Stephan Sveshnikov

Stephan Sveshnikov is a Ph.D. candidate in Russian history. His research focuses on village life, ecology, and religious culture in the medieval and Imperial periods, especially the White Sea basin and the subarctic. He has a particular interest in the intersection of religion and nature, and how ideas and beliefs about the sacred influence land ethics and environmental history. Stephan received his B.A. at Yale in 2018 and an M.A. at Saint Petersburg State University in 2022. He is a Graduate Fellow at Saybrook College, where he runs Saybrew, the college brewing and fermentation club. Before coming to Yale, Stephan worked as a cheesemaker in Appalachia and as a choral conductor in Salt Lake City, Utah.

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Breeanna Elliott

Graduate Student, Yale University

Yale University

History of Science and Medicine

Breeanna Elliott is an historian-ethnographer and studies the roles of ancestral spirits in healing cultures in the Western Indian Ocean (Madagascar and Tanzania).

Jeania Ree Moore

Graduate Student, Yale University

Yale University

African American Studies and Religious Studies

Jeania Ree Moore is a writer, clergyperson, and interdisciplinary scholar of theology, religion, and African American studies. She is a PhD candidate at Yale University.

Katy Joseline Maldonado Dominguez

Graduate Student, Yale University

Yale University

American Studies

Katy Maldonado Dominguez is passionate about fostering community among students. Despite her homebody inclinations, she approaches things with curiosity and often seeks out new experiences.

Michael Tritsch

Graduate Student, Yale University

Yale University

Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations

Michael Tritsch is an Egyptology PhD Candidate who specializes in “community religion” and embraces a passion for teaching, most recently teaching a course on ancient Near Eastern Pessimistic Literature.

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