{"id":11794,"date":"2026-06-02T11:55:35","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T18:55:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cagr\/?page_id=11794"},"modified":"2026-06-02T11:55:53","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T18:55:53","slug":"valerie-aronhalt-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cagr\/profiles\/valerie-aronhalt-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Soygun Ismayil"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--scrolling-text-with-image \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--scrolling-text-with-image\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  <div class=\"text-image-container\">\n\n          \n      <div class=\"image-container\">\n            \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img decoding=\"async\"\n                            src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cagr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/108\/2026\/01\/Soygun-Ismayil-768x1024.jpg\"\n          srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cagr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/108\/2026\/01\/Soygun-Ismayil-1280x1707.jpg 1280w,https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cagr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/108\/2026\/01\/Soygun-Ismayil-768x1024.jpg 768w\"          sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 50vw, (min-width:768px) 100vw, 100vw\"\n        \n                  role=\"none\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      \n    <div class=\"text-container\">\n  \n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--eyebrow\">\n\n    \n  <span>Research Fellow<\/span>\n\n\n<\/div>\n        \n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n          Soygun Ismayil\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n        \n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <div class=\"staff-position\">\n<p>Soygun Ismayil, is a junior studying both history and English here at USC. 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