Meet the Team
2025-2026 Organizing Committee
Bettina Brandt, Ph.D.
she/her
Faculty Coordinator
Teaching Professor of German and Jewish Studies
Deborah Adeyeye
she/her
Graduate Student Leader
PhD Student in German Linguistics and Language Science
Ogochukwu Ukwueze
he/him
Graduate Student Leader
Ph.D. Student in Comparative Literature and Visual Studies
2026 Mentors
Alex Koch
they/them
PhD Student in German Applied Linguistics and Language Science
Alexandra Jenkins
she/her
Assistant Teaching Professor of English
Andrea Martinez Teruel
she/her
PhD Candidate in Comparative Literature
Bettina Brandt, PhD
she/her
Teaching Professor of German and Jewish Studies
Gideon Kiptoo
he/him
PhD Student in German Literature and African Studies
Jordan Hansen
he/him
PhD Candidate in German Linguistics and Applied Linguistics and Language Science
Mercedes Pascual Zavala
she/her
PhD Student in Spanish Literature and Visual Studies with minor in Latin American Studies
Merve Sen
she/her
PhD Candidate in Comparative Literature and Visual Studies
Precious Ojo
she/her
PhD Student in French and Francophone Studies and African Studies
Robert R. Edwards, PhD
he/him
Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of English and Comparative Literature
Svetlana Myagkova
she/her
PhD Student in German Literature and Visual Studies with minor in Holocaust and Genocide Studies
Tran Truong
he/him
Assistant Teaching Professor of Linguistics