Daniela Farkas

Daniela Farkas serves as a Research Fellow in the Department of English at Pennsylvania State University, where she conducts postdoctoral research at the intersection of psychological theory and cultural production. Her current work examines transformative influences of Jungian frameworks on modernist creative expression.

Education

• PhD, Pennsylvania State University, 2025
• MA, Pennsylvania State University, 2021
• BA, Florida Atlantic University, 2016

Research Focus: Her scholarship centers on Modernist Studies, Theory and Cultural Studies, and Visual Culture, with concentrated analysis of how Jungian psychology reshaped twentieth-century artistic and literary movements. She investigates archetypal symbolism and collective unconscious manifestations across diverse media, revealing profound connections between depth psychology and modernist innovation in both literature and visual arts.

Professional Engagement: Maintains regular office hours in Burrowes Building (Cubicle L) with hybrid availability via Zoom, demonstrating active participation in departmental academic life and student mentorship within the English program.