Staff Bios

Caroline Lalonde is the managing editor of WorldAffairsJournal.org and the communications director for the organization. Prior to joining World Affairs, she taught in Prague and traveled throughout central and southeast Europe. She formerly worked as a project manager for a management solutions consultant, and as an account manager in a direct marketing and publishing company. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Mass Communications with a concentration in Public Relations and a Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies in global women’s studies from Virginia Commonwealth University.

Rachel Adams is a deputy editor at WorldAffairsJournal.org and the managing editor of Demokratizatsiya, a quarterly academic journal that reports on the contemporary transformation of the Soviet Union's successor states. She was previously an editor at Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning; and at Preservation, the magazine of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. She received her B.A. in English from the Catholic University of America and her M.A. in Writing from Johns Hopkins University. She also edits the quarterly literary journal Lines + Stars.

Caitlin Prichard is a front page editor for WorldAffairsJournal.org and communications manager for the organization. She graduated from American University with a bachelor's degree in International Affairs with a concentration in U.S. Foreign Policy and the Middle East. She also holds a certificate in French translation.

Ania Viver is an editorial/research assistant at WorldAffairsJournal.org. She recently graduated with a masters degree from the John C. Whitehead School of Diplomacy and International Relations at Seton Hall, where she focused on conflict prevention and the South Caucasus region. Prior to moving to the US from her native Russia, Ania worked for six years as a trilingual assistant to the regional coordinator on international programs.