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Creation Date
4-6-2026
Description
Portrait of Dhanai Anthmidou-Friel. Dhanai Anthmidou-Friel is an English major whose research focuses on Sappho. She began researching as a way to become more involved at USU and found it interesting to work in an interdisciplinary field where one interest area connects to multiple projects. “I’ve learned to value my work, my expertise, and my competencies, and to understand they’re applicable and I should be proud,” she shared. Through research, Anthmidou-Friel has strengthened her technological literacy by developing an information-tracking system across multiple spreadsheets and refined her communication skills, noting that a large part of research is communicating with others. Due to slim resources about Sappho, she’s also learned how to make the most of what is available and tap into her cross-cultural background, which has shaped her research and personal growth. Anthmidou-Friel noted one of the best parts is frequently learning new things, making connections within their project, and watching her community grow with various outreach opportunities. Sappho’s work is culturally important, especially related to queer women, poetic history, epics, and mythology. There aren’t any surviving artifacts about who Sappho was, but Anthmidou-Friel has enjoyed piecing together the fragments that remain to better understand her life and legacy.
Publisher
Merrill-Cazier Library, Utah State University
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Keywords
student, undergraduate, utah, university, presentation, research