June 22, 2020
Congratulations to LLAC Graduate Students
Please join us in congratulating the below graduate students in Languages, Literatures and Cultures, as we celebrate their successful milestones.
On June 26, 2020, MA student (German) supervised by Martin Wagner, Jennifer Heidebrecht, was successful in her thesis defence. Jennifer鈥檚 thesis is titled 12 Degrees of Alienation: A Socio-Political Exploration of Hanns Eisler's Use of the Twelve-Tone Method during Exile (1938-1948) and deals with the Austrian composer鈥檚 exile in the Unites States and his return to the dodecaphonic model. We commend Jennifer and Dr. Wagner, and we are grateful to examiners Jan Sueselbeck and Trevor Stark, and to Neutral Chair Mary O鈥橞rien. Gut gemacht!
On June 25, 2020, another MA student (Transcultural Studies) Annika Gilgen successfully defended her thesis The Travels of Nellie Bly and Emma Vely in the Context of Women's Movement, Colonialism and Female Identity, an exploration of the travel writings produced by two authors engaged in the women鈥檚 movement at the beginning of the 20th century. We applaud Annika and supervisor Martin Wagner, and express our gratitude to Jan Sueselbeck and Ervin Makalaj (examiners), and to Mary O鈥橞rien (Neutral Chair). Herzliche Gl眉ckw眉nsche!
On June 17, 2020, PhD student (French) Ganna Pletnyova successfully defended her thesis Id茅ologies linguistiques 脿 L鈥橢st de l鈥橴kraine 脿 la suite du conflit russo-ukrainien de 2014 : Repr茅sentations sociolinguistiques et choix de code intergroupes dans la ville de Kharkiv., which examines the ways in which Ukrainians carry out their language choice. Our heartiest congratulations go to Ganna and supervisor Ozouf Amedegnato, and our thanks to Elena Bratishenko and Rahat Zaidi (supervisory committee members), to Darin Flynn and Elisabeth Le (examiners) and to Cheryl Dueck (Neutral Chair). Earlier this year, Ganna received the Taylor Institute Teaching Award (Graduate Assistant). 袩芯蟹写褉邪胁谢褟械屑! F茅licitations!
On May 27, 2020, MA student (Applied Linguistics) Abigail Williams successfully defended her thesis In the space between languages, translanguaging practices and perceptions in the university Spanish classroom, which examines the ways in which university students and teachers of Spanish engage with other languages. Our heartiest congratulations go to Abigail and supervisor Angela George, and our thanks to Mary O鈥橞rien and Roswita Dressler (examiners), and to Martin Wagner (Neutral Chair). Congratulations Abigail!
On May 22, 2020, PhD Student (Transcultural Studies) Nella Darbouze-Bony猫me passed her Oral Field of Studies Examination. Nella鈥檚 written and oral exams centre on race, slavery, and postcolonialism; narrative theory; and European and North American revenge fiction. We thank our colleagues for supporting Nella towards this important accomplishment: Martin Wagner (Supervisor), Karen Bourrier and Mary Nyquist (Supervisory Committee Members), Mushegh Asatryan and Jewel Spangler (Examiners); and Mary O鈥橞rien (Neutral Chair). Way to go Nella!
On May 21, 2020, PhD student (Applied Linguistics) Alba Fano Trabanco passed her Oral Field of Studies Examination. Alba鈥檚 written and oral FoS exams focus on contemplative pedagogy; the L2 learner鈥檚 inner world; and the L2 teacher鈥檚 inner world and interaction with the L2 learner. We express our gratitude to our colleagues for their work with Alba towards her milestone: Mary O鈥橞rien (Supervisor); Angela George (Co-Supervisor); Veronika Bohac-Clarke and Roswita Dressler (Supervisory Committee Members); Rachel Friedman and Maren Aukerman (Examiners); Cornelia Burian and Mushegh Asatryan (Neutral Chairs). Great job Alba!
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