Education

M.A. University of Wisconsin-Madison. Scandinavian Studies, 2013.

Concentrations: Sámi culture, Arctic indigenous language rights, Norwegian

B.A. Hons. University of California, Berkeley. English Literature and Scandinavian Studies, 2010.

Thesis: “The Sámi, the Alaskan Inuit and Their Reindeer: An Analysis of Indigenous Relations in the Circumpolar North”

Grants, awards, and prizes:

The Southern Review Oran Robert Perry Burke Award for translation, 2022.

2020 ALTA Emerging Translator Mentee - non-language-specific, non-genre-specific mentorship with translator Bill Johnston.

American-Scandinavian Foundation Wigeland Prize for Translation, 2019.

Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, 2013.

University of Wisconsin-Madison, University Fellowship, 2012-2013.

University of Wisconsin-Madison, Foreign Languages and Area Studies Fellowship (Norwegian), 2012.

University of Wisconsin-Madison, Foreign Languages and Area Studies Fellowship (North Sámi), 2011-2012.

University of California-Berkeley, Highest Honors (summa cum laude) in Scandinavian Studies, 2010.

Languages

English (native speaker)

Norwegian, bokmål (fluency)

Norwegian, nynorsk (professional competency)

Danish (professional competency)

Swedish (professional competency)

Northern Sámi (reading proficiency)