Elizaveta Maslovskaya

Elizaveta Maslovskaya

University of Oklahoma

Dublin City University (DCU)

Arts/Performing Arts/Film

Elizaveta Maslovskaya, a resident of Norman, Oklahoma, is a senior at the University of Oklahoma where she is studying Creative Media Production & French. She is an immigrant from Russia who recently became a US citizen. Lisa is a documentary maker who filmed Hurricane Ian in Florida where she and her team focused on journalists and meteorologists who continued reporting on the disaster through the horrors of the storm. She received several awards for her documentaries and won an undergraduate fellowship to research and film a documentary on the war in Ukraine. Two of her documentaries won awards from the national Broadcast Education Association. She received of the National IDEA Inspire the Passion Award for her work with the NBA’s Oklahoma City Thunder. Her goal is to understand the impact host countries have on refugees around the world. Her recent documentary is on Ukrainian refugees in the United States and their lives 1.5 years into the war. Noting that Ireland has seen significant increases in immigrant and refugee populations in recent years, she plans to research how Ireland deals with refugees and immigrants. Lisa will study Documentary Practice at Dublin City University.