Alexandra Jocic

Alexandra Jocic is a PhD student in Japanese and former Yugoslavian literature and history, though she enjoys liaisons with the anthropology department from time to time. She earned her BA in Psychology and the Humanities, and her MA in Japanese and European Literature from York University. For her dissertation, she is researching the supernatural in late 19th and early 20th century Japanese and Balkan fiction and its relationship to genocide and other forms of mass violence in modernity. She has received an Ontario Graduate Scholarship and has twice been a recipient of the Dr. David Chu Scholarship to conduct research in Japan. She is also a Gemini and loves red velvet cupcakes.