Olga Mukhortova is a PhD student at the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University of Pittsburgh, where she recently earned her MA degree. Olga received her first Specialist degree in Slavic Philology from the Samara Academy for the Humanities in Samara, Russia and the second Specialist degree in European Culture Studies from the Russian State University for the Humanities in Moscow, Russia.  Her current research focuses on Renata Litvinova’s work and post-colonial studies.