Robyn Jensen
استادیار · Russian literature and culture of the 19th and 20th centuries
University of California, Berkeleyمعرفی
Robyn Jensen serves as an Assistant Teaching Professor at the University of California, Berkeley, specializing in 19th and 20th-century Russian literature, Nabokov, Chekhov, the short story, prison literature in Russia and America, and women in Soviet cinema.
Her academic credentials include:
- Ph.D. in Slavic Languages and Literatures from Columbia University
- M.Phil in Slavic Languages and Literatures (with minor in Film Studies) from Columbia University
- M.A. in Slavic Languages and Literatures from Columbia University
- B.A. in Slavic Languages and Literatures from Barnard College
Dr. Jensen's research centers on Russian literary and cultural studies with deep expertise in Vladimir Nabokov and Anton Chekhov. Her work critically examines Moscow Conceptualism, self-narratives, photography theory, interart aesthetics, theatrical performance, and carceral systems. Her current book project Nabokov’s Camera Eye investigates visual media's role in literary construction.
Her recent publications reveal a consistent scholarly trajectory exploring intersections between Russian literature and visual culture, particularly through Nabokov's works. She analyzes photographic representation in autobiography, pedagogical approaches to complex texts, and intermedial relationships between painting and narrative, demonstrating how visual frameworks shape literary meaning.
Scientific Awards: No awards documented in available sources.
Advising and Grants: Public records indicate no formal PhD/Master's advisees or grant funding disclosures. Her public writing in Los Angeles Review of Books suggests engagement with broader academic discourse beyond traditional advising structures.
