Officers

The Penn State Anime Organization couldn’t be running without the help of our officers!  These are the members who work behind the scenes to make PSAO fun and awesome.

DISCLAIMER: All communications related to Setsucon should be directed to the Setsucon Chair. Their contact information can be found below.


The Executive Board

President – Joshua Schwartzman

Major: Cybersecurity
Year: 4th year
Favorite Anime: Dragon Ball Z
Likes: Playing Trading Card Games, Playing Video Games, Hanging out with friends
Email: jas9049@psu.edu

Vice President – Will Gustafson

Major: Telecommunications and Media Industries
Year: 3rd Year
Favorite Anime: Land of the Lustrous, Parasyte, Space Dandy, Mob Psycho 100
Likes: Gaming, Anime, Movies
Email: wjg5312@psu.edu

Secretary – Claire Hohl

Major: Biology – Neuroscience Concentration
Year: 3rd Year
Favorite Anime: Tokyo Ghoul, AOT, Clannad
Likes: Piano/Violin, reading, board games, sleeping
Email: cmh7337@psu.edu

Treasurer – Brittany Truong

Major: Biology
Year: 3rd Year
Favorite Anime: Yona of the Dawn
Likes: Drawing
Email: btt5120@psu.edu

Public Relations – Hannah Primeau

Major: Computer Science
Year: 3rd Year
Favorite Anime: Black Butler
Likes: Making readers cry (Writing), making Lucifer memes (Graphic design) and ignoring the rest of the world (Reading)
Email: hqp5263@psu.edu

Event Director – Will Gustafson

Major: Telecommunications and Media Industries
Year: 3rd Year
Favorite Anime: Land of the Lustrous, Parasyte, Space Dandy, Mob Psycho 100
Likes: Gaming, Anime, Movies
Email: wjg5312@psu.edu

The Board of Directors

Setsucon Con ChairPayton Feeney

Major: Civil Engineering
Year: 4th Year
Favorite Anime: Haikyu!!
Likes: Gaming, reading, drawing, seeing friends
Email: pbf5091@psu.edu

Manga Librarian – Jackson Blew

Major: History
Year: 4th Year
Favorite Anime: Neon Genesis Evangelion, Skull Faced Book Seller Honda-san, Delicious in Dungeon
Likes: Reading, Yu-Gi-Oh TCG, shopping at Trader Joe’s
Email: jtb6248@psu.edu

Manga Librarian Assistant – Ben Stoner

Major: Economics
Year: 3rd year
Favorite Anime:
Grand Blue Dreaming and Nichijou
Likes: Reading manga (really original, I know) and playing trading card games
Email: bjs6825@psu.edu

Manga Librarian Assistant – Emily Szabo

Major: Film Production and French
Year: 1st Year
Favorite Anime:
Fruits Basket
Likes: Writing, reading, crocheting
Email: egs5438@psu.edu

Manga Librarian Assistant – Srinidhi Deekonda

Major: Aerospace Engineering
Year: 2nd Year
Favorite Anime: Jojo, berserk, gintama, attack on titan, monster, Nichijou, junji ito, saiki k
Likes: Playing badminton, reading manga, regretting my major
Email: smd7053@psu.edu

Viewing Director – Esha Bains

Major: Biology
Year: 3rd Year
Favorite Anime: One Piece, Inuyasha, Bungo Stray Dogs
Likes: Drawing, writing short stories, and watching K-dramas
Email: eqb5511@psu.edu

Game Director – Will Gustafson

Major: Telecommunications and Media Industries
Year: 3rd Year
Favorite Anime: Land of the Lustrous, Parasyte, Space Dandy, Mob Psycho 100
Likes: Gaming, Anime, Movies
Email: wjg5312@psu.edu

Travel Director – Danica Hammonds

Major: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Year: 1st Year
Favorite Anime: My Hero Academia, Assassination Classroom, Yuri on Ice, Violet Evergarden, Spy x Family, Berserk, and many Studio Ghibli films
Likes:
Swimming, painting, playing piano, playing video games, shopping/fashion, and exploring new places
Email:
dnh5299@psu.edu

Web Master Hannah Zhao

Major: Premedicine
Year: 2nd Year
Favorite Anime: Death Note, Attack on Titan, and Haikyu!!
Likes: Sketching, painting, tennis, table tennis, creative writing, working out, volunteering, and reading
Email:
hvz5343@psu.edu

Cosplay Director – Not filled

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Art Director – Not Filled

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The Advisors

Advisor – Daniel Costantino

Major: Ph.D in Physics
Year: Class of 2009 Graduate
Favorite Anime:

Ah! My Goddess, Patlabor, Record of Lodoss War,

So I’m a Spider, So What?

Likes: Physics, Reading, Sci-Fi
Email: djc321@psu.edu

Co-Advisor – Michael Tartaglia

Major: Materials Science & Engineering
Year: Class of 2018 Graduate
Favorite Anime:
Ergo Proxy
Likes: Sports Statistics, Horse Racing, Convention Running
Email: mtartaglia11@gmail.com

 

Learn about the past Executive Boards of PSAO here!

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