also an editor at 34th Street Magazine, and the author of multiple plays.
Matthew Zinno is pursuing a B.S. in Government and Politics at the University of Maryland. He is a research assistant at the PROMPT Lab and a former Thurgood Marshall Research Fellow. Matthew recently completed an internship at the U.S. House of Representatives and has begun a legislative internship at the U.S. Senate. Matthew’s research focuses on executive and judicial politics, and his departmental honors thesis examining their interactions received high honors. After graduation, he plans to pursue a graduate degree in Political Science with the goal of becoming a professor.
