Home Country: Poland
Program: Anthropology
University: University of Warsaw
Pronouns: she/her
Languages: Polish, English, some Russian, French, Spanish, and Mandarin Chinese

I joined the graduate program in Anthropology at Rice in the fall of 2020. My research interests include political anthropology, anthropology of law, STS, and the intersection of those. I graduated from the University of Warsaw with a bachelor’s degree in ethnology and a master’s degree in law. Studying ethnology, I participated in the field research in Budjak, Ukraine, and my thesis focused on memory of the pre-Soviet period among the Old Believers living in that region. While pursuing my degree in law, I completed a study program at the Center for American Law Studies, provided free legal advice at the Legal Aid Clinic, served as a co-mediator at the Center for Dispute and Conflict Resolution, and spent a semester as an exchange student at the China University of Political Science and Law in Beijing. After graduation, I worked as a lawyer in the intellectual property practice of a Warsaw-based law firm, and subsequently, at the Polish Office of Competition and Consumer Protection.

What do you like most about Houston?

Sun during the winter!

What do you like most about Fulbright?

The supportive community

Fun Fact about me:

I began roller skating when I came to Houston