Zoya Brumberg
Doctoral Student

Contact
- E-mail: zoyabrumberg@utexas.edu
Interests
women and gender studies, Asian American studies, postcolonial studies, critical theory, architecture, visual culture, Chinese American history, Jewish Studies, old Hollywood, food
Biography
Zoya Brumberg is a Doctoral Candidate and Assistant Instructor. She holds a Master's Degree in Visual and Critical Studies from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (2015) and Bachelor's of Art in Russian and Art Studio from Mount Holyoke College (2012). Her research areas include architecture, visual culture, Asian American Studies, Jewish Studies, and cultural history. Her dissertation, "Asian Eclectic Architecture and the Construction of Immigrant Identities in 20th-Century California," explores the intersections of design aesthetics and ethnic community-building through a series of significant vernacular architectural sites in San Francisco and Los Angeles. Zoya is also an avid home chef and has a cooking blog with stories and recipes of the Jewish diaspora called Kimchi and Kishke.