Fall 2024 Fellows:
Zijing Fan
Zijing Fan (Tracy) is a Ph.D. candidate in EALC. She received her B.A. and M.A. in Classical Chinese Literature from Fudan University, China. She has been teaching first-year Chinese for four semesters. She is now working on a project to bridge the gap between classroom learning and real-world language use. This project involves supplementing traditional textbook content with real-time Chinese media, such as social media posts and productions from popular culture. By integrating these authentic materials, she aims to help students develop more relevant and up-to-date language skills.
Jennifer Kaplan
Jennifer is a PhD Candidate in the Romance Languages and Literatures Program (French). Her dissertation focuses on language practices among queer, trans, and non-binary Francophones in Montreal; more broadly, her work encompasses lavender sociolinguistics, trans linguistics, and corpus linguistics. She has taught in the French and Gender and Women’s Studies departments.
Elena Leonenko
Elena Leonenko is a Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures; her dissertation examines the interactions of poetry and visual arts in Russian and European Modernism. She also holds an M.Phil. in Russian literature from St.Petersburg State University and an MA in REEES from the University of Oregon. She taught all levels of the Russian language at the University of Oregon, UC Berkeley, and Middlebury Russian School.
John Prusynski
John Prusynski has been a lecturer in the Scandinavian department since Fall 2022. At Berkeley, he teaches Norwegian language and contemporary Nordic literature. He is currently writing his dissertation at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and his research focuses on works by contemporary Sámi authors such as Jalvvi Niillas Holmberg, Inger-Mari Aikio, and Moa Backe Åstot.