Education
Ph.D. Brown University, Slavic Languages
M.A. Brown University, Slavic Languages
B.A. Pyatigorsk State University, Linguistics, the English and German Languages
Research Interests
History of Russian emigration, particularly the first wave of the 1920s and 1930s, the literary works of V. Khodasevich, I. Bunin, V. Nabokov, and M. Tsvetaeva, Russian and Soviet émigré literature, Soviet and Russian science fiction
Awards and Professional Accomplishments
ACTFL Full OPI Tester of Russian Certificate, 2020
Dr. Pranas A. Sveikauskas Award for Achievement in Teaching, 2016
Fulbright Foreign Language Assistant Scholarship, 2009-2010
Courses Taught
Current language courses
RUSS 160 Fourth-Year Russian I
RUSS 161 Fourth-Year Russian II
Current content courses
RUSS 177 Fantastika: Russian Fantasy and Science Fiction
RUSS 173 Ecology and Nature in Russian Culture
RUSS 172 Russian History through Literature and Film