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Ding, Jasmine
Graduate Assistant
jasmineding@arizona.edu
Spring 2025
RSSS 202 – Intermediate Russian II
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Ecke, Peter M
Professor
eckep@arizona.edu
Spring 2025
RSSS 587 – Assessment in Second/Foreign Language Learning
Fall 2025
RSSS 579 – Second/Foreign Language Teaching and Learning
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Gauthier, Brandon Page
Graduate Assistant
bgauthier@arizona.edu
Spring 2025
RSSS 114 – How to Learn a Foreign Language
Fall 2025
RSSS 114 – How to Learn a Foreign Language
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Gordienko, Anastasia
Assistant Professor
gordienko@arizona.edu
Fall 2025
RSSS 212 – Mythic Russia: Russian Fairy Tales and Folklore
Spring 2025
RSSS 320 – Criminal Russia: From Rasputin to Putin
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Jens, Benjamin C
Associate Professor of Practice
bcjens@arizona.edu
Summer 2025
RSSS 280 – Sports and Empire: Sport in Soviet & Post-Soviet Eastern European Society
Fall 2025
RSSS 315 – Vampires and Werewolves: Slavic & East European Folklore in our Culture
RSSS 335 – Healthy Places, Toxic Spaces: GeoHumanities & Health in Russia & Eastern Europe
RSSS 360 – Utopian Visions: East European Visual Culture
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Klimanova, Liudmila
Associate Professor
klimanova@arizona.edu
Fall 2025
RSSS 150B2 – Multicultural Russia
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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
Fall 2025
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
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Matthews, Sarah
Visiting Lecturer
samatthews@arizona.edu
Spring 2025
RSSS 150B1 – East European Cinema in Social Context
RSSS 160C2 – Contemporary Russia in a Historical and Global Context
RSSS 101 – Elementary Russian I
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Mikheeva, Yulia
Graduate Assistant
yuliamik@arizona.edu
Spring 2025
RSSS 202 – Intermediate Russian II
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Seleznev, Miroslav
Graduate Assistant
seleznev@arizona.edu
Spring 2025
RSSS 102 – Elementary Russian II
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Thompson, Suzanne
Assistant Professor of Practice
seanes@arizona.edu
Spring 2025
RSSS 302 – Advanced Grammar and Composition
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
Fall 2025
RSSS 515 – Advanced Topics in Russian Language, Literature and Linguistics
RSSS 415 – Advanced Topics in Russian Language, Literature and Linguistics
RSSS 301 – Advanced Grammar and Composition
RSSS 160C2 – Contemporary Russia in a Historical and Global Context
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Ulanova, Tatiana
Graduate Assistant
tatianaulanova@arizona.edu
Spring 2025
RSSS 102 – Elementary Russian II
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Williams, Veronika A
Assistant Professor
vaw@arizona.edu
Spring 2025
RSSS 202 – Intermediate Russian II
RSSS 306 – Russian Rap from Love and Sex to Propaganda and Protest
RSSS 102 – Elementary Russian II
Fall 2025
RSSS 515 – Advanced Topics in Russian Language, Literature and Linguistics
RSSS 415 – Advanced Topics in Russian Language, Literature and Linguistics
RSSS 150B1 – East European Cinema in Social Context
RSSS 101 – Elementary Russian I
Summer 2025
RSSS 315 – Vampires and Werewolves: Slavic & East European Folklore in our Culture
Yuldashev, Aziz
Instructor
Spring 2025
RSSS 150B1 – East European Cinema in Social Context
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jzych@arizona.edu
Spring 2025
RSSS 461 – Human Rights in Eurasia
RSSS 561 – Human Rights in Eurasia