Biography Area(s) of Study: Sociolinguistics, language variation and change, language contact Pronouns: he/him/his About:I am a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of German, Nordic, and Slavic+. I received my Master of Arts in May 2023 from UW-Madison, and my Bachelor of Arts in May 2019 from Guilford College (Greensboro, NC). My current research interests encompass language …
Biography Pronouns: she/hers About: I’m a graduate student and teaching assistant in the Scandinavian Studies program with a focus on Norwegian language and cultural studies. I’m currently interested in exploring Norwegian identity and cultural racism. Education: – B.A. in History; Nordic studies from Luther College Awards: – Fulbright-Norway English Teaching Assistant 2023-24
Biography About: Drew is a first-year MA/PhD student on the literary and cultural studies track. Her current research interests include medical humanities, cognitive literary studies, and representations of disease in Nordic literature. Education: – BA in Comparative Literature from Brigham Young University
Biography Area(s) of Study: Historical linguistics. Language variation & change. Pronouns: she/her About: Charlotte is a PhD student in Linguistics with an emphasis on historical linguistics and heritage language linguistics. She holds a master’s degree in Literature and Linguistics with a focus on English and Nordic from the University of Ghent (2009). Her current research …
Biography Area(s) of Study: Folklore Pronouns: she/her About: Cait Vitale-Sullivan is from the high desert of Idaho. She is intrigued by the human connection to nature, art, and music, and when not playing outside, she can be found playing fiddle or singing in the forest. In 2013 she moved to Norway where she was introduced to …
Biography Area of study: Old Norse-Icelandic Literature, Philology About: Benjamin is a PhD student in Scandinavian Studies on the philology track with a PhD minor in Medieval Studies. His studies focus on Old Norse-Icelandic literature, with interests in clothing and the systems of power it can represent, saga literature, and philology. He has previously studied …
Biography Area of Study: GDR and post-GDR literature, Christa Wolf, DEFA films, crisis of language, the dream narrative, movement, inner foreignness, the GDR and world literature Pronouns: She/her About: Cassandra is a PhD candidate in the German unit of GNS+. For the 2025-2026 academic year, she is working on her dissertation in Berlin with a Dissertation Fellowship …