Editorial Board

St Anne's Academic Review is run by graduate students and alumni of the College.
Read on to find out more about their research and  personal interests. 

YE-YE XU

Editor-in-Chief

Ye-Ye is a Scottish-Chinese linguist and teacher. She loves words for being the kernels of human expression, and loves equally teaching them to fresh ears. She completed her PGCE in European Language with Mandarin in 2021 and will commence an MPhil in Linguistics to develop ideas for her teaching in future. A long-standing musician, Ye-Ye previously worked for the Royal Philharmonic Society and helped to establish the charities El Sistema France, Alsace, and Nevis Ensemble, Scotland’s Street Orchestra. She holds an LL.B. 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. She has been appointed Junior Dean of Pembroke College from 2021 to 2023. 

DANIEL MERCIECA

Production

Daniel is a filmmaker who graduated from St. Anne's in 2019 with an MSt. in Film Aesthetics. He also holds a BA in English Literature from Durham University, where he headed-up a licenced student cinema. While at Oxford, Daniel played lots of touch rugby and founded Spark Reviews for STAAR, which he has enjoyed overseeing for over two years. He is now working across Film and Television as a Runner/Researcher and has most recently worked on Series 21 of the BBC's Escape to the Country, as well as on Sky's forthcoming original film, The Colour Room. Daniel loves all forms of storytelling and aspires to work with writers as a Script Editor on High-End TV Dramas.

TRISEVGENI BILIA

Humanities 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 College, University of Oxford). She has now started a DPhil in Modern Greek at Oxford and her academic interests concern modernism in Modern Greek, English and Irish literature, comparative literature, as well as translation studies. For her doctoral research, she is examining James Joyce’s presence in the Greek literary space with a focus on Ulysses.

ERIN NICKALLS

Humanities Editor

Erin is studying for a DPhil in Medieval and Modern Languages at the University of Oxford, with a focus on translation and multimodality in twentieth 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

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

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

Naomi is currently studying for a PGCE in French and German at the University of Oxford. She was previously the German Editor of a languages magazine during her undergraduate studies, and is thrilled to now have the opportunity to use her editorial skills to showcase the wonderful work of the St Anne's community. When not teaching the St Anne's students of tomorrow, she can be found either in a choir or in the mountains.

UMAR AZMEH

Social Science Editor

​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

Brittany is working toward a DPhil with Oxford’s Faculty of Linguistics, Philology & Phonetics. Their research centers on the effects of contact between speakers of various languages in what’s now Bolivia. They lived and worked in Bolivia, the USA, and South Korea before moving to Oxford in 2015 to undertake an MPhil (also in linguistics), and they’ve been with St Anne’s College ever since. They volunteered as STAAR Humanities editor for a year before taking up the Spark Reviews Editor post.

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