ESSEX effect 19 Ed Scott
Ed Scott, English Language and Linguistics 1998 Since setting up a creative agency, Shameless, in 2010 I have worked for clients including ESPN, Al Jazeera Sport, Eurosport, ITV Sport and Sky Sports, and with government agencies rolling out public communication campaigns.
Sonny Onyegbula, International Human Rights Law 1999 I am working in the newest country in the world (South Sudan, created in July 2011), having joined the United Nations mission in Sudan in May 2011, investigating human rights violations, carrying out capacity building activities and advocating on human rights issues.
Reinaldo Silveira, PhD Mathematics 1999 I am at the Meteorological Institute of Parana State, Brazil, and Federal University of Parana, as a research fellow and lecturer of graduate students.
John Stevens, MSc Intelligent Knowledge Based Systems 1994, MA Sociology 1999 Life has treated me fairly well over the years. I live in Colchester and work at Essex. I have multiple sclerosis, and teach students about disability and neuro-rehabilitation. I look forward to hearing from people.
Christine Strobel, Contemporary Theatre Practice 1999 I have been working as an animation production manager/producer and VFX producer for 13 years. My most exciting projects to date were Cloud Atlas, X-Men: First Class and a German-Irish coproduction, Death of a Superhero. This year, I will be in Hyderabad, India, as animation producer on a TV series. I would like to hear from people I have lost touch with.
Bahar Yesim Deniz, European Community Law 2001
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I am currently a lecturer in the Department of International Law at Izmir University. I am also pursuing my PhD in European Union law at the European Union Institute, Marmara University in Istanbul.
Thanos Dimitriou, Electronic Systems Engineering 2001 I run web development and digital marketing company Ox Design Web Services (oxdesign.gr) and am managing partner of Mediterra Holdings (mediterraholdings.com). Life in Athens is amazing – not as bad as the media presents.
Brandi Iryshe, Modern Art and Theory 2001 I am a licensed attorney in the US. This year, I opened Iryshe Immigration, where I practice immigration law and family law.
Giulio Tarlao, Sociology of Culture 2001 I taught sociology for almost ten years at the University of Trieste and am now in my fourth year of work in education for the regional government here. In my unforgettable year in South Courts, I wrote a novel, Gli occhi lunghi (The Long Eyes), published in Italy in 2003.
Jennifer Cole, nee Wilson, Humanities 2002 I live and teach in Cairo with my husband and daughter. Times are interesting postrevolution and Egyptians remain warm and hospitable hosts.
Rebecca Dix, Law 2002 I’m working as a barrister at 2 Bedford Row, London and am currently junior counsel to a bribery and corruption prosecution in the Turks and Caicos Islands in the Caribbean.
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Ioannis Papadopoulos, Computer Engineering 2002
2000s Anne-Marie de Brouwer, International Human Rights Law 2000 I am an associate professor in international criminal law at the Department of Criminal Law and research fellow with the International Victimology Institute Tilburg both at Tilburg University, the Netherlands. I am co-founder and chair of the Mukomeze Foundation, which aims to improve the lives of women and girls who survived sexual violence during the Rwandan genocide.
I am now working as a systems developer at CCC (Consolidated Contractors Company), Managing Office Athens (MOA), department of C3D Verticals. Having lived through the worst, I remember Athens as it was before the crisis. I see that quality returning now.
Noémie Francheterre, European Studies with Politics 2003 I’m an EU affairs adviser in Brussels, and still in contact with friends I made at Essex. One of my roommates in my early years in Brussels, who I did not know before, happened to be an Essex graduate too and has become one of my closest friends.
Nina Baker, Drama and Literature 2004 Mercy Mbise, Computer Engineering 2000, Electronic Systems Engineering 2008 I am now a lecturer and Head of Computer Science and Engineering Department, College of Information and Communication Technologies, University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
My debut album Quite Frankly is due out on 30 April, featuring special guests such as Bellowhead, Jurassic 5 and the Kings Gospel Choir. You can pre-order a copy at: www.pledgemusic.com/projects/ninabaker and you can also find me on SoundCloud and YouTube.
Sajjad Shami, Electronic Systems Engineering 2000
Andy Copsey, Environment, Science and Society 2004
I am professor and chair, electrical engineering at the University of Management and Technology in Lahore, having previously worked at the University of Northumbria and for Motorola.
I am lecturing in countryside management and environmental conservation. I am half way to completing an MSc with the Open University related to the earth’s systems dynamics.