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Established 1874.

The Oberlin Review

Established 1874.

The Oberlin Review

Established 1874.

The Oberlin Review

2023-2024 Staff

Layla Wallerstein
Editor-in-Chief

Layla Wallerstein

Layla is a fourth-year Politics major with a Journalism Integrative Concentration from San Francisco. She has worked for the Review since her sophomore year, first as News Editor and now as Editor-in-Chief. When not working ...

James Foster
Editor-in-Chief

James Foster

James Foster, a fourth-year Politics and Law & Society major, is in his fourth year with The Oberlin Review and his first as Editor-in-Chief. Outside of the Review, James is a captain on the men’s tennis team, co-chair of Oberlin’s ...

Nikki Keating
Editor-in-Chief

Nikki Keating

Nikki is a fourth-year from Washington, D.C. and an Africana Studies and Psychology major. Besides the Review, Nikki is a Mellon Mays Undergraduate Research Fellow, and runs the campus magazine BIPOC Lenses. Nikki enjoys watchi...

Delaney Fox
Editor-in-Chief

Delaney Fox

Delaney Fox (she/her) is a fourth-year from West Hartford, CT, and is an English and Vocal Performance double-degree student. She previously served as the Conservatory Editor at the Review. In her (limited) free time, she enjoys ...

Travis O'Daniel
Managing Editor

Travis O’Daniel

Travis O’Daniel is a fourth-year Communication Studies major from Louisville, KY. He is currently working as the Managing Editor, and previously served as both a Production Editor and Conservatory Editor. When he’s not in the ...

Yasu Shinozaki
News Editor

Yasu Shinozaki

Yasu is a fourth-year history major, originally from Charlottesville, Virginia. He has worked for the Review since his first year at Oberlin, first as Arts & Culture Editor and now as News Editor. In the rare moments he is ...

Rory Gielty
Opinions Editor

Rory Gielty

Rory is a first-year prospective Communications Studies major from Oberlin. They are also pursuing the Journalism Integrative Concentration. In their free time, they enjoy listening to classic rock, doing makeup, and writing music...

Ella Powell
Opinions Editor

Ella Powell

Ella Powell is one of the Opinions Editors and is a senior. She is from Louisville, Kentucky.

Chloe Ko
Arts & Culture Editor

Chloe Ko

Chloe is a fourth-year Psychology and Biology major with a Chemistry and Neuroscience minor on the pre-medical track. She is from San Jose, CA. Outside of the Review, Chloe teaches Mental Health JournalCo, co-chairs for Obe...

Lucy Curtis
Arts & Culture Editor

Lucy Curtis

Lucy Curtis is a fourth-year Creative Writing major, English and Environmental Studies double minor. She is from Beverly, MA. In her free time, she likes to write poetry and fiction, play guitar, hike, and is an avid scrapbooke...

Andrea Nguyen
Sports Editor

Andrea Nguyen

Andrea Nguyen is a fourth-year Biology and Psychology double major with a Chemistry minor from Portland, OR. She has been in the Sports section for three years and Sports Editor for two. When she’s not writing, she can be seen gr...

Erin Koo
Photo Editor and Layout Manager

Erin Koo

Erin is a third-year Violin Performance and Neuroscience major from Hong Kong. She is the Layout Editor for the Arts section and one of the Review’s Photo Editors. When not doing Review work, she can be found in a Robertson practice r...

Molly Chapin
Layout Manager and Illustrator

Molly Chapin

Molly Chapin is a fourth year Studio Art Major and Mathematics and Art History minor from Seattle. Molly first started doing newspaper layout and illustration in high school, and has loved working with publications as a creative...

Sydney Collinger
Senior Staff Writer, Layout Editor

Sydney Collinger

Sydney Collinger is a second-year from St. Louis. She is currently undecided in her major/minor but is interested in Comparative Literature and German. In her free time she enjoys watching movies, reading books, and taking trips...

Layout Editor

Sadie Wilson-Voss

Sadie WV is a fourth-year majoring in Creative Writing and Politics. From humble beginnings as a Chicago paper boy, Sadie discovered the power of news after plunging into the world of mobsters, sinners, and corporate kingpins...

Eloise Rich
Layout Editor

Eloise Rich

Eloise Rich is a fourth-year Comparative Literature, Cinema and Media, and French major closing out her final year with the Review as a layout editor, while serving as the president of Oberlin Student Cooperative Association...

Rodrigo Llaguno
Senior Staff Writer

Rodrigo Llaguno

Rodrigo Llaguno is a second-year prospective Politics major from Mexico City, Mexico. He works as a Senior Staff Writer for the Sports section. Rodrigo is very passionate about sports and their impact on people. When he is no...

Nicolas Stebbins
Senior Staff Writer

Nicolas Stebbins

Nicolas Stebbins is a fourth-year Comparative Literature major from Gloucester, MA, where he lives with his rabbits, chickens, and dog. He started working for the Review as a Senior Staff Writer for the Conservatory section this y...

Adrienne Sato
Senior Staff Writer

Adrienne Sato

Adrienne Sato is a fourth-year Psychology major from Louisville, KY who works as a Senior Staff Writer at Large for the Review. She is on the women’s soccer team and is one of the co-chairs for Oberlin College Taiko. Adrienne is...

Arianna D'Italia
Production Manager

Arianna D’Italia

D’Italia (she/her) is a fourth-year English and Psychology major with an Education Studies concentration from Glen Mills, PA. She has previously been a production editor and is excited for her first semester as production manager!...

Serena Atkinson
Production Manager

Serena Atkinson

Serena Atkinson is a fourth-year French and English major from San Jose, CA. She is very proud of not being an LA Obie. She has worked in Production at the Review since fall 2022 and is the leading authority, along with Jasper, on which wall quotes are...

Sidonie Seltzer
Production Editor

Sidonie Seltzer

Sidonie Seltzer (she/her) is a third-year from Vallejo, CA. She is majoring in English and minoring in Environmental Studies and Writing and Communication. When not in the Review office, she can be found working in the Writing Center, taki...

Jasper Swartz
Production Editor

Jasper Swartz

Jasper is a third-year English major from Takoma Park, MD. This is their fourth semester at the Review. Outside of the Review, they are the AccessCo for Harkness House and work on the Oberlin Grafton Theater Project. They enjoy ...

Nimala Sivakumar
Production Editor

Nimala Sivakumar

Nimala Sivakumar (she/her) is a third-year College student majoring in History and Comparative Literature, with a concentration in Education Studies. This is her third year at the Review, and she is so so excited to be back as...

Gideon Reed
Production Editor

Gideon Reed

Gideon Reed (he/him) is a fourth-year Psychology major from Galt, CA, who works for the Review as a Production Editor. He also serves on the board for the Multiracial Students Association, and enjoys writing and producing music...

Ella Bernstein
Production Editor

Ella Bernstein

Ella Bernstein (she/her) is a fourth-year History, French, and Comparative Literature major from Houston. This is her third year working in Production. When she’s not at the Review, she can be found holed up in the library, sleeping, or wa...

Distributor

Chris Leimgruber

Distributor

Leah Potoff

Sports Senior Staff Writer

Lily Nobel

Lily Nobel is a first-year Environmental Studies student from Boulder, CO. She’s excited to be joining the Review as a Production Editor this semester. In her free time, she enjoys writing fiction, sewing, and listening to ...

Karthik Ranganadhan

Karthik Ranganadhan

Karthik Ranganadhan (he/him) is a third-year international student from New Delhi, India, and a History, Politics, and Law and Society major. He is the executive editor of the Oberlin Law and Public Policy Journal, an editor for...

Abe Frato
Photo Editor, Web Manager

Abe Frato

Abe is a Trombone Performance and Computer Science major from Stockholm, Sweden. He works as a Photo Editor for the Review, and likes taking on all kinds of photographic challenges. When not practicing, obsessing over not practic...

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