curriculum vitae

Scandinavian Studies
University of Washington
318 Raitt Hall, Box 353420
Seattle, WA 98195-3420
email [at] maxinesavage [dot] com

PhD, Scandinavian Languages and Literature, University of Washington, In Progress
- Graduate Certificates: Sexuality and Queer Studies, Cinema and Media Studies
MA, Scandinavian Languages and Literature, University of Washington
- Graduate Certificate: Textual and Digital Studies
BA, with distinction, Humanities and Social Sciences, Shimer College

Joff Hanauer Fellow in Western Civilization, University of Washington, 2019-2020
Fulbright Fellow to Iceland, Fulbright U.S. Student Program, 2018-2019
Research Fellowship, American-Scandinavian Foundation, 2018-2019
Travel Award, University of Washington Graduate School Fund for Excellence and Innovation (GSFEI), 2017
Scan|Design Summer Scholarship, Scan|Design Foundation, 2017
Danish Summer Language Scholarship, Danish Ministry of Higher Education and Science, 2017
Top Scholar Award, University of Washington Graduate School, 2016
Travel Scholarship, University of the Faroe Islands, 2016
Robert Maynard Hutchins Scholarship, Shimer College, 2008-2013
Speedwell Foundation Study Abroad Scholarship, AFS Intercultural Programs, 2007

Predoctoral Instructor, Expository Writing Program, University of Washington, 2019-present
Research Assistant, critical commentary for Carl Th. Dreyer’s Michael (1924), Summer 2020
Teaching Assistant, Sagas of the Vikings, University of Washington, Summer 2018
Teaching Assistant, Scandinavian Mythology, University of Washington, Summer 2018
Predoctoral Instructor, First Year Danish, University of Washington, 2017 – 2018
Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Swedish Literary and Cultural History, University of Washington, Spring 2017
Teaching Assistant, Scandinavian Children’s Literature, University of Washington, Winter 2017
Research Assistant, University of Washington, Autumn 2016

“Sex, Race, & Nation-State: Queer Iceland at the Movies.” SASS, Puerto Rico, *Cancelled due to COVID-19.
“Whose breast revolution? Nudes, nipples, and human rights in Iceland.” MLA Annual Convention, Seattle, January 10, 2020.
“Translating Nervous Wrecks: The Queer Kinship of Translation.” Textual & Digital Studies Colloquium, University of Washington, May 28, 2019.
“‘Party like a criminal’: Erik Lundin’s Allegorical Suedi & Postnational Swedish Identity.” SASS, UCLA, May 5, 2018.
“A Movement Between: Mellanförskap and the Rap Oeuvre of Erik Lundin.” Study Day on Popular Music in the Nordic Countries, IASPM, University of Oslo, September 14, 2017.

Multilingual Writing Lab, Ós Pressan, 2018-2019
Danish Summer Language Course, Askov Højskole, August 2017
International Literary Translation & Creative Writing Summer School, British Centre for Literary Translation, July 2017
Graduate Translation Conference & Workshops, University of Texas at Dallas, May 2017
International Summer Institute in Faroese Language and Culture, University of the Faroe Islands, August 2016
Summer Course in Modern Icelandic, Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, University of Iceland, July 2016
Academic Exchange Student, AFS Intercultural Programs, Iceland, 2007 – 2008

Member, Body and Media Graduate Research Cluster, 2020 – present
Graduate Student Representative, UW Scandinavian Studies, 2019 – present
Member, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee, UW Scandinavian Studies, 2016 – present
Member, Multi-Disciplinary Translation Studies Graduate Research Cluster, 2019 – 2020
Scandinavian Studies Senator, UW Graduate and Professional Student Senate, 2016 – 2018
Committee Member, UW Scandinavian Studies Graduate Student Colloquium, 2016 – 2018
Chair, Women and Gender Panel, ACTC Undergraduate Conference, 2013