Nola Peshkin
UW Honors Graduates
Nola Peshkin

English Language and Literature
French Language, Sociolinguistics, and Translation
Designation: College Honors
Honors Grads 2018/2019
Proudest Moment: Opening my email and finding out I had been granted a Fulbright Scholarship! I applied on a total whim, and only started the application a few weeks before the deadline, so I was definitely a little shocked.
Thesis: Flowing With Milk and Honey: How the Fertile Powers of Women and Nature Create Patriarchal Fear and the Desire for Control and Commodification
npeshkin@gmail.comSumming up 4 years in a few sentences is the hardest assignment I've had yet! From working to change campus environmental policy as the Executive Director of SEED, to interning for Rick Steves, to falling deeply in love with victorian literature, my time at UW has been a succession of wonderful and varied adventures. UW Honors has given me so much more than I could have hoped for, including a foundational community and an amazing Partners in the Parks trip. I'm currently trying to balance my passions for environmental conservation and english literature, and figuring out where/how/if the two intersect.
Next fall I'll be working under a Fulbright Scholarship to teach university-level English in Hasselt, Belgium and absolutely can't wait for some amazing learning experiences, new languages, and good beer!