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Diao, Wenhao

Associate Professor

wdiao@arizona.edu

Fall 2024

RSSS 579 – Second/Foreign Language Teaching and Learning
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Ecke, Peter M

Professor

eckep@arizona.edu

Spring 2025

RSSS 587 – Assessment in Second/Foreign Language Learning
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Gauthier, Brandon Page

Graduate Assistant

bgauthier@arizona.edu

Spring 2025

RSSS 114 – How to Learn a Foreign Language

Fall 2024

RSSS 114 – How to Learn a Foreign Language
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Anastasia Gordienko

Gordienko, Anastasia

Assistant Professor

gordienko@arizona.edu

Spring 2025

RSSS 320 – Criminal Russia: From Rasputin to Putin

Fall 2024

RSSS 280 – Sports and Empire: Sport in Soviet & Post-Soviet Eastern European Society
RSSS 212 – Mythic Russia: Russian Fairy Tales and Folklore
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Jens, Benjamin C

Associate Professor of Practice

bcjens@arizona.edu

Fall 2024

RSSS 340 – The Pen and the Sword: Russian Writers and Autocracy 1825-1905
RSSS 315 – Vampires and Werewolves: Slavic & East European Folklore in our Culture
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Dr. John Leafgren

Leafgren, John R

Department Head

leafgren@arizona.edu

Spring 2025

RSSS 581 – Russian Phonology and Morphology
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Lucey, Colleen M

Associate Professor

luceyc@arizona.edu

Spring 2025

RSSS 305 – Russian and American Foodways: Cultivation, Culture, and Connectedness
RSSS 315 – Vampires and Werewolves: Slavic & East European Folklore in our Culture
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Dr. Sarah Matthews

Matthews, Sarah

Visiting Lecturer

samatthews@arizona.edu

Spring 2025

RSSS 101 – Elementary Russian I
RSSS 150B1 – East European Cinema in Social Context
RSSS 160C2 – Contemporary Russia in a Historical and Global Context

Fall 2024

RSSS 310 – Red Stars, Cosmonauts, and Robots: Soviet and East European Science Fiction
RSSS 160C2 – Contemporary Russia in a Historical and Global Context
RSSS 150B1 – East European Cinema in Social Context
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Professor Suzanne Thompson

Thompson, Suzanne

Assistant Professor of Practice

seanes@arizona.edu

Fall 2024

RSSS 201 – Intermediate Russian I
RSSS 345 – World War II: The Soviet Cultural Experience
RSSS 301 – Advanced Grammar and Composition

Spring 2025

RSSS 515 – Advanced Topics in Russian Language, Literature and Linguistics
RSSS 415 – Advanced Topics in Russian Language, Literature and Linguistics
RSSS 350 – The Soviet Experiment
RSSS 302 – Advanced Grammar and Composition
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Tatiana Ulanova

Ulanova, Tatiana

Graduate Assistant

tatianaulanova@arizona.edu

Fall 2024

RSSS 101 – Elementary Russian I
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Sterling West

West, Sterling

Graduate Assistant

sterlingw@arizona.edu

Fall 2024

RSSS 201 – Intermediate Russian I
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Dr. Veronika Williams

Williams, Veronika A

Assistant Professor

vaw@arizona.edu

Spring 2025

RSSS 102 – Elementary Russian II
RSSS 202 – Intermediate Russian II
RSSS 306 – Russian Rap from Love and Sex to Propaganda and Protest
RSSS 101 – Elementary Russian I

Fall 2024

RSSS 515 – Advanced Topics in Russian Language, Literature and Linguistics
RSSS 415 – Advanced Topics in Russian Language, Literature and Linguistics
RSSS 101 – Elementary Russian I

Yuldashev, Aziz

Instructor

Fall 2024

RSSS 150B1 – East European Cinema in Social Context