A Cox Legacy Scholar, Dawn Lipperd is an undergraduate student preparing for his capstone year in Almaty, Kazakhstan with the Russian Flagship. He previously studied the Russian language for a summer in Riga, Latvia with native speakers through an intensive language acquisition program with funding from the IU Russian Flagship Program. Future aspirations include, receiving a masters/PHD in folklore, traveling and living in Eastern Europe, and potentially working as a public service officer in the State Department. Interests include anthropology, folklore, history, and Eastern Europe. He assists in outreach projects for the Global Center's various educational initiatives.
Dawn Lipperd
Outreach and Communications Assistant