Editorial Team
The U-Lingua Editorial Team is responsible for the production and publication of U-Lingua. It consists of an Editor-in-Chief, a Secretary, an Editorial Designer, Section Editors, and Columnists.
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Kitty Liu, Editor-In-Chief
University of Cambridge
Kitty (she/her, /ˈkɪti ljʉ/) is in her second year studying undergraduate Linguistics at Cambridge. She is interested in historical linguistics, bilingualism, sociopragmatics, and functionalism. When not doing linguistics, she sings in her College choir, reads pretentious novels, gives people unsolicited etymologies, and knits compulsively to fill the void. -
Sylvia Shi, Secretary
University of Cambridge
Sylvia (she/her, /sɪlviə ʂʐ̩/) is a first year undergraduate Linguistics student at the University of Cambridge. Her academic interest mainly lies in syntax and general linguistic theories. When not studying, she can be found re-reading Harry Potter for the 100th time, listening to the Phantom of the Opera while working out in the gym, secretly writing stories on AO3, going to operas/musicals in London in between essay deadlines, and doing ballet or Classical Chinese dance. -
Alice Gallagher, Editorial Designer
Northumbria University
Alice (she/her, /ˈælɪs ˈgæləgə/) is a BA English Language graduate from Northumbria University, Newcastle. Her love for wildlife and conservation infuses her interest in Ecolinguistics, but Alice also enjoys other branches of sociolinguistics and phonology. Outside of linguistics, Alice works in marketing and design but, in her spare time, enjoys birdwatching, cooking, and befriending every neighbourhood cat. -
Suzy Park, Section Editor for News
Yonsei University
Suzy (she/her, /ˈsuːzi ˈpɑːrk/) is a 4th year undergraduate studying English Language and Literature at Yonsei University in South Korea. She is particularly interested in psycholinguistics, bilingualism, pragmatics, and how linguistics intersects with cognitive science. When not studying Linguistics, she can be found taking long naps, making spontaneous travel plans, and drinking an excessive amount of coffee. -
Romany Amber, Section Editor for News
University of Cambridge
Romany (she/her, /ˈɹoʊmənɪ ˈæmbə/) is a second-year Linguistics undergraduate at the University of Cambridge. She is big into phonology and its links to psycholinguistics, phonetics, sociolinguistics, and the not-scary-bits of syntax. When not looking at cool sound patterns, she likes going on long walks, playing football and badminton, sewing, comedy, poetry, and dinosaurs. She does not like sitting still for too long or writing about herself in the 3rd person. -
Bori Sallai, Section Editor for Voices
University of Warwick
Bori (she/her, /ˈbori ˈʃɑllɑi/) is a 3rd year UG student at the University of Warwick studying Language, Culture and Communication. She grew up Hungarian-German bilingual and is now fascinated by multilingualism, intercultural pragmatics, and language attrition. When not holed up in the library, she can be found playing volleyball, wasting her money on overpriced coffee, or eating hummus straight from the tub. -
Grace Wheeler, Section Editor for Voices
University of York
Grace (she/her, /'gɹeɪs 'wiːlə/) is a first-year English Language and Linguistics undergraduate at the University of York. She enjoys researching sociolinguistics, particularly language and gender along with semantics. Her personal interests include theatre, film and music while going on long nature walks. She finds comfort in cuddling up with her two cats and spending time with family and friends. She's constantly changing her hairstyle! -
Kazune Sato, Section Editor for Puzzles
University College London
Kaz (he/him) is a final year Linguistics undergraduate at UCL. Whilst his current research mainly revolves around syntax, he is interested in various linguistics subfields such as semantics, phonology, morphology and linguistic typology. His free-time hobbies include writing some Linguistic Olympiad-style linguistics puzzles and learning some new languages - and outside of linguistics, he can be found exploring board games, cooking with a pressure cooker and hunting for delicious Asian food! -
Cliodhna Hughes, Section Editor for Puzzles
University of Edinburgh
Cliodhna (she/her) is a fourth-year linguistics student at the University of Edinburgh, particularly interested in speech technology, phonetics, language evolution and first language acquisition. She enjoys doing linguistics outreach, attending student conferences, and getting involved in just about anything linguistics-related! Outside of linguistics, her hobbies include glass fusing, playing underwater hockey and making unbrielievable cheese puns. -
Olivia Szczerbakiewicz, Columnist
University of Edinburgh
Olivia (she/her, /ˈoʊˈlɪviə ˈʃʧ̑ɛrbakjeɪvɪʧ̑/) is a recent graduate of English Language and Literature at the University of Edinburgh. She is particularly keen on sociolinguistics, applications of cognitive linguistics and stylistics to literary texts and media, as well as the intricacies and differences in translation. In her free time, she can be found conducting strange research for and typing away at her novel about late Soviet-era Poland. -
Jasmin Kaur, Columnist
University of Cambridge
Jasmin (she/her, /ˈdʒæzmɪn ˈkɔː ʳ/) is a second-year Linguistics undergraduate at the University of Cambridge. Her academic interests lie mainly in sociolinguistics, bilingualism and language acquisition. Outside of linguistics, she enjoys watching and analysing an almost excessive amount of film and TV, visiting bookshops, ranting about her newest (probably music-related) obsession, crocheting and procrastinating by making Spotify playlists.