Editorial Board
Arianna Skibell is a junior from Atlanta, Georgia co-majoring in psychology and linguistics with a minor in English. She joined the Wheel her freshman year as Asst. Arts & Living editor. And she is incredibly excited to finish out her Emory career working as Editor-in-Chief of an organization she loves and believes in. In her spare time, she enjoys mystifying scientists with the copious amounts of coffee she drinks.
email | askibel@emory.edu
Jordan Friedman is a College junior from Long Island, New York co-majoring in Journalism and History. He has been a member of the editorial board since his freshman year and previously served as Asst. News Editor, News Editor and Associate Editor. Jordan loves Chipotle and the Wheel, so if he isn’t at one of those places, he’s probably at the other.
email | jordan.m.friedman@emory.edu
Lane Billings is a junior from Memphis, Tennessee majoring in English, with concentrations in both British and African American Literature. She has served on Editorial Board since March of her freshman year, when she was hired as Assistant Editor for the now-defunct Entertainment section. Lane loves all things Wheel, and she also tries very hard to love people. During her year as Managing Editor, Lane will focus her energies on making the Wheel a more visible, more accessible campus organization.
email | lane.billings@emory.edu
Sonam Vashi is a College sophomore from Atlanta, Ga. double majoring in political science and journalism. She worked at the Wheel her freshman year as a copy editor and casual writer and then joined the Editorial Board at the beginning of her sophomore year. In her free time, she enjoys harassing strangers and forcibly inserting quotes from The Lord of the Rings in conversation.
email | svashi2@emory.edu
Nicholas Sommariva is a College sophomore from Albuquerque, New Mexico hoping to study in the Goizueta Business School. He has served as Asst. News Editor and now News Editor.
email | nicholas.sommariva@emory.edu
Karishma Mehrotra is a freshman from Cupertino, California co-majoring in journalism and international relation. She is Asst. News Editor and can’t wait to continue contributing to the Wheel in the upcoming years. Her laugh is so obnoxiously loud and foreign that she can talk to animals, specifically beached whales and hyenas.
email | kmehrot@emory.edu
Dustin Slade is a College freshman from Miami, Fl hoping to study finance with a concentration in film and media management in the B-School with a minor in media studies. He recently joined the Wheel’s editorial staff and is looking forward to contributing to the paper. Dustin is a brother of the Zeta Beta Tau fraternity and an avid South Florida sports fan.
email | dustin.slade@emory.edu
Priyanka Krishnamurthy is a College sophomore from Coppell, TX. She is double-majoring in Philosophy and Economics hoping to become an environmental lawyer. She holds a great interest in feminist literature and existentialist thought. She is an advocate for the counter-culture and hopes one day everything will revert back to the 60s.
email | priyanka.krishnamurthy@emory.edu
Annelise Alexander is a pre-business College sophomore also co-majoring in journalism.
email | annelise.alexander@emory.edu
Emelia Fredlick is a College sophomore from Chicago, Illinois co-majoring in dance and journalism. She began writing for the Wheel‘s Arts & Living section in the spring of her freshman year, and, a year later, is delighted to be joining the ranks of the editorial board as Asst. Arts & Entertainment Editor. In addition to the Wheel, she is a fan of watching black-and-white movies, traveling the world and imbibing multiple vats of coffee at a time.
email | emelia.j.fredlick@emory.edu
Elizabeth Howell is a College sophomore from Atlanta, Georgia joint-majoring in religion and history with most likely another major in German studies. She joined the Wheel Editorial Board at the end of her freshman year and couldn’t be happier to be a part of the Student Life section. She loves the color teal, can talk really fast and is positive that Leprechaun in the Hood is the worst movie ever.
email | ehowel5@emory.edu
Jenna Kingsley is a College freshman from Palm City, Florida hoping to study at the Goizueta Business School and co-major in English/Creative Writing. She joined the Wheel’s editorial board as Asst. Student Life Editor and is excited to see the section grow this year as Co-Editor. She’s convinced that she’s the only American who doesn’t like coffee or tea, but she fills that void in her life with cats, peppermint gum and “Scrubs” reruns.
email | jdkings@emory.edu
Nathaniel Ludewig is a Goizueta Business School junior from Los Angeles, California majoring in finance. He served as assistant sports editor starting during his sophomore year and then sports editor in his sophomore year as well.
email | nludewi@emory.edu
Ryan Smith is a College freshman from Villanova, Pa. co-majoring in journalism and economics. He holds the all-time school record for shortest stint on the varsity track team at 9.3 days. In his spare time he enjoys licking his elbow and hopelessly campaigning for an Emory-USF rivalry.
email | ryan.smith@emory.edu
Bennett Ostdiek is a College sophomore from Houston, Texas. He has no idea what he is studying or what he is going to do with his life, but he once hit a home run in Little League. He can throw a frisbee 50 yards with a strong tailwind, has a truly terrific head of hair and tells people that Yale was his backup school.
email | bostdie@emory.edu
Nick Bradley is a College sophomore from Skillman, New Jersey co-majoring in journalism and Spanish. He’s the host of WMRE’s foremost (and only) rock history radio show, Liner Notes, a pilot of whatever plane he can lay his hands on and a lover of all things Kappa Sigma. He also rocks a bow tie like he was born wearing one.
email | nbradle@emory.edu
Ross Fogg is a College junior from Fayetteville, Georgia majoring in English. In addition to being the Online Editor he has written for the Editorials section since his sophomore year.
email | rfogg@emory.edu
Stephanie Minor is a College junior from Atlanta co-majoring in history and journalism. Stephanie joined the editorial board as assistant Arts & Living editor during her sophomore year, became A&E co-editor, then took a break from the Wheel. Now she’s back as the multimedia editor — which is perfect because if Twitter were a person, she’d marry him/her.
email | snminor@emory.edu
Emily is a junior from Princeton, New Jersey majoring in Anthropology and Human Biology and minoring in Global Health. After holding the role of Photography Editor of the Yearbook in high school, she continued pursuing her passion for photography by joining the Wheel her sophomore year. While she’s not toting her baby Rebel XSi or antique Nikkormat film cameras around, she enjoys traveling the world, going to festivals and people watching in cafés.
email | elin22@emory.edu
James Crissman is a sophomore from Graham, North Carolina studying photography through Emory’s Interdisciplinary Studies program. He started taking pictures for the Wheel during the spring semester of his freshman year, and stepped up as assistant photography editor in the spring of 2013. His favorite animal is the bison and he wants to adopt a Great Dane, or a bison.
email | jcrissm@emory.edu
Justin Groot is a College junior from Carmel, Indiana majoring in international studies. He formerly served as the editor of the Student Life section.
email | jgroot@emory.edu
Amanda Kline is a junior from Charlottesville, Virginia majoring in psychology with a minor in religion. She joined the Wheel as a copy editor in the spring of her sophomore year, and served as co-copy chief before becoming an associate editor.
email | amkline@emory.edu
Vincent Xu is a junior from Princeton, New Jersey double majoring in Philosophy and History. His first contribution to the Wheel was a Sports article on a cross country meet in Sewanee, Tennessee. A little over a year later, in the fall of his sophomore year, he was called up to the editorial ranks as an Asst. Sports Editor. The rest, as they say, is history. In addition to being a bit too sentimental at times when indulging in vintage or just plain old objects, he is an optimist who tries hard to believe in the progressive capacities of humanity.
email | vincent.xu@emory.edu
