CFD Team Spotlight: Ece Celikkol, Graduate Fellow
The Newsletter Team sat down with one of our graduate fellows, Ece Celikkol, for an interview about her work, passions, hobbies, and special CFD projects. The transcript of our interview is below.
CFD Team: Tell us a bit about yourself.
I am from Turkiye and I will be graduating in May, finishing my master’s in MFA in Literary Translation.
CFD Team: How did you come to work at CFD? Where does CFD fit into your story?
CFD introduced me to a new area of study and I had the opportunity to read and translate more exile literature.
CFD Team: What is/was your role at the Center?
I was a literary translator at CFD.
CFD Team: What inspires you about your work/studies?
Learning new literature and improving my translation skills inspire me the most about my work.
CFD Team: You just finished your time at CFD. What’s your biggest takeaway from your year here?
At the beginning, I was new and unfamiliar with this field. My biggest takeaway is to keep your options open and experience every opportunity you get to have.
CFD Team: What are you most proud of from your time at CFD?
I would be proud of myself if I did a great job helping the team out in any way I could!
CFD Team: What comes next? Do you have any exciting post-CFD plans?
My post-CFD plans are to go back to my home country, spend the summer with my family and friends and find a job in the US and come back as soon as possible!
CFD Team: Tell us about some of your passions and hobbies outside of academia. What makes you, you?
I love walking outside, cooking, reading books, and watching movies and TV shows. I am looking forward to going back to Turkiye and spending my summer swimming in the beautiful seas along the Aegean and Mediterranean shore. I enjoy discovering new places with my family!