Secretary, Writer and Peer Reviewer
Class of 2026
Maria Sazonova is a Physics Major with a Writing and Rhetoric Minor and Russian studies Minor, in the WISE Program. She aspires to become a scientific writer in the future, either STEM-oriented or more leaning towards the social sciences. She looks forward to the valuable experiences Brooklogue grants her with the editorial process, discussing various social topics, and conveying certain social issues and their possible solutions to the public. Outside of Brooklogue, she is involved in Optics Research at the Laser Teaching Center (LTC), a Highlight writer for SBYIR (Stony Brook Young Investigators Review), a writer for RhetComp Blog at SBU, and an editor for the SBU History Journal. In her free time, she obsesses over classical literature (specifically Russian), attempts to write and discuss poetry, hikes with her dog, works on silly art projects, and journals.
Publications:
The Appalling Reality of Bykov’s film The Fool; the Pitiable State of Modern Russian Society and the Prevalence of Human Apathy
by Maria Sazonova, May 17, 2023 Summary The film Fool, released in 2014 and directed by Yuri Bykov, received instant popularity and spurred nuanced discussion of the film’s creative execution and purpose. Fool, without further introduction, thrusts us into the severe and authentic reality of modern Russian society. In a small city N, at an…
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