We’re excited to welcome four outstanding scholars to our graduate community this year:
📚 Laila Eissa joins us from Egypt. She earned her MA in Second Language Teaching at Utah State University and brings expertise in second language acquisition, Arabic literature, and Egyptian cinema.
🎶 Saheed brings his experience as a Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant in Yoruba. His research explores the socio-political, historical, and economic significance of the African music genre Fuji.
🎥 Faakor Nutakor joins us from Ghana with extensive experience in film, theatre, and cultural production. Her doctoral research focuses on gender studies, postcolonial cinema, and cultural narratives in African media.
💬 Eric Wafula, originally from Kenya, earned his MA in Applied English Linguistics here at UW-Madison. A former Fulbright scholar at Yale, his work engages with language and cultural exchange.
Please join us in welcoming Laila, Saheed, Faakor, and Eric to the department! 🎉