Cheryl Zilinskas

Cheryl R. Zilinskas 
Curriculum Vitae

 

 

University of Washington
Department of Scandinavian Studies
Box 353420
Seattle, WA 98195-3420

 

 

Education:

 

2003- present: PhD candidate, Department of Scandinavian Studies, University of Washington. Advisor: Guntis Smidchens.

 

 

2003: Master of Arts in International Studies: Russia, East Europe and Central Asia. Thesis: For God and Fatherland! The Catholic Church, Lithuanian Nationalism and Anti-Soviet Dissent. Chairs: Guntis Smidchens and James Felak.   

 

1993 Bachelor of Arts, History, University of Missouri. 
Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Alpha Theta History Honors Society.

 

 

Areas of Interest:

 

History, nationalism in the Baltic States
Church-state relations and secularization

 

 

Honors and Awards:

 

Foreign Language and Area Studies fellowships (full tuition plus stipend):
Summer 2001 Lithuanian language
Academic Year 2001-2002 Lithuanian language
Academic Year 2002-2003 Lithuanian language
Summer 2003 Latvian language
Academic Year 2004-2005 Swedish language

 

2004 Baltic Studies Summer Institute scholarship for intensive Latvian study

 

2001  Harry S. Truman Scholarship ($5000)

 

1989-1993 Curator’s Scholar University of Missouri (full tuition)

 

1989-1993 Bright Flight Scholarship ($2000 per year)

 

 

 

Papers Presented:

 

Zilinskas, Cheryl R., A Re-evaluation of Religious Change in Scandinavia and the Baltic Countries, Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Studies Conference, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon, May 5-7, 2005.

 

Zilinskas, Cheryl R., and Steve Pfaff, State, Nation and thePolitical Economy of Religion: A Re-evaluation of ReligiousChange in the Nordic and Baltic Countries, Eleventh Annual REECAS Northwest Regional Conference, Reed College, Portland, Oregon, April 9, 2005. 

 

Zilinskas, Cheryl R., Sweden: a Case of Thorough Secularization or Spiritual Scarcity?, Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Studies Conference, Redondo Beach, California, 2004. 

 

Renshaw, Cheryl,  Religion, Nationalism and Dissent in Lithuania--A Unique Model?, Ninth Annual REECAS Regional Conference, University of Washington-Bothell, 2003.

 

 

Work Experience:

2003-present  Freelance translation for various companies

 

2004 Student Assistant, Russian, East European and Central Asian Studies program, University of Washington

 

2003-2004 Teaching Assistant, Department of Scandinavian Studies, University of Washington.

 

1997-2001 International Intern, The Navigators, Vilnius, Lithuania.

 

1994-1997 Unit clerk and data entry clerk, University of Missouri Hospitals and Clinics, Columbia, Missouri.