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Fazliu, Arlind
Graduate Assistant
afazliu@arizona.edu
Spring 2026
RSSS 114 – How to Learn a Foreign Language
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Gordienko, Anastasia
Associate Professor
gordienko@arizona.edu
Spring 2026
RSSS 320 – Criminal Russia: From Rasputin to Putin
Fall 2026
RSSS 212 – Mythic Russia: Russian Fairy Tales and Folklore
RSSS 280 – Sports and Empire: Sport in Soviet & Post-Soviet Eastern European Society
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Jens, Benjamin C
Associate Professor of Practice
bcjens@arizona.edu
Spring 2026
RSSS 102 – Elementary Russian II
RSSS 280 – Sports and Empire: Sport in Soviet & Post-Soviet Eastern European Society
RSSS 325 – Eastern Orthodoxy in a Global Age
Summer 2026
RSSS 280 – Sports and Empire: Sport in Soviet & Post-Soviet Eastern European Society
Fall 2026
RSSS 310 – Red Stars, Cosmonauts, and Robots: Soviet and East European Science Fiction
RSSS 315 – Vampires and Werewolves: Slavic & East European Folklore in our Culture
RSSS 360 – Utopian Visions: East European Visual Culture
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Klimanova, Liudmila
Associate Professor
klimanova@arizona.edu
Spring 2026
RSSS 150B2 – Multicultural Russia
Fall 2026
RSSS 150B2 – Multicultural Russia
RSSS 301 – Advanced Grammar and Composition
RSSS 579 – Second/Foreign Language Teaching and Learning
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Leafgren, John R
Department Head
leafgren@arizona.edu
Spring 2026
RSSS 583 – History of the Russian Language
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Lucey, Colleen M
Associate Professor
luceyc@arizona.edu
Spring 2026
RSSS 315 – Vampires and Werewolves: Slavic & East European Folklore in our Culture
RSSS 328 – Women in Russia and Eastern Europe
Fall 2026
RSSS 340 – The Pen and the Sword: Russian Writers and Autocracy 1825-1905
mitki2@arizona.edu
Spring 2026
RSSS 150B1 – East European Cinema in Social Context
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Mikheeva, Yulia
Graduate Assistant
yuliamik@arizona.edu
Spring 2026
RSSS 202 – Intermediate Russian II
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Rahmaouy, Fedoua
Graduate Assistant
rahmaouy@arizona.edu
Summer 2026
RSSS 114 – How to Learn a Foreign Language
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Seleznev, Miroslav
Graduate Assistant
seleznev@arizona.edu
Spring 2026
RSSS 101 – Elementary Russian I
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Thompson, Suzanne
Associate Professor of Practice
seanes@arizona.edu
Fall 2026
RSSS 415 – Advanced Topics in Russian Language, Literature and Linguistics
RSSS 515 – Advanced Topics in Russian Language, Literature and Linguistics
RSSS 160C2 – Contemporary Russia in a Historical and Global Context
RSSS 345 – World War II: The Soviet Cultural Experience
Spring 2026
RSSS 302 – Advanced Grammar and Composition
RSSS 350 – The Soviet Experiment
RSSS 415 – Advanced Topics in Russian Language, Literature and Linguistics
RSSS 515 – Advanced Topics in Russian Language, Literature and Linguistics
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Williams, Veronika A
Assistant Professor
vaw@arizona.edu
Spring 2026
RSSS 102 – Elementary Russian II
RSSS 202 – Intermediate Russian II
Summer 2026
RSSS 315 – Vampires and Werewolves: Slavic & East European Folklore in our Culture
Fall 2026
RSSS 101 – Elementary Russian I
RSSS 415 – Advanced Topics in Russian Language, Literature and Linguistics
RSSS 515 – Advanced Topics in Russian Language, Literature and Linguistics