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Faculty

Nancy Condee Nancy Condee
Professor; Director, Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies Director of Graduate Studies
412-624-5706
condee@pitt.edu
Marcin Marcin Dadan
Teaching Assistant Professor, Director of Polish Studies Program
Ljiljana Duraskovic Ljiljana Duraskovic
Teaching Professor, Director of Undergraduate Studies and Advisor for Bosnian/Croatian/Montenegrin/Serbian Studies minor Assistant Dean, Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
412-624-5908
ljiljana@pitt.edu
Thomas Dyne Thomas Dyne
Teaching Assistant Professor, Russian Major Undergraduate Advisor
thd29@pitt.edu
Bella Grigoryan Bella Grigoryan
Associate Professor and Chair
412-624-9958
grigoryan@pitt.edu
Renáta Kamenárová Renáta Kamenárová
Teaching Assistant Professor, Director of Slovak Studies Program
rek89@pitt.edu
Anna Karpusheva Anna Karpusheva
Teaching Assistant Professor
ank490@pitt.edu
Olga Klimova Olga Klimova
Teaching Associate Professor, Director of Russian Program
vok1@pitt.edu
Anna Kovalova Anna Kovalova
Assistant Professor
ank492@pitt.edu
DL Daniil Leiderman
Assistant Professor
dml182@pitt.edu
Kathleen Manukyan Kathleen Manukyan
Teaching Associate Professor, Executive Director, The Slavic, East European, and Near Eastern Summer Language Institute (SLI)
412-624-5711
manukyan1@pitt.edu

Part-Time Faculty

Erin Alpert Holmes Erin Alpert Holmes
Training Specialist in English for Speakers of Other Languages, Cuyahoga Community College
era17@pitt.edu
Eleni Anastasiou Eleni Anastasiou
Part-time faculty
412-624-6506
egast1@pitt.edu
Oksana Lernatovych Oksana Lernatovych
Part-time instructor
okl2@pitt.edu
Sabrina Robinson Sabrina Robinson
Part-time instructor
412-624-5711
sms167@pitt.edu
Marc Wisnosky Marc Wisnosky
Part-time instructor
mwisnosky@pitt.edu

Graduate Students

Samantha Bodamer Samantha Bodamer
sambodamer@pitt.edu
Elizaveta Grishechkina Elizaveta Grishechkina
elg206@pitt.edu
Mikhail Itkin Mikhail Itkin
mii42@pitt.edu
Cathedral of Learning Eva Ivanilova
EVI1@pitt.edu
Eve Lee Eve Lee
eeb87@pitt.edu
Maria Natalyuk Maria Natalyuk
man388@pitt.edu
Dasha Prokhorova Dasha Prokhorova
dap269@pitt.edu
Jacob Richey Jacob Richey
jar420@pitt.edu
Elizaveta Volkovskaia Elizaveta Volkovskaia
evolkovskaia@pitt.edu
Daniel Witkin Daniel Witkin
daw249@pitt.edu

Emeritus Faculty

Mark Altshuller Mark Altshuller
Professor Emeritus
David J. Birnbaum David J. Birnbaum
Professor Emeritus
djbpitt@pitt.edu
Oscar E. Swan Oscar E. Swan
Professor Emeritus
swan@pitt.edu

Staff

Kelly Britcher Kelly Britcher
Faculty Actions Coordinator
412-383-1692
ksb85@pitt.edu
Laura Brooks Laura Brooks
Business Coordinator
412-624-8041
laurabrooks@pitt.edu
Andrew Gray Andrew Gray
Assistant Business Coordinator/Website Coordinator
412-383-0256
asg147@pitt.edu
Stephen Lander Stephen Lander
Payroll/Personnel Coordinator
412-624-2695
sll4@pitt.edu
Michael Orbin Michael Orbin
Graduate Administrator
412-624-5227
mio43@pitt.edu
Anthony Payne Anthony Payne
Administrative Officer
a.payne@pitt.edu
Alexandra Rodwick Alexandra Rodwick
Events Coordinator
412-638-3564
alr297@pitt.edu
Briar Somerville Briar Somerville
Academic Coordinator
412-624-5906
kbs47@pitt.edu
Agnieszka Sornek Agnieszka Sornek
SLI Program Coordinator
ags136@pitt.edu
Matthew Spinneweber Matthew Spinneweber
Fiscal Administrator
412-383-2972
mjs427@pitt.edu

Alumni

Erin Alpert Holmes Erin Alpert Holmes
Training Specialist in English for Speakers of Other Languages, Cuyahoga Community College
era17@pitt.edu
Irina Anisimova Irina Anisimova
Guest Researcher, Department of Foreign Languages, University of Bergen
Irina.anisimova@uib.no
Richard Beach Gray Richard Beach Gray
Emerging Technologies Advisor, Accenture Federal Services
rbg10@pitt.edu
Zhanna Budenkova Zhanna Budenkova
zhanna.budenkova@pitt.edu
Andrew Chapman Andrew Chapman
Director of Nationally Competitive Awards, Assistant Dean, University of Texas at San Antonio
Chapman.drew@gmail.com
Annalisa Czeczulin Annalisa Czeczulin
Director, Graduate Programs in Education, Director, Center of Education, Goucher College
aczeczulin@goucher.edu
Alyssa DeBlasio Alyssa DeBlasio
Professor of Russian; John B. Parsons Chair in the Liberal Arts & Sciences, Dickinson College
deblasia@dickinson.edu
Seth Graham Seth Graham
Associate Professor, University College London
s.graham@ucl.ac.uk
Cathedral of Learning Felix Helbing
Resident Director, RLASP Yerevan, American Councils for International Education
flh3@pitt.edu
Kiun Hwang Kiun Hwang
Research Professor, Asia-Pacific Research Center, Hanyang University
kih12@pitt.edu
Theodora Kelly Trimble Theodora Kelly Trimble
Director, Center for Global Programs, Denison University
theodora.trimble@gmail.com
Olga Kim Olga Kim
Assistant Professor of Russian, Williams College
olk11@pitt.edu
Olga Klimova Olga Klimova
Teaching Associate Professor, Director of Russian Program
vok1@pitt.edu
Irina Makoveeva Irina Makoveeva
Gerald McCausland Gerald McCausland
Associate Professor, Defense Language Institute, Washington DC
mccausland@pitt.edu
Olga Mukhortova Olga Mukhortova
Associate Professor, Defense Language Institute, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Monterey
olm12@pitt.edu
Alla Nedashkivska Alla Nedashkivska
Professor, University of Alberta
alla.nedashkivska@ualberta.ca
Petre Petrov Petre Petrov
pep44@pitt.edu
Alexander Prokhorov Alexander Prokhorov
Professor, College of William and Mary
axprok@wm.edu
Elena Prokhorova Elena Prokhorova
Associate Professor, Associate Chair of Educational Policy, College of William and Mary
evprok@wm.edu
Natalie Ryabchikova Natalie Ryabchikova
Lecturer, HSE Art and Design School
nar46@pitt.edu
Ellina Sattarova Ellina Sattarova
Assistant Professor, University of Southern California
els139@pitt.edu
Emma Schwarz
Graduate Student
ems299@pitt.edu
Tetyana Shlikhar Tetyana Shlikhar
Assistant Teaching Professor of Russian, University of Notre Dame
Benjamin Sutcliffe Benjamin Sutcliffe
Professor of Russian, Miami University
sutclibm@miamioh.edu
Elise Thorsen Elise Thorsen
Associate Manager, Open Source Analysis, Accenture Federal Services
ethorsen@novetta.com
Trevor Wilson Trevor Wilson
Assistant Professor of Russian, Virginia Tech
ttw4@pitt.edu
Julie Zigoris (Draskoczy) Julie Zigoris (Draskoczy)
Arts and culture reporter, The Standard
julie.zigoris@gmail.com

In Memoriam

Vladimir Padunov Vladimir Padunov
Associate Professor
Denis Saltykov Denis Saltykov
Martin Votruba Martin Votruba