Simon Thorpe is The Roslyn and Abner Goldstine Undergraduate Fellow (2022 – 2023) at the UCLA Y&S Nazarian Center for Israel Studies. He is a senior at UCLA with a major in Global Studies and a minor in East Asian Studies. Simon serves as the co-president of his on-campus a cappella group and as the Student Groups and Outreach co-director for the Internal Vice President’s office within the Undergraduate Students Association Council (USAC). Currently, Simon is working on his undergraduate thesis discussing the impact of maps on nationalism, culture, and international business focusing on Israel-Palestine and China’s territorial disputes. He enjoys climbing, origami, history, and music.