Mojca Penca

Pronouns: she/her/hers

Email: penca@wisc.edu

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Year Admitted: 2018

Bio

Mojca Penca is a Doctoral Candidate in Literary Studies. She is currently working on a dissertation that explores transnationalism as a mode of surveillance by examining deterritorialized figures such as the undocumented worker, the transnational adoptee, the asylum seeker, and the international student. In 2022-2023, Mojca served as an International Reach Ambassador for the International Student Services and in 2023 she was appointed as a Teaching Mentor for the College of Letters and Science.

Interests

Asian American Literature, Transnational Theory, Migration and Statelessness, Global Popular Cultures

Degree and Institution

MA, UW-Madison
MA, Yonsei University
BA, University of Ljubljana