Biography About: Emily Beyer is a graduate student in Scandinavian Studies. She holds an MFA in Poetry from the University of Iowa and an MA in Medieval Icelandic Studies from the University of Iceland. She recently completed a Fulbright Fellowship for creative work and research in Latvia. Education: – University of Iceland, MA in Medieval Icelandic …
Biography Pronouns: He/him/his About: Nicholas (Nico) Borbely is a first-year M.A./Ph.D. student and Icelandic language teaching assistant on the philology track. He has previously studied at Beloit College and the University of Iceland. While studying at Beloit, he completed two semesters abroad, one at the Russian State University for the Humanities in Moscow, Russia, and …
Biography Area(s) of Study: Late Medieval and Early Modern Scandinavian Popular Culture, Scandinavian Medieval Ballads Pronouns: she/her About: Rachel is a Ph.D. student in Scandinavian Studies, with a focus on late medieval and early modern Swedish popular culture. She completed her master’s thesis at Uppsala University, examining how certain Swedish supernatural ballads negotiated gender through …
Biography Area(s) of Study: Sociolinguistics, Orality & Literacy, Folklore, Heritage Languages, Identity Pronouns: She/her About: I received my BA in German and Environmental Studies from Guilford College in Greensboro, NC. After graduating, I lived for a year in eastern Germany teaching English in a small village as a Fulbright Teaching Assistant. Through my various international …
Biography Pronouns: She/her About: Alyssa is a PhD student in the German Department with a doctoral minor in history. She is interested in Austrian history, culture, and sociolinguistics. In her doctoral research, Alyssa focuses on interwar Vienna, the legacy of Red Vienna, and the Wiener Gemeindebauten. She is motivated to explore how aspects of memory and …
About: Janelle is a first year graduate student in the German PhD program. Her current research interests include the pedagogical advantages of short-form print and digital media usage in language classrooms, second language acquisition, and German heritage speakers in German language classrooms. When she’s not studying, you can find her baking and spending time outdoors with …
Biography Area(s) of Study: Germanic linguistics, orality and literacy, paleography. About: Robin Cummins is a graduate student pursuing a Ph.D. in German at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the Department of German, Nordic, and Slavic. They received their B.A. in English and German from Southern Illinois University in Edwardsville in 2019 and later their M.A. …
Area(s) of Study: Russian Symbolism, the work of Viacheslav Ivanov, general European Modernism, psychoanalytic literary theory, analytical psychology, comparative mythological approach to archetypal literary analysis, trends in early 20th century mysticism as they relate to contemporary aesthetic-philosophical movements, Gnosticism. About: Jack is a graduate student in the Slavic program. He completed an MA in comparative literature at …
Biography Area(s) of Study: Second and foreign language acquisition of German. (Pre-Service) language teacher education. Reflective practice and teaching in the foreign language classroom. Creation and reviewing teaching material for German. New media in the foreign language classroom. About Me: Right now, I am preparing for my prelims for my Ph.D. in German and Curriculum …
Biography Area(s) of Study: Second Language Acquisition, L2 Teacher/Learner Psychology, L2 Pedagogy About: Patricia E. Haberkorn is a joint Ph.D. candidate in Second Language Acquisition and German with a doctoral minor in Educational Psychology at UW-Madison. Her research interests include the experiences of students with disabilities in the L2 classroom, L2 instructors’ emotions when teaching …