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Susanne Fusso

Professor of Russian Language & LiteratureShow Bio

Fisk Hall 211
860-685-3123
860-685-3123
sfusso@wesleyan.edu

BA Lawrence University
MA Yale University
PHD Yale University

Fall 2011

COL409 - 12
Senior Thesis Tutorial

RUSS205 - 01
The 19th-Century Russian Novel

RUSS409 - 03
Senior Thesis Tutorial

RUSS411 - 01
Group Tutorial, Undergraduate

RUSS411 - 02
Group Tutorial, Undergraduate

Spring 2012

COL410 - 39
Senior Thesis Tutorial

RUSS202 - 01
Intermediate Russian II

RUSS277 - 01
Gogol

RUSS410 - 01
Senior Thesis Tutorial

Office Hours:
By appointment

Irene Aleshkovsky

Adjunct Professor of Russian Language & LiteratureShow Bio

Fisk Hall 214
860-685-3124
Fisk Hall 214
860-685-3124
ialeshkovsky@wesleyan.edu

MA Vilnius State University

Fall 2011

RUSS101 - 01
Elementary Russian

RUSS201 - 01
Intermediate Russian I

RUSS303 - 01
Advanced Russian: Stylistics

Spring 2012

RUSS102 - 01
Elementary Russian II

RUSS302 - 01
Third-Year Russian: II

Office Hours:
by appointment

Priscilla Meyer

Professor of Russian Language & LiteratureShow Bio and Photo

Fisk Hall 212
860-685-3127
pmeyer@wesleyan.edu

BA University of California, Berkeley
MA Princeton University
PHD Princeton University
MAA Wesleyan University

Fall 2011

RUSS232 - 01
Constructing Identity

RUSS232O - 01
Constructing Identity

RUSS301 - 01
Third-Year Russian I

RUSS491 - 01
Teaching Apprentice Tutorial

Spring 2012

RUSS206 - 01
A Matter of Life & Death: Fict

RUSS209 - 01
The Petersburg Tale

RUSS412 - 03
Group Tutorial, Undergraduate

Personal Web Site:
http://pmeyer.faculty.wesleyan.edu

Office Hours:
MW 11:00-12:00 or by appointment

Research Interests:
Intertextuality; French and German sources of the nineteenth century Russian novel; Vladimir Nabokov

Scholarly Keywords:
19th and 20th century Russian literature Vladimir Nabokov

Academic Associations:
MLA AAASS ATSEEL Vladimir Nabokov Society Tolstoy society

Publications:
http://works.bepress.com/pmeyer

Peter Rutland

Colin and Nancy Campbell Professor in Global Issues and Democratic ThoughtShow Bio and Photo

860-685-2483
Public Affairs Center 203
860-685-2483
860-685-2483
860-685-2483
prutland@wesleyan.edu

BA Oxford University
DPHIL York University

Fall 2011

GOVT157 - 01
Democracy & Dictatorship

GOVT274 - 01
Russian Politics

GOVT278 - 01
Nationalism

GOVT401 - 07
Individual Tutorial, Undergrad

GOVT465 - 02
Education in the Field

Spring 2012

GOVT381 - 01
The Political Economy of Oil

Personal Web Site:
http://prutland.web.wesleyan.edu/

Office Hours:
Tues Thurs 10.30-12.00

Victoria Smolkin-Rothrock

Assistant Professor of HistoryShow Bio and Photo

Public Affairs Center
860-685-3293
860-685-3293
vsmolkin@wesleyan.edu

BA Sarah Lawrence College
PHD University of California, Berkeley

Fall 2011

CSS240 - 01
Soph Tut: Emerg. Mod. Europe

CSS491 - 03
Teaching Apprentice Tutorial

HIST219 - 01
Russian & Soviet Hist 1881/Pre

HIST409 - 39
Senior Thesis Tutorial

HIST491 - 02
Teaching Apprentice Tutorial

Spring 2012

CSS240 - 01
Soph Tut: Emerg. Mod. Europe

CSS240 - 02
Soph Tut: Emerg. Mod. Europe

HIST218 - 01
Russian History to 1881

HIST410 - 12
Senior Thesis Tutorial

Office Hours:
Spring 2012: Wednesdays 4:00-5:00 and Thursdays 11-12.

Duffield White

Associate Professor of Russian Language & LiteratureShow Bio and Photo

Fisk Hall 213
860-685-3126
860-685-3126
dwhite@wesleyan.edu

BA Wesleyan University
PHD University of Michigan

Fall 2011

RUSS252 - 01
Tolstoy

RUSS257 - 01
21st-Century Russian Lit.

Spring 2012

RUSS240 - 01
Reading Stories

RUSS258 - 01
Storyteller Playwrights

Office Hours:
Mondays, 3-4; Tuesdays 4-4:30; or by appointment

Russian Faculty

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Susanne Fusso

Professor of Russian Language & LiteratureShow Bio

Fisk Hall 211
860-685-3123
860-685-3123
sfusso@wesleyan.edu

BA Lawrence University
MA Yale University
PHD Yale University

Fall 2011

COL409 - 12
Senior Thesis Tutorial

RUSS205 - 01
The 19th-Century Russian Novel

RUSS409 - 03
Senior Thesis Tutorial

RUSS411 - 01
Group Tutorial, Undergraduate

RUSS411 - 02
Group Tutorial, Undergraduate

Spring 2012

COL410 - 39
Senior Thesis Tutorial

RUSS202 - 01
Intermediate Russian II

RUSS277 - 01
Gogol

RUSS410 - 01
Senior Thesis Tutorial

Office Hours:
By appointment

Irene Aleshkovsky

Adjunct Professor of Russian Language & LiteratureShow Bio

Fisk Hall 214
860-685-3124
Fisk Hall 214
860-685-3124
ialeshkovsky@wesleyan.edu

MA Vilnius State University

Fall 2011

RUSS101 - 01
Elementary Russian

RUSS201 - 01
Intermediate Russian I

RUSS303 - 01
Advanced Russian: Stylistics

Spring 2012

RUSS102 - 01
Elementary Russian II

RUSS302 - 01
Third-Year Russian: II

Office Hours:
by appointment

Priscilla Meyer

Professor of Russian Language & LiteratureShow Bio and Photo

Fisk Hall 212
860-685-3127
pmeyer@wesleyan.edu

BA University of California, Berkeley
MA Princeton University
PHD Princeton University
MAA Wesleyan University

Fall 2011

RUSS232 - 01
Constructing Identity

RUSS232O - 01
Constructing Identity

RUSS301 - 01
Third-Year Russian I

RUSS491 - 01
Teaching Apprentice Tutorial

Spring 2012

RUSS206 - 01
A Matter of Life & Death: Fict

RUSS209 - 01
The Petersburg Tale

RUSS412 - 03
Group Tutorial, Undergraduate

Personal Web Site:
http://pmeyer.faculty.wesleyan.edu

Office Hours:
MW 11:00-12:00 or by appointment

Research Interests:
Intertextuality; French and German sources of the nineteenth century Russian novel; Vladimir Nabokov

Scholarly Keywords:
19th and 20th century Russian literature Vladimir Nabokov

Academic Associations:
MLA AAASS ATSEEL Vladimir Nabokov Society Tolstoy society

Publications:
http://works.bepress.com/pmeyer

Duffield White

Associate Professor of Russian Language & LiteratureShow Bio and Photo

Fisk Hall 213
860-685-3126
860-685-3126
dwhite@wesleyan.edu

BA Wesleyan University
PHD University of Michigan

Fall 2011

RUSS252 - 01
Tolstoy

RUSS257 - 01
21st-Century Russian Lit.

Spring 2012

RUSS240 - 01
Reading Stories

RUSS258 - 01
Storyteller Playwrights

Office Hours:
Mondays, 3-4; Tuesdays 4-4:30; or by appointment

About the Majors

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Faculty

Russian and East European Studies Faculty

Susanne Fusso

Irene Aleshkovsky

Priscilla Meyer

Peter Rutland

Victoria Smolkin-Rothrock

Duffield White

Russian Faculty

Susanne Fusso

Irene Aleshkovsky

Priscilla Meyer

Duffield White