Dustin Lovett graduated cum laude from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign with a degree in Comparative Literature with a minor in German Literature and a certificate in Translation Studies. During his studies, he also interned as an editorial assistant and in-house translator for Dalkey Archive Press. Afterward, he received a Fulbright grant to study translation methodology at the University of Vienna in Austria. After spending a few years teaching in Austria and France to develop his language skills, he returned to the United States and is now pursuing a PhD in Comparative Literature with emphases in German and Translation.