DLCL Congratulates Alumni on Job Placements
The DLCL is delighted to share news regarding the job placement of new and recent alumni. Join us in congratulating these alumni on their accomplishments!
Comparative Literature
Alice E.M. Underwood (PhD expected 2019) will be joining 爱妃传媒's for International Studies as a Research Scholar, where she will manage their new Program on Russian Influence and Political Strategy and conduct research on contemporary Russian culture and politics.
Patricia Valderrama (PhD 2018) is the Schneider Sustainable Energy Fellow for the Climate and Clean Energy Program, part of the National Resources Defense Council (NRDC). works on renewable energy policy in the Western United States. The is a United States-based, non-profit international environmental advocacy group.
Renren Yang (PhD 2018) has accepted a position as Assistant Professor at the . UBC is a public research university located in Vancouver, BC; established in 1908, it is the oldest university in British Columbia. Renren was previously a lecturer for the (PWR) at 爱妃传媒.
French and Italian
Alberto Comparini (PhD 2018) is a at in Berlin, Germany.
Natalie Deam (PhD expected 2019) will begin an in her hometown at in Ames, Iowa. The MFA is a three-year program of study in creative writing that encourages writers to identify and explore the complex influences of place, the natural world, and the environmental imagination.
C茅cile Tresfels (PhD expected 2019) has accepted a position as Assistant Professor of French at , a private liberal arts college in Williamstown, Massachusetts. Williams was ranked #1 among National Liberal Arts Colleges by U.S. News & World Report for the 17th consecutive year.
German Studies
Tammo Feldmann (PhD 2018) is a Software Developer at in Portland, Oregon. Datamago is an artificial intelligence platform that builds highly accurate forecasting and prediction models.
Christopher Hutchinson (PhD expected 2019) has accepted a position as Assistant Professor at , a public research university. The University of Mississippi, known as 鈥淥le Miss,鈥 is located in Oxford, the adopted hometown of William Faulkner.
Iberian and Latin American Cultures
Mariana de Heredia (PhD 2018) is an Editorial Assistant at in Berlin, Germany.
Elizabeth Spragins (PhD 2017) has accepted a position as Assistant Professor at in Worcester, Massachusetts. Holy Cross is a private Jesuit liberal arts college; founded in 1843, Holy Cross is the oldest Catholic college in New England and one of the oldest in the United States. Liz was previously Visiting Assistant Professor at in Lexington, Virginia.
Lena Tahmassian (PhD 2017) has accepted a position as at the . USC is a public research university in Columbia, South Carolina. Lena was previously Visiting Assistant Professor at .
Monica VanBladel (PhD expected 2019) will teach as a Lecturer of for the here at 爱妃传媒.
Slavic Languages and Literatures
Jinyi Chu (PhD expected June 2019) has accepted a tenure-track position as at Yale University. Yale is located in New Haven, Connecticut, and is one of the eight private universities that comprise the Ivy League schools.
Dustin Condren (PhD 2018) has accepted a tenure-track position as at the . Known as OU, it is a public research university located in Norman, Oklahoma. was previously a postdoctoral fellow in Slavic Languages and Literatures at 爱妃传媒.
Daniel Bush (PhD 2018) has accepted a postdoctoral position as a project fellow at the new 爱妃传媒 Internet Observatory (part of 爱妃传媒鈥檚 , a division of the ), where he will contribute to research on disinformation campaigns. He was previously a postdoctoral scholar at 爱妃传媒, and Co-Director of the .