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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
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BYU Department of Germanic and Slavic Languages, Undergraduate Advisor,
1993-95
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BYU Student Theater, Director, 1993-98
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AAASS, Panel Organizer, 1996-98
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BYU Seminar on Formalism, Structuralism and Deconstructivism,
Organizer, 1995-97
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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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