Our Team


Editors-in-Chief

Emily Poltorac (She/Her)

Co-Editor-in-Chief

Emily Poltorac is a fourth-year joint honours student pursuing a degree in Political Studies and History. Having previously worked as a Copy Editor, Emily is honoured to have been chosen as one of the 2023-2024 Editors-In-Chief and is extremely enthusiastic to see the direction Politicus takes this year. In her spare time, Emily is an avid reader, writer, and baker, and enjoys spending time with her friends and family.

Fallon Gervais (She/Her) Co-Editor-in-Chief

Fallon Gervais is a third-year student at Queen’s University, majoring in Political Studies and minoring in History. She was a member of the Politicus Marketing Team last year, Fallon is thrilled to have been selected as Co-Editor-In-Chief for the 2023-2024 year. She is excited to publish the two annual Politicus journals and engage with the Queen’s Community this year! In her free time, Fallon enjoys photography, baking and spending time with family.


Assistant Editor & Equity , Diversity, Inclusion & Indigeneity (EDII) Team

Marianna

Flórez Camacho (She/Her)Co-EDII Director

Third Year, Life Sciences

Purity W

atiwat (S

he/Her)

Co-EDII Director

Fourth Year, Health Studies


Assistant Editor & Copy Editors

Vanessa Kania (she/her)


Assistant Editor

Fourth Year, Con-Ed History

Téa Breedon (she/her)

Copy Editor

Second Year, Political Studies

Tina Hashemi (she/her)

Copy Editor

Third Year, Political Studies

Marisa Fitzgerald (she/her)


Copy Editor

Fourth Year, Political Studies Major, Mathematics Minor

Wesley Kwan (he/him)


Copy Editor

Second Year, Health Sciences

Sara Di Stefano (she/her)


Copy Editor

Fourth Year, Political Studies


Editorial Board

Ben Salazar (he/him)

Editor
Fourth Year, Political Studies

Fred Simonyi (he/him)

Editor
Third Year, Politics, Philosophy & Economics

Austin Gyorgy (he/him)

Editor
Third Year, Global Development

Xian Tronsgard (she/her)

Editor
Second Year, Economics & Politics

Tim Martin

(he/him)

Editor
Third Year, Political Studies & History

Bridgette Paisley (she/her)

Editor
Third Year, Applied Economics

Jackson Stephens (he/they)

Editor
Fourth Year, Politics & Philosophy

Hannah Romkema (she/her)

Editor
Third Year, Con-ed, Political Studies & Global Development

Tyler Clements (he/him)

Editor
Fourth Year, Political Studies


Marketing Team

Jayla Davidson (she/her)

Marketing Director
Third Year, Political Studies

Magdalena Dubravsky

(she/her)

Marketing Coordinator
Third Year, Political Studies

Kyra Barrick(she/her)

Marketing Coordinator
First Year, Political Studies & Global Developemnt

Jaya Sigurdson (she/her)

Marketing Coordinator
First Year, Political Studies


Events Team

Rebekah Feldman (she/her)

Events Director

Third Year, Political Studies

Yamna Asim (she/her)

Events Coordinator

Third Year, Political Studies Major & Philosophy Minor

Sydney Burland (she/her)

Events Coordinator

First Year, Political Studies


Archiving Assistant

Ruth Gebreyesus (she/her)

Archiving Assistant
Fourth Year, Economics


Lower Year Interns