Terra Yuqian Zhang

History PhD student at UIUC

United States

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Experience

  • Honors thesis research at Smith College
    Aug 2024 - Dec 2024 · 5 mos

    "Islamic Learning Within and Beyond Sixteenth-Century West Africa: Trans-Regional Intellectual Exchange Through the Journey of Aḥmad b. al-ḥājj Aḥmad," awarded Highest Departmental Honors

  • Independent Researcher, History of Medieval Science at Smith College
    Sep 2021 - Apr 2023 · 1 yr 8 mos

    Completed a research paper examining the heterogeneous cosmological theory in Hermann of Carinthia’s De essentiis (1143), a text shaped by the confluence of Latin Platonism and Arabic scientific texts

  • Research Fellow at Kahn Liberal Arts Institute
    Apr 2022 - Dec 2022 · 9 mos

    Conducted a medical humanities research project that examines the role of tactility in medieval medicine. Participated in faculty-student research seminars and the strategic planning for Smith’s interdisciplinary programming on science, culture, and society.

  • Student, Summer Greek Institute (Basic Greek) at Brooklyn College
    Jun 2022 - Aug 2022 · 3 mos

    Completed an equivalent of 2-3 years of college Greek through eleven weeks of intensive study

  • Independent tutor, English Language and General Paper at Self-employed
    Sep 2020 - Jan 2021 · 5 mos

    Customized Singapore-Cambridge ‘A’ Levels English study programs for 8 students from Grades 9-12; conducted weekly topical lectures and discussions, emphasizing argumentative writing and critical reading; provided feedback on reading comprehension and composition in weekly individual sessions.