Fellows

Spring 2025 Fellows:

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Julia Peck

Julia is a third-year PhD student in the Department of Linguistics focused on the revitalization of the Ladino (Judeo-Spanish) language and the linguistic outcomes of its contact with other languages, especially Turkish and French. She is exploring revitalization methods that help learners integrate language use into their daily lives, even in diasporic contexts.

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Nathalie Khankan

Nathalie Khankan, Continuing Lecturer, teaches Arabic language and literature in the Department of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures. She is exploring pleasure, grief, and care as critical work in the world language classroom.

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Nora Koa

Nora Koa works as a Lecturer of Hindi language and literature in the Department of South & Southeast Asian Studies. She studied Hindi, Sanskrit, and Second Language Teaching in Czech Republic and Germany. She taught Czech language and literature at Delhi University, and Hindi language and literature at Charles University in Prague. At present, her research focuses mainly on Second language teaching and acquisition. Her other research interests and publications center around Early Modern languages and literature of North India, and modern Theravada Buddhism.