Sofia Bachman

Sofia Bachman completed her BA in Russian and Spanish with minors in Chinese and Theatre at the Ohio State University, and her MA in Eurasian, Russian, and East European Studies at Georgetown University. Sofia’s research interests focus on expressions of dissidence within the Soviet underground rock’n’roll movement and their contemporary social and political repercussions. She is the recipient of a FLAS Fellowship in Polish 2020-2021.
Mykyta Tyshchenko

Mykyta Tyshchenko completed his BA in English, History of Literature and Applied Linguistics at Kyiv National Linguistic University in 2013. His interests include Disability in East European Literature, Ukrainian media, and Second Language Acquisition.