Biography Area(s) of Study: Russian orientalism, contemporary Russian literature, Central Asian Russophone literature. About: I received my BA in World Languages and Literatures from Nazarbayev University in 2015. I hold an MA in Slavic Languages and Literatures from UW-Madison. I am currently a PhD Candidate in Russian Literature with a minor in Russian, Eastern European, …
Biography Area(s) of Study: Holocaust literature and post-1945 literature. About: Berni Beringer completed his First (2016) and Second (2020) State Examination in English, Geography, German, and History with a certificate for bilingual teaching at the University of Education in Freiburg, Germany. In Freiburg, he also worked at the Sport-Club Freiburg soccer academy as a coach …
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 …
Biography Area(s) of Study: Russian Revolution and early Soviet literature (Russian and Ukrainian); working-class and peasant writing; Polish avant-garde; literary theory and history of political thought; post-Soviet culture and memory studies; interdisciplinary approaches linking literature, politics, and social contexts. About: Victoria earned her BA and MA in Russian and Comparative Literature from the National Research …
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. …
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 …