Ulia Gosart (Popova) is a scholar, writer and human rights activist. She grew up in Ukraine, and studies in Kiev University of Culture and Arts, Ukraine; her PhD is from UCLA. She teaches at the School of Information at San Jose State University. Since the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, she has supported Ukrainian librarians by fundraising, thematic events and publishing. Her current project is compilation of children’s war-poetry written and illustrated by Ukrainian children, some of whom are from internally displaced families.