UW Scandinavian Studies

Graduate Students

M.A. Program

Maren Anderson


Research Assistant
Norwegian language and literature
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Sean Hughes


Danish TA
Danish language and literature
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Britta Kallevang


FLAS Fellow
Norwegian Language and Literature, literary theory
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Melissa Lucas


Danish TA
Danish language & literature
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Heather Short


Norwegian TA
Norwegian language and literature, immigrant language education, bilingual language identity
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Kristi Tinkus


Visiting Estonian TA
Estonian language, Danish Language and Literature, Ethnology, and Inuit Studies
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Timothy Warburton


Swedish TA
Swedish social policy; race, class, and gender in Swedish culture
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Evan Wright


Finnish TA
Finnish Language and Literature; interdisciplinary study: development of Finnish and American national identity
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Ph.D. Program

Tom Johnson


Swedish folklore; Old Norse/Icelandic language and literature; philology
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Kirstine Kastbjerg


Visiting Danish Lecturer
Danish, English and American Literature 1800-1870
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Kyle Korynta


Norwegian TA
Norwegian language & literature
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Ralitsa Lazarova


On Leave
Contemporary Swedish literature; documentary novel; cultural politics of emotions
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Peter Leonard


Technical GSA
Contemporary Swedish & Danish literature
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Rennesa Osterberg


Norwegian TA
Contemporary Norwegian literature, metafiction, women's writing
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Mark Säfström


Swedish TA
North American Immigration History; Scandinavian Lutheran Pietism; Paul Peter Waldenström
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Cheryl Renshaw Žilinskas


On Leave
Baltic history and politics; comparative church-state relations
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