Fall 2026 Student Editorial Staff

Guilllermo Hernandez is a junior at UNCA majoring in both Mass Communication and Political Science. He is interested in how the media spreads information and its impact on our connection to each other, the stories of human rights violations that can be spread on social media to feature film collections of a tragedy across borders or here locally.  

Kora Bohland (she/they) is a fourth year at UNCA, majoring in Psychology with a minor in Political Science. Working an after school program made her realize how much she enjoyed working with children, which she plans to do after graduating. Her passions are film and literature, and its ability to liberate future generations through the art of storytelling.

Marcos Martinez (he/him) is a junior at UNC Asheville majoring in Drama and Political Science. He is interested in analyzing and tackling racial injustice in societal institutions such as in higher education, entertainment, medicine, and politics. He is also interested in promoting visibility and empathy towards these injustices through his own public work as an organizer and artist.

Ana Baskerville is a Junior at UNCA majoring in Political Science. She has an interest in policy, with a focus on human rights and criminal/procedural rights. How we treat those accused of or convicted of criminal charges serves as a bottom line of human rights in many places, her research searches to bring attention to places in which this bottom line is in violation of international treaties.

Jay Scantlin (He/Him) is a junior at UNCA, double-majoring in Economics and Political Science, minoring in Global Studies. His studies focus on Comparative Legislation, the Global Economy, Corporate violations of Human Rights, Workers’ Rights, and the expansion of Economic Rights in the postcolonial world. He is particularly interested in supply chain legislation and reform to prevent Human Rights abuses and to mitigate negative environmental impacts, as well as shifting away from the practice of companies voluntarily observing Human Rights, to the legally mandated observation of Human Rights.

Isabel Richardson (she/her) is a senior majoring in Mass Communication with minors in Human Rights Studies and Legal Studies. As an aspiring human rights journalist, she is passionate about using investigative storytelling to examine social and civil inequalities whilst amplifying underrepresented voices. Her reporting interests include immigration, refugee rights, and human rights advocacy. 

Gabriella Johnston is a junior double majoring in Global Studies & Law, Ethics, and Social Policy with a Human Rights minor. She has an interest in human rights and public policy, and one day hopes to help shape global human right policy to make a more accountable system for human right offenders to answer to. 

Caro Malley (she/her/hers) focuses her studies at UNCA on Creative Writing, French, and Women & Gender Studies. Thus, with her adoration at the altars of the intersection of feminism, the origins of language systems, and truly beautiful pieces of writing, these serve to inspire and to engender Caro’s specific writing style; it was this same crossroads of fascinations that beckoned her into the doors of “Dignity.” Caro is also a celebrated actor, playwright, activist, coloratura, and ((of course)) dogwalker!

Neely Rogan (they/them) is a senior at UNC Asheville, majoring in Political Science with a minor in Legal Studies. They have an interest in human rights specifically surrounding the right to adequate healthcare for female bodied individuals and gender-affirming care. After their time at UNCA, they hope to continue their studies in human rights and work with international organizations surrounding women, gender, and sexuality.