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Education

Ph.D., 1991 Department of Philology, Moscow State University
           Thesis:"Pushkin and the French Tradition of Poesie Pensee"

M.A., 1985 Department of Philology, Moscow State University, Magna cum laude
           Thesis: "Pushkin vs. Herder: History and Legend in Pushkin's Work"

Professional Experience

Full-time appointments

2002-2003 Visiting Assistant Professor of Russian, Russian and East European Studies Center, University of Oregon
1993-2000 Assistant Professor of Russian (tenure-track), Department of Germanic and Slavic, Brigham Young University (on leave in 1999-2000)
1991-1993 Visiting Professor, Department of Slavic Languages, University of Texas at Austin
1985-1988 Instructor, History of Russian Literature, Department of Philology, Moscow State University
1983-1985 Bibliographer, Pedagogica Publishers, Moscow
1982-1985 Junior Editor, "World Literature Over the Radio," Gosteleradio, Moscow

Part-time and short-term appointments

1992 Lecturer, NEH Summer School for High School Teachers of Russian, Austin
1991 Literary Advisor, Royal Swedish Academy, Stockholm
1988-1991 Reviewer, Literaturnaia gazeta, Moscow

Grants and Awards

1993-1995 BYU Travel Grants
1994 BYU Summer Research Award
1995-1996 J.F.Kennedy Foundation Grant (research on Italian motifs in Russian literature )
1997-1998 J.F.Kennedy Foundation Grant (study of Russian cultural patterns)

Service

  • BYU Research Grants Committee, Member, Chair, 1994-97
  • BYU Department of Germanic and Slavic Languages, Undergraduate Advisor, 1993-95
  • BYU Student Theater, Director, 1993-98
  • AAASS, Panel Organizer, 1996-98
  • BYU Seminar on Formalism, Structuralism and Deconstructivism, Organizer, 1995-97
  • BYU Russian Club, President, 1993-96

Membership in Professional Organizations

  • Modern Language Association
  • Russian Humanities Fund
  • AATSEEL
  • AAASS
  • Dobro Slovo: Slavic Honor Society
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