Job title:
Executive Director, Nordic Studies Program
Bio/CV:
Lotta Weckström is a Continuing Lecturer in the UC Berkeley Department of Scandinavian and Executive Director of the IES Nordic Studies Program. She teaches courses in Finnish language, culture and history. Dr. Weckström’s research centers on sociolinguistics, social anthropology, digital humanities, ethnography, and oral histories. In her work, she combines sociolinguistics, rhetoric and argumentation and the study of migration in interdisciplinary projects. For her dissertation she worked with young people of Finnish descent in Sweden focusing on cultural heritage, language use and feelings of national belonging.
