Rebecca Janzen, a professor of Spanish and comparative literature whose current research focuses on Catholic religious practices in mining regions, has been awarded the prestigious German fellowship to work with Professor Tina Asmussen, a historian of science and technology with an appointment at Germany’s national mining museum and the Ruhr-Universität Bochum.
The fellowship program allows experienced faculty researchers to collaborate with peers at host institutions in Germany and to join a network that includes 61 Nobel Prize winners.