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Professors

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Joan Neuberger

Professor

neuberger@austin.utexas.edu  |  512-475-7219  |  GAR 2.102

Education   

Ph.D., 1985, Stanford University
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Gilbert Rappaport

Professor

grapp@austin.utexas.edu  |  512-232-9310  |  CAL 1

Education   

Ph.D., UCLA

Associate Professors

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Thomas Garza

University Distinguished Teaching Associate Professor and Director, Texas Language Center

tjgarza@austin.utexas.edu  |  512-471-3607  |  HRH 4.190 and CAL 406

Education   

Ed.D., Harvard University, 1987

Interests

  Russian language teaching methodology/Applied linguistics/Contemporary Russian culture/The Chechen wars and the media/Post-Soviet youth culture/Language teaching pedagogy/Russian popular culture/Modern Russian language/Contemporary Russian media

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Keith Livers

Associate Professor

kalivers@austin.utexas.edu  |  512-232-9128  |  CAL 5

Education   

Ph.D., University of Michigan
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Robert Moser

Associate Professor

rmoser@austin.utexas.edu  |  512-232-7278  |  BAT 4.148

Education   

Ph.D., University of Wisconsin
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Mary Neuburger

Chair, Department of Slavic and Eurasian Studies, Associate Professor

burgerm@austin.utexas.edu  |  512-471-3607  |  CAL 411

Education   

Ph.D., 1997, University of Washington
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Charters Wynn

Associate Professor

wynn@utexas.edu  |  512-475-7234  |  GAR 1.120

Education   

Ph.D., 1987, Stanford University

Assistant Professors

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Tatiana Kuzmic

Assistant Professor

tkuzmic@austin.utexas.edu  |  512-232-9125  |  CAL 416

Education   

Ph.D., University of Illinois
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Michael Pesenson

Assistant Professor, Graduate Advisor

mpesenson@utexas.edu  |  512 232 9132  |  CAL 404

Education   

Ph.D, Yale University

Instructors

Gulzada Akmatalieva

Specialist

ssgulzada@gmail.com  |  471-3607  |  CAL 8

Lecturers

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Nadya Clayton

Lecturer

nclayton@mail.utexas.edu  |  (512) 471-3607  |  CAL 7

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Bella B. Jordan

Lecturer

belka@austin.utexas.edu  |  512-232-9127  |  CAL 3

Education   

Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
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Bernadeta Kaminska

Lecturer

BernadetaKaminska@austin.utexas.edu  |  232-9133  |  CAL 2

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Marina Potoplyak

Lecturer

marina.potoplyak@gmail.com  |  (512) 471-3607  |  CAL 436C

Education   

PhD, UT Austin

Stephanie Richards

Lecturer

skrichards@wisc.edu  |  471-3607  |  CAL 429C

Interests

  19th century Russian literature, Pushkin, Pushkin and history, Dostoevsky, Christianity, Christianity in literature, Christianity as a historical phenomenon

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Veronika Tuckerova

Lecturer

VeronikaTuckerova@austin.utexas.edu  |  232-9129  |  CAL 408

Education   

PhD, Columbia University

Other faculty

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Leslie O'Bell

Associate Professor, Retired

lobell@utexas.edu  |  (512) 471-3607  |  CAL 415

Education   

Ph.D., Harvard University

Jan Wielgohs

Visiting Faculty

wielgohs@europa-uni.de  |  512-232-8269  |  MEZ 3.309

Professors Emeriti

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John Kolsti

Professor Emeritus

jkolsti@austin.utexas.edu  |  512-471-3607  |  CAL 415

Education   

Ph.D., Harvard University
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Sidney Monas

Professor Emeritus

smonas@mail.utexas.edu  |  512-471-5001  |  HRC 3.325

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Seth Wolitz

Professor Emeritus

slwolitz@mail.utexas.edu  |  512 471 5531  |  HRH 3.114A

Education   

Ph.D., Yale University

Assistant Instructors

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Karen Chilstrom

Assistant Instructor

chilstrom@utexas.edu  |  471-3607  |  CAL 429C

Marina Flider

Assistant Instructor

marina.flider@gmail.com  |  471-3607  |  CAL 429D

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Nicholas Gossett

Assistant Instructor

nicholas.s.gossett@utexas.edu  |  512-471-3607  |  CAL 429B

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Mark Hopkins

Assistant Instructor

markhopkins81@gmail.com  |  (512) 471-3607  |  CAL 429A

Elena Liskova

Assistant Instructor

eliskova@utexas.edu  |  471-3607  |  CAL 431B

Jason Roberts

Assistant Instructor

j.roberts@utexas.edu  |  BUR 370

Education   

M.A., University of Texas at Austin
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