Undergraduate Departmental Representatives (UDRs)
Each of the Undergraduate Departmental Representatives for the Comparative Literature and Culture Program serves as a resource and representative for fellow majors and minors and potential majors and minors, and brings student concerns and/or ideas to the program faculty. They also provide feedback to the program chair, undergraduate advising head, and faculty regarding scheduling problems, course offerings, etc. and help organize events for majors, minors, and other interested students.
Hello! I'm Esther Balaban, a junior from Brooklyn, NY majoring in English and European Cultural Studies with minors in Comparative Literature and Russian. I'm a staff writer for the Justice Arts and Culture section, the secretary of Pottery Club and Russian Club, and involved with Laurel Moon and Gravity Magazine. I'll be studying abroad in Copenhagen for the fall semester of my junior year. I'm planning on entering the publishing industry after graduation, as I have always had a deep love for books. In my free time, I love spending time in nature, doing pottery, crocheting, reading, and playing guitar and piano. Fun fact: I have a collection of over 30 pins from different art museums I've visited around the world.