Volume 11: Editorial Board

St Anne's Academic Review is run by students and alumni of the college on a voluntary basis.

Read on to find out more about their work and  personal interests. 

YE-YE XU

Editor-in-Chief
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Ye-Ye is a Scottish-Chinese linguist undertaking an MPhil in Linguistics, Philology and Phonetics. In 2021, she completed a PGCE in European Language with Mandarin at St Anne’s and was appointed Junior Dean of Pembroke College. Ye-Ye previously worked for the Royal Philharmonic Society and established the charities El Sistema France, Alsace, and Nevis Ensemble in Scotland. She holds an LLB with European Legal Studies from King’s College London and the University of Strasbourg. Her studies at Oxford are supported generously by the Hockerill Educational Foundation and anonymous donors. 

DANIEL MERCIECA

Production
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Daniel is a filmmaker now working as a Television Researcher and Film Runner on productions including Amazon Prime’s Autumn Nations Series, BBC’s Escape to the Country and Sky’s, The Colour Room. He holds an MSt in Film Aesthetics from St Anne’s and a BA in English Literature from Durham University, where he headed-up a licensed student cinema. At Oxford, Daniel played touch rugby and founded Spark Reviews for STAAR. He loves storytelling and aspires to write and direct his own films.

TRISEVGENI BILIA

Humanities/​Creative Writing Editor

​Trisevgeni holds a BA in Philology (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens), an MA in English Literature (Royal Holloway, University of London), and an MSt in Comparative Literature and Critical Translation (St Anne’s, Oxford). She is now studying for a DPhil in Modern Greek examining James Joyce’s presence in the Greek literary space with a focus on Ulysses. Her interests concern modernism in Modern Greek, comparative literature, and translation.

ERIN NICKALLS

Humanities/Creative Writing Editor

Erin is studying for a DPhil in Medieval and Modern Languages with a focus on translation and multimodality in 20th-century life-writing. She holds undergraduate degrees in French and Spanish literature, and a Masters in Specialized Translation. She worked in the non-profit and translation sectors for several years before returning to the academic world to complete her MSt in Comparative Literature and Critical Translation at Oxford in 2019.

LISE CAZZOLI

Science Editor/Production
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Lise is a humanitarian worker and artist currently studying for a DPhil at the Oxford Department of International Development. Her research focuses on access to healthcare for displaced hurricane survivors, and uses interdisciplinary (quantitative and qualitative) approaches to health, spanning geography, medicine, ecology and the social sciences. She holds undergraduate degrees in Social Anthropology and Political Science, a MA in Public and International Affairs, and was trained in mixed methods at the Stockholm Environment Institute. Prior and after starting her DPhil, she has worked in the policy and not-for-profit sector, including at UN level. Aside from her studies, she paints evocative and impressionistic waterscapes, and writes poetry and fiction.

EVA DALIET

Science Editor
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Eva is a pharmacist reading for a DPhil in Interdisciplinary Bioscience. Her research interests lie in structural and chemical biology and medicinal chemistry; she explores how molecular structure confers activity and function and how this relationship is perturbed in health and disease. Eva holds an MPharm from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and the University of Vienna. She is interested in playwriting and acting, and her poetry work has been featured in independent publications. Her research at Oxford is kindly funded by BBSRC, Oxford University MPLS Department and Bodossaki Foundation.

NAOMI HOODLESS

Social Science Editor
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Naomi completed her PGCE in French and German at the University of Oxford in 2021. She was the German Editor of a languages magazine during her undergraduate studies at Newcastle University, and was thrilled to have had the opportunity to use her editorial skills for the St Anne’s community. Naomi is now a teacher based in the Austrian Alps. When not teaching the St Anne’s students of tomorrow, she can be found singing in a choir or exploring the mountains.

UMAR AZMEH

Social Science Editor
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​Umar is a part-time doctoral student at St Anne's, undertaking research at the Faculty of Law into the sentencing of those convicted of terrorism offences in England and Wales. He is a dual-qualified barrister and solicitor, presenting practising at a leading firm in London, and specialising in white collar crime, business crime, and investigations.

BRITTANY HAUSE

Spark Reviews Editor
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Brittany is working toward a DPhil with Oxford’s Faculty of Linguistics, Philology and Phonetics. Their research centres on the effects of contact between speakers of various languages in an area of what's now known as Bolivia. Brittany lived in Bolivia, the USA, and South Korea before moving to Oxford in 2015 to undertake an MPhil at St Anne’s, also in linguistics.

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