Alana Felton is a 5th-year PhD student in Slavic Languages and Literatures. Her research focuses on contemporary Belarusian technologically mediated protest art and culture. Alana has extensive experience advising students writing fellowship application essays and has worked for the Yale Fellowships office for several years. She also enjoys reading and discussing dissertation chapters and academic articles, but is happy to provide feedback on any kind of writing! Alana previously worked as an Acquisitions Editor and copy editor at Academic Studies Press, an independent academic press and is passionate about helping young academics publish. During the 2024–25 academic year, she will be in Europe on a Fulbright Schuman Scholarship, working on her dissertation. Prior to coming to Yale, Alana was a Fulbright ETA in Viciebsk, Belarus in 2018–19 after getting her BA in Slavic Studies from Brown University in 2018.