Amanda Jiang grew up in Southern China. In addition to being the Editor-in-Chief of the Great Books Symposium Journal, she is the President of the Great Books Student Society, the Vice President of the Gateway Scholars Club, and a Jack Kent Cooke Scholar. Amanda works two jobs, as a DACA Mentor on the main campus and a statistical researcher with Dordt College. She graduated from Wright in spring 2018 and will study social/clinical psychology, data science, and comparative literature at Smith College.
Allen Loomis is from Saratoga Springs, NY and has been living in Chicago since 2012. He graduated from Wright College with an associate’s degree and is now attending Loyola University where he has enrolled in a BA/MA program in English literature. Outside of college, Allen loves to travel and take road trips, and he enjoys the dog beach with his two pups, Hannah and Oliver. He is also passionate about fighting homelessness and serves as an associate board member of the local Chicago organization, North Side Housing and Supportive Services.
Izaki Metropoulos is intrigued by Psychoanalytic, Romantic, and Existential literature. In addition to being a member of the Great Books Symposium Journal editorial board, he is also the treasurer of the Great Books Student Society, and he tutors all levels of English at Wright College. Outside of school, he plays traditional Greek and Balkan music professionally and frequently travels across the United States as a multi-instrumentalist. In his spare time, he loves to learn new languages, strike up conversations about controversial topics, and endlessly surf YouTube.
Alisa Scott graduated from Josephinum Academy High School with academic distinctions from the National Honor Society and Sociedad Honoraria Hispanica in 2017. She enjoys reading, writing, and drawing in her free time. She writes and edits for the Wright Times school newspaper and Symposium Journal while pursuing an Associates in Art.
Shaun Sunkara was born in Lagos, Nigeria. He immigrated to the United States when he was two years old. He graduated from Wright College in spring 2018 and will transfer to the UIC School of Business in the fall to study accounting.
Joanna Vaklin is an aspiring author and poet. She was born in Bulgaria and came to America when she was two years old. She received her Associate Degree at Oakton Community College. Joanna is now learning the wonders of logic by majoring in computer science and exploring her passion of writing by minoring in creative writing at Northeastern University. Math organizes her mind and writing frees it.