Binghamton University student receives Graduate Student Excellence in Research Award

BINGHAMTON, NY (03/27/2014)(readMedia)-- Each year, Binghamton University recognizes research excellence by graduate students with a set of awards designed to recognize the wide variety of approaches to the advancement of knowledge on the Binghamton campus and the important role played by graduate students in research at the University.

Natalia Andrievskikh from Binghamton, NY has recently received a Graduate Student Excellence in Research award from Binghamton University, State University of New York:

Natalia Andrievskikh's main research focus offers original and thought-provoking work that lies at the intersection of literary, anthropological and gender studies, and her work on feminist re-visitation of fairy tales stands out for its richness and the relevance of its central arguments. She has presented papers and organized panels at several conferences including the Northeast Modern Language Association and the Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association annual conventions, and the annual international conference at the University of Bucharest. She has garnered grants from the highly selective Harvard Summer Institute in World Literature, Central European University's Summer Institute in Documentary Studies and as a Fulbright exchange student. With publications including three book chapters, one book review, two manuscripts under review and several other publications, she is lauded by her nominators for the elegance she brings to her field, as well as for her generosity to share her experiences in research, teaching and creative writing.

Binghamton University is one of the four university centers of the State University of New York. Known for the excellence of its students, faculty, staff and programs, Binghamton enrolls close to 15,000 students in programs leading to bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees. Its curriculum, founded in the liberal arts, has expanded to include selected professional and graduate programs.