German and Russian Studies Faculty

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Sidney Dement,

Associate Professor

German and Russian Studies

Research Interests

  • Alexander Pushkin
  • Mikhail Bulgakov
  • Moscow-Tartu Semiotics
  • Intellectual and Cultural History
  • Slavic Folklore
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Carl Gelderloos,

Chair; Associate Professor of German

German and Russian Studies

TRIP Courtesy Title

Translation Research and Instruction Program (TRIP)

Research Interests

  • 20th-century German literature and culture
  • Weimar modernism and the avant-garde
  • the photography of New Objectivity
  • Alfred D枚blin
  • Critical Theory and the Frankfurt School
  • Philosophical anthropology
  • Science fiction
  • Marx and Marxism
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Donald Loewen,

Associate Professor

German and Russian Studies

Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education

Academic Affairs, Office of the Executive VP and Provost

Research Interests

  • Russian Language
  • Literature and Cultural History
  • Russian/Soviet Memory Cultures
  • Legacy of Soviet-era Monuments in Post-Soviet Space(s)
  • Poetry and Performance in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe
  • Autobiographies of the Great Russian Poets
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Timur Saitov

Adjunct Lecturer

History
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Christian Schuetz

Lecturer

German and Russian Studies
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Lieselotte Sippel,

Assistant Professor of German and Linguistics

The Linguistics Program

Director of Undergraduate Studies for German; Assistant Professor of German and Linguistics; Head of German Language Instruction

German and Russian Studies

Research Interests

  • Second language acquisition
  • Corrective feedback
  • Peer interaction
  • Pronunciation instruction
  • Telecollaboration
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Alexander Sorenson,

Assistant Professor of German

German and Russian Studies

Research Interests

  • German literature, culture and thought ca. 1780-1917
  • Modern European intellectual history
  • Philosophical, theological and cultural accounts of nature
  • Convergences between the natural and human sciences
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Lisa Timmermann,

Adjunct Lecturer

German and Russian Studies

Research Interests

  • Dark Humor
  • Contemporary Women Writers
  • Contemporary Satire
  • Critical Animal Studies
  • Horror Cinema
  • Singles Studies
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Nancy Tittler,

Adjunct Senior Instructor

German and Russian Studies

Research Interests

  • Russian Language
  • Literature and Cultural History
  • Russian Theatre
  • Language Pedagogy
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Marina Zalesski,

Director of Undergraduate Studies for Russian; Instructor

German and Russian Studies

Research Interests

  • Russian Language and Culture
  • The "Silver Age" in Russian Literature
  • Russian Religious Philosophy
  • Religion and Soviet Ideology
  • Representations of Russian Identity in Literature and Film
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Harald Zils,

Associate Professor

German and Russian Studies

Research Interests

  • Anthropological Perspectives on Literature and Philosophy
  • Technology in Teaching
  • Aesthetic Theories of Production and Reception
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