Meet the Team
2024-2025 Organizing Committee
Carrie Jackson
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Faculty Coordinator
Professor of German and Linguistics, Department Head, Department of Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures
Suchitra Harnahalli
she/her
Graduate Student Leader
Ph.D. Student in German and Visual Studies, Department of Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures
Wilson Xu
he/him
Graduate Student Leader
Ph.D. Student in German Language and Culture, Department of Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures
2024 Mentors
Alexis Wilt
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Ph.D. Candidate in German Linguistics and Language Science, Department of Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures
Amrita De
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Assistant Teaching Professor of Center of Humanities and Information
Ana Romañach Álvarez
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Ph.D. Student in Hispanic Linguistics
Andrea Martinez Teruel
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Ph.D. Candidate in Comparative Literature
Ashley Pahis
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Associate Teaching Professor of Spanish
Asli Ogulcuklu Cevik
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Ph.D. Student in Curriculum and Supervision & Adjunct Faculty in Humanities (Harrisburg Campus)
Carolin Jolitz
Ph.D. Candidate in German Applied Linguistics and Language Science
Carrie Jackson
she/her
Faculty Coordinator
Professor of German and Linguistics, Department Head, Department of Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures
Emmeline Wilson
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Ph.D. Student in German Linguistics and Language Science, Department of Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures
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Jessica Vélez Avilés
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Ph.D. Candidate in Hispanic Linguistics and Language Science
Jiaxin Yan
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Ph.D. Candidate in Comparative Literature and Asian Studies
José Miguel Fonseca Fuentes
Ph.D. Student in Spanish and Latin American Literature, Minor in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Kobi Kabalek
he/him
Assistant Professor of German and Jewish Studies
Linda Istanbulli
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Caroline D. Eckhardt Early Career Professor of Comparative Literature
Liz Gray
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Assistant Teaching Professor of Humanities and Public Humanities Fellowship Coordinator
Mandisa Haarhoff
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Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature
Merve Sen
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Ph.D. Candidate in Comparative Literature and Visual Studies
Muyun Zhou
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Ph.D. Student in Comparative Literature and Asian Studies
Qiyu Chen
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Ph.D. Candidate in Comparative Literature and African Studies (Dual-Title)
Robert R. Edwards
he/him
Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of English and Comparative Literature
Romi Román-Cabrera
Ph.D. Student in Hispanic Linguistics and Language Science
Rose Fisher
she/her
Ph.D. Candidate in German Linguistics and Language Science
Samuel Frederick
he/him
Professor of German
Suchitra Harnahalli
she/her
Graduate Student Leader
Ph.D. Student in German and Visual Studies, Department of Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures
Wilson Xu
he/him
Graduate Student Leader
Ph.D. Student in German Language and Culture, Department of Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures