Current Editors
Sabrina Niu, Art Editor
Mengyu (Sabrina) Niu is a junior from Beijing, China, majoring in Communication and minoring in Communication Design and Applied Analytics. She’s very happy to be a Palaver art editor, learning and spreading visual expressions of USC students. Beyond Palaver, she is also the head of Event Planning for USC CSSA. In her free time, she loves photography, musicals, collecting all kinds of admission tickets and dried flowers, and watching British TV series or k-dramas while she’s eating.
Maude Malone, Media Editor
Maude is a freshman majoring in Media Arts and Practices. She has a passion for art in all forms and is excited to take on an editorial role. Over the years, Maude has taken special interest in film, design, fashion, and writing and has had a few works published and gained some recognition. She is hopeful that she will be able to learn more about editorial work and help to provide a platform for others through which to connect and express themselves.
Stella Schabel, Art and Media Editor
Stella (’26) is a Media Arts + Practice major from London. In her spare time she enjoys exploring nature, watching movies and shows, rock climbing and cuddling her sausage dog, Marv. She loves creating things, from beading jewelry to animating shorts.
Maizy Zenger, Art and Media Editor
Maizy Zenger is a sophomore from Corpus Christi, Texas majoring in Cinema and Media Studies. She has a strong love for the arts, and practices photography, drawing, and creative writing in her free time. She has a strong interest in Production Design and Art Direction for Cinema and Interactive Media, and hopes to pursue Art Department work in her future career.
Jonathan Hayden, Poetry Editor
Jonathan Hayden is a junior from North Carolina studying creative writing and East Asian Language and Culture. In high school, they self-published a poetry book and have been reading and writing poetry ever since. They’re excited to be a part of Palaver to help create a magazine that reflects the talent and interests of USC students. When not reading something eclectic, they can be found playing guitar, going to concerts, or looking for cats.
Naya Dukkipati, Poetry Editor
Naya Dukkipati is from Dallas, Texas, and is double majoring in Public Policy and Economics. She has been published in a few literary journals, self-published her own poetry book, and works as a youth ambassador for a creative writing non-profit. She became interested in Palaver because of its commitment to helping aspiring writers and artists, and its encouragement of writing as a tool for socio-political advocacy. She can’t wait to help the magazine and bring out the creative spirit of USC students!
Grace Kim, Poetry Editor
Grace Kim is a second year student from Irvine, California, majoring in English with a Creative Writing emphasis and minoring in Screenwriting and the Cinematic Arts. As an Associate Poetry Editor at Palaver, she is excited to see the talent and to hear the voices of USC’s student poets. Her favorite book genres are historical fiction and slice of life, and outside of reading and writing, she loves watching movies, ballroom dancing, going to the beach, and all things cat related.
Janette Fu, Associate Prose Editor
Luisa Luo, Associate Prose Editor
Murleve Roberts, Prose Editor
Murleve is a sophomore from Palm Beach County, Florida majoring in Writing for Screen & Television. She loves storytelling in all of its forms and is excited to uplift her peers‘ voices as a first-time litmag staffer. In her free time, she can most easily be found streaming TV dramedies, trying to analyze her personality type, and goofing off with her friends.
Amy Cannon, Faculty Managing Editor
Amy Cannon is Associate Professor of Writing for Thematic Option. She received her MFA from UC Irvine and is the author of the chapbook “the interior desert” (Californios Press) and the mini-chapbook “to make a desert” (Platypus Press). Her work can be found in Bone Bouquet, LETTERS, LIT, and Rock & Sling, among other places. She is delighted to oversee this stellar group of editors.
Past Editors
Marisa Caddick, Founding Poetry Editor
Danielle Collins, Founding Fiction Editor
Bowen Du, Founding Poetry Editor
Matthew Fresolone, Founding Media Editor
Shirley (Yumeng) He, Founding Art Editor
Jordan Kessler, Founding Media Editor
Brooke Schneider, Founding Art Editor
Rennie Svirnovskiy, Founding Fiction Editor
Joanna Velez, Founding Digital Editor
Cameryn Baker, Former Poetry Editor
Maggie Bowen, Former Digital Editor
Pierson Carlsen, Former Media Editor
Elizabeth Dassow, Former Poetry Editor
Anya Jiménez, Former Poetry Editor
Julia Lin, Former Art Editor
Nancy Liu, Former Digital Editor
Enrique Martinez III, Former Digital Editor
Holly McCauley, Former Prose Editor
Nikki Ramsy, Former Fiction Editor
Angela Rong, Former Media Editor
Rohan Srinivasan, Former Fiction Editor
Sara Sturek, Former Poetry Editor
Gabe Tolson, Former Art Editor
Lauren Trujillo, Former Digital Editor
Aylish Turner, Former Media Editor