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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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Ding, Jasmine
Graduate Assistant
jasmineding@arizona.edu
Summer 2024
RSSS 102 – Elementary Russian II
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Gordienko, Anastasia
Assistant Professor
gordienko@arizona.edu
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
Summer 2024
RSSS 399 – Independent Study
Fall 2024
RSSS 315 – Vampires and Werewolves: Slavic & East European Folklore in our Culture
RSSS 340 – The Pen and the Sword: Russian Writers and Autocracy 1825-1905
RSSS 696C – Russian Literature: 19th Century
RSSS 699 – Independent Study
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Klimanova, Liudmila
Assistant Professor
klimanova@arizona.edu
Fall 2024
RSSS 493C – Internship
RSSS 399 – Independent Study
RSSS 299 – Independent Study
RSSS 499 – Independent Study
RSSS 593C – Internship
RSSS 599 – Independent Study
RSSS 910 – Thesis
Summer 2024
RSSS 599 – Independent Study
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Leafgren, John R
Department Head
leafgren@arizona.edu
Summer 2024
RSSS 699 – Independent Study
RSSS 599 – Independent Study
RSSS 910 – Thesis
Fall 2024
RSSS 299 – Independent Study
RSSS 493C – Internship
RSSS 499 – Independent Study
RSSS 499H – Honors Independent Study
RSSS 910 – Thesis
RSSS 699 – Independent Study
RSSS 599 – Independent Study
RSSS 593C – Internship
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Matthews, Sarah
Visiting Lecturer
samatthews@arizona.edu
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 150B2 – Multicultural Russia
mitki2@arizona.edu
Summer 2024
RSSS 150B1 – East European Cinema in Social Context
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Fall 2024
RSSS 201 – Intermediate Russian I
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Thompson, Suzanne
Assistant Professor of Practice
seanes@arizona.edu
Fall 2024
RSSS 515 – Advanced Topics in Russian Language, Literature and Linguistics
RSSS 910 – Thesis
RSSS 499 – Independent Study
RSSS 415 – Advanced Topics in Russian Language, Literature and Linguistics
RSSS 399 – Independent Study
RSSS 345 – World War II: The Soviet Cultural Experience
RSSS 301 – Advanced Grammar and Composition
Summer 2024
RSSS 399 – Independent Study
RSSS 499 – Independent Study
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Ulanova, Tatiana
Graduate Assistant
tatianaulanova@arizona.edu
Summer 2024
RSSS 101 – Elementary Russian I
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Vargas Melgarejo, Gaby Gabriela
Graduate Assistant
gvargasmelgarejo@arizona.edu
Summer 2024
RSSS 114 – How to Learn a Foreign Language
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Williams, Veronika A
Lecturer
vaw@arizona.edu
Fall 2024
RSSS 699 – Independent Study
RSSS 515 – Advanced Topics in Russian Language, Literature and Linguistics
RSSS 415 – Advanced Topics in Russian Language, Literature and Linguistics
Summer 2024
RSSS 315 – Vampires and Werewolves: Slavic & East European Folklore in our Culture