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Established 1874.

The Oberlin Review

Established 1874.

The Oberlin Review

Established 1874.

The Oberlin Review

2024-2025 Staff

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 third-year Communications major from Louisville, KY. He is working as the Managing Editor this semester, and previously worked as both a Production Editor and Conservatory Editor. When he’s not in the ...

Layla Wallerstein
News Editor

Layla Wallerstein

Layla is a third-year Politics major with a Journalism Integrative Concentration from San Francisco. This is her second semester as News Editor for the Oberlin Review. When not working at the Review or spending late nights a...

Yasu Shinozaki
News Editor

Yasu Shinozaki

Yasu is a third-year History major from Charlottesville, VA. This is his third semester as News Editor; previously, he was an Arts & Culture Editor. Over the summer he was an intern at Free-Lance Star in Fredericksburg, VA, and...

Karthik Ranganadhan
News Editor

Karthik Ranganadhan

Karthik Ranganadhan (he/him) is a third-year international student from New Delhi, India, and a History and Politics major. Besides the Review, he is an editor for On Second Thought, secretary of the Moot Court Team, treasurer for G...

Ella Powell
Opinions Editor

Ella Powell

Ella is a second-year from Louisville, KY. This year, she’s working as an Opinions Editor. Ella really enjoys writing during her free time and for work! She also likes to read; her favorite authors are Toni Morrison, Zora Neale H...

Isaiah Johnson
Opinions Editor

Isaiah Johnson

Isaiah Johnson is a second-year from Stratford, CT. He is majoring in Africana Studies and Politics. He also tutors high school and middle school students with the Ninde Scholars Program. In his free time, he likes to read, wr...

Eloise Rich
Arts & Culture Editor

Eloise Rich

Eloise Rich is a third-year Comparative Literature and French major. She currently works as the Arts & Culture editor, having written and designed The Bulletin for three semesters prior. She is treasurer for the Oberlin St...

Chloe Ko
Arts & Culture Editor

Chloe Ko

Chloe Ko is a second-year Pre-Med Psychology major from San Jose, CA. She enjoys dancing in Oberlin hip-hop groups CHOREO and Kinetik, as well as working on her psychological thriller novel in her free time. On weekend morni...

Ava Miller
The Bulletin Editor

Ava Miller

Ava is a third-year from Arlington Heights, IL majoring in History with a Journalism concentration. When not at the Review, she enjoys the Arboretum, riding her bike, and spending time with friends....

Calvin Ray Shawler
Conservatory Editor

Calvin Ray Shawler

Calvin Ray Shawler fell in love with the performing arts from an early age and has pursued it since through music and theater. He’s won numerous awards for composition, poetry, short stories, and for the premier production ...

Chris Stoneman
Sports Editor

Chris Stoneman

Chris (he/him) is a fourth-year from Metz, France, and is a Politics major with a minor in Law and Society. He is serving as a Sports Editor for the Review this semester, alongside Micah Rodriguez. Outside of the paper, Chris...

Micah Rodriguez
Sports Editor

Micah Rodriguez

Micah is a second-year from Simi Valley, CA, and is a prospective Communication Studies and Business major. This year he is serving as a Sports Editor for the Review alongside Chris Stoneman. Micah is a right-handed pitcher on...

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...

Mattias RowenBale
Layout Editor

Mattias RowenBale

Mattias RowenBale (he/him) is an extremely undeclared second-year from Davis, CA. He might end up a Studio Art major, but Creative Writing and Theater are also calling his name... If you take a look at his passionately color-...

At Large Senior Staff Writer

Jonah Barber

Jonah works as Review Senior Staff Writer at Large. Outside of his frenetic journalistic responsibilities, he runs for Oberlin’s cross country and track and field teams and serves as a board member of the Green EDGE Fund and...

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...

Isaac Imas
Production Editor

Isaac Imas

Nimala Sivakumar
Production Editor

Nimala Sivakumar

Nimala Sivakumar (she/they) is a second-year College student from Cranbury, NJ. This is her second year as a Production Editor at the Review, where they also occasionally contribute as a writer. Outside of the Review, she works on...

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 ...

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...

Production Editor

Shea Laursen

Shea Laursen is a third-year Economics and Psychology major from Coral Springs, FL. In addition to working for the Review since fall 2023, he is a member of the basketball team and a photographer for the Athletics department. If no...

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...

Production Editor

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 ...

Arianna D'Italia
Production Editor

Arianna D’Italia

Arianna D’Italia (she/her) is a third-year English and Psychology major from Glen Mills, PA. This is her second semester as a production editor. On campus, Arianna is a member of Nothing But Treble, a policy researcher for SOSHA,...

Distributor

Chris Leimgruber

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...

Social Media Manager

Rylan Hefner

Rylan Hefner is a third year Theater and Musical Studies major from Minneapolis, MN. This is their first semester working for the Review. She can often be seen in theater and dance performances on campus, and enjoys writing music...

Kash Radocha
Contributing Conservatory Editor

Kash Radocha

Kash (she/her) is a third-year majoring in History and Law & Society with minors in Russian and Eastern European Studies and Politics. In addition to being the Contributing Conservatory Editor for the Review, she is the president...

Lia Fawley
Production Manager

Lia Fawley

Lia Fawley is a fourth-year Psychology major and Creative Writing minor from the Chicago suburbs. She began working at the Review as a Production Editor in the fall of 2021, spent some time as Production Manager, and is now back as a Produc...

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