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Diao, Wenhao
Associate Professor
wdiao@arizona.edu
Fall 2024
RSSS 579 – Second/Foreign Language Teaching and Learning
Ecke, Peter M
Professor
eckep@arizona.edu
Spring 2025
RSSS 587 – Assessment in Second/Foreign Language Learning
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
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
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
Leafgren, John R
Department Head
leafgren@arizona.edu
Spring 2025
RSSS 581 – Russian Phonology and Morphology
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
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
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
Ulanova, Tatiana
Graduate Assistant
tatianaulanova@arizona.edu
Fall 2024
RSSS 101 – Elementary Russian I
West, Sterling
Graduate Assistant
sterlingw@arizona.edu
Fall 2024
RSSS 201 – Intermediate Russian I
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