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Masako Fidler is a Professor in Slavic Studies at Brown University. She was born in Japan and completed her undergraduate studies in Russian literature at Waseda University in Tokyo. Fidler earned her PhD in Slavic Linguistics from the University of California, Los Angeles. Her primary teaching and research focus includes the Czech language, culture, and linguistics. Fidler is engaged in a number of scholarly projects, including the Czech National Corpus at Charles University and has served as a faculty liaison for various international collaborations. Her research expertise extends to comparative linguistics, discourse analysis, and cognitive linguistics. One of her notable works includes a monograph on Onomatopoeia in Czech, which received the Book Award from the American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages in 2015. Fidler's scholarly endeavors also encompass interdisciplinary projects funded by research councils and various grants aimed at advancing linguistic studies, especially concerning sound symbolism and grammar. Throughout her career, she has emphasized the importance of sociolinguistics and the representation of gender and politics in linguistic research.
Department: Department of Economics