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Hi!
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My name is Lizzie Collins. I received my
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PhD in French and Francophone Studies
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from UCLA in 2020
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and now I'm a lecturer in French and
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Francophone Studies at University of
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Pennsylvania.
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My research focuses on the Vietnamese
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diaspora in the Francophone world.
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For my dissertation I looked at
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representations of food for
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the legacy of French empire, and today
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I'm working on
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anti-Asian racism in France and the
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contemporary media created by
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Asian diasporans who confront anti-Asian
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racism.
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I couldn't have done any of this without
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the International Institute at UCLA
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and the Center for European and Russian
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Studies,
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mainly thanks to the the grants and
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opportunities
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that really set me up to be able to do
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the research
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that I wanted to do and communicate it
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to the world.
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I was able to get a FLAS fellowship to
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study Vietnamese
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in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. I was able
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to
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do preliminary research thanks to a
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pre-dissertation
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grant from CERS, and that led me to be
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able to apply for outside funding
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and enabled me to do research for
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several years in the archives in France.
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When I got back from my research
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abroad, I was able to present my research
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through a lecture series, a student
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lecture series at CERS,
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which enabled me to then meet more
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people, communicate my research,
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and that became the basis for my first
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publication.
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So in short, I'm extremely grateful
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for all of the opportunities that
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UCLA, the International Institute, and the
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Center for European and Russian
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Studies provided me. Thanks!