Margaryta Golovchenko (she/her) is a Ukrainian settler-immigrant, poet, and critic from Tkaronto, Treaty 13 and Williams Treaty Territory. Currently, she is a Ph.D. student in the art history department at the University of Oregon, located on Kalapuya land. Her research focuses on the representation of human-animal relationships in 18th and 19th century European art. Her writing has appeared in various publications.