Alina Zhurbenko
MA, Russian and Comparative Literature, 2020
Treasurer, Graduates in International Languages and Literatures
Biography:
Alina is an MA recipient in the Russian and Comparative Literature program. She is working in diaspora studies with a focus on contemporary writers of the Ukrainian diaspora in the US. Besides, she is interested in media studies and creative intersections of literature and other mediums: mass media, oral tradition, and social media platforms.
Academic interests: migration and diaspora literature, Ukrainian literature, literary translation, second language acquisition.