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Stephenie Young is a Professor of Comparative Literature in the Department of English at Salem State University since 2008, with a dual role as Senior Faculty Research Fellow for the SSU Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies. Her work bridges art, writing, trauma studies, and forensic ethics in post-conflict contexts.
- Education: B.A. in Art History (California State University, Long Beach), M.A. and Ph.D. in Comparative Literature (SUNY Binghamton), with graduate certificates in French-to-English and Spanish-to-English translation.
Stephenie's research explores trauma and memory in modern/post-conflict regions, focusing on how material culture and forensic evidence shape memory politics. She examines visual narratives by artists in the U.S., Turkish Kurdistan, and Iran, analyzing soil/flora as artistic components and ethics of 'looking' during political/ecological crises.
Her recent publications analyze forensic aesthetics across diverse contexts (from Bosnia to U.S./Mexico border), with recurring themes of slow thought, ethical observation, and post-conflict memorialization. Curatorial projects include the 2023 Disappearing Worlds photography exhibit in Cambridge, highlighting work from Evgenia Arbugaeva and Natela Grigalashvili.
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Scientific Awards:
- US Embassy grant (Bosnia-Herzegovina)
- Marion and Jasper Whiting Grant
- Spanish Mobility Grant
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum fellowships
Stephenie holds leadership roles as Interim Director of the SSU Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies and its Certificate Program, while also chairing the University Research and Creative Activities Committee. She currently serves as a Subject Matter Expert on Forensics and Aesthetics for the upcoming Holocaust Museum Boston.
