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Alumni awarded the Ph.D.


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Ph.D. Degree
1970 George Jerkovich
1972 Walter Kolonosky
1973 Valentina Golondzowska Brougher
1973 Peter A. Kersten
1974 Thomas R. Beyer, Jr.
1975 Daniel P. Gallagher
1976 Paul D. Steeves
1977 Joel L. Wilkinson
1977 David M. Bethea
1979 Halina Filipowicz
1981 Slava Yastremski
1982 Alexander Prus Boguslawski
1984 Leonard Stanton
1984 Robert Mann
1985 Timothy Pogacar
1985 Anatoly Vishevsky
1985 Michael Biggins
1985 Maia A. Kipp
1986 Miluse Saskova-Pierce
1986 Chol-Kun Kwon
1988 David Gordon Wilson
1989 Kurt Cony Shaw
1990 Hyun-Taek Kim
1992 Gisela Zimmerman
1993 Anesa Miller-Pogacar
1994 Laura Wilhelm
1995 Mark Richard Lauersdorf
1996 Gary David Roy
1996 William Griffiths
1996 Yelaina S. Khripkov
1997 Howard Solomon
1997 Tatiana R. Spektor
1997 Jason Merrill
1998 Viktor Leier
1999 Grant H. Lundberg
1999 Joachim Faust
2000 Karen Bapst
2003 Meghan Murphy-Lee
2003 Matthew E. Feeney
2004 Leann Keefe
2006 Jonathan Perkins
2007 Eugenia K. Amditis


George Jerkovich (Ph.D. 1970, chair: Heinrich Stammler). Deceased. Served as Professor Emeritus in Slavic Languages and Literatures and Curator of the Slavic Collection at the University of Kansas Watson Library. | Dissertation abstract


Walter Kolonosky (Ph.D. 1972, chair: Joseph L. Conrad). Associate Professor of Russian, Department of Modern Languages, Kansas State University. | Dissertation abstract | (11/03)


Valentina Golondzowska Brougher (Ph.D. 1973, chair: Joseph L. Conrad) Professor and past Chairperson of Slavic Languages and Literatures, Georgetown University. | More | Dissertation abstract | (6/00)


Peter A. Kersten (Ph.D. 1973, chair: Heinrich Stammler) private business; formerly at the University of Missouri - Columbia | Dissertation abstract | (1/01)


Thomas R. Beyer, Jr. (Ph.D. 1974, chair: Stephen J. Parker) C.V. Starr Professor of Russian, Chair of Russian, Dean of the Russian School at Middlebury College. | More | Dissertation abstract | (8/03)


Daniel Gallagher (Ph.D. 1975, chair: Stephen J. Parker) Senior Soviet/CIS Affairs Analyst, National Security Agency | Dissertation abstract | (1/01)


Joel Wilkinson (Ph.D. 1977, chair: Joseph L. Conrad) deceased; formerly Assistant Professor of Russian, Wooster College. | Dissertation abstract | (1/01)


David Bethea (Ph.D. 1977, chair: Stephen J. Parker and Gerald E. Mikkelson) Vilas Distinguished Professor of Slavic Languages, and past Chair, Slavic Languages and Literatures, University of Wisconsin-Madison. | Dissertation abstract | (1/01)


Halina Filipowicz (Ph.D. 1979, chair: Jadwiga Maurer) Professor of Polish, Slavic Languages and Literatures, University of Wisconsin-Madison. | More | Dissertation abstract | (6/00)


Slava Yastremski (Ph.D. 1981) Associate Professor of Russian and Chair of Modern Languages and Literatures at Bucknell University; formerly Assistant Professor at Yale University | (11/03)


Alexander Boguslawski (Ph.D. 1982, chair: Heinrich Stammler) Professor of Russian Studies at Rollins College, Winter Park, Florida, and Chair of the Department of Foreign Language Teaching. | More | Dissertation abstract | (6/00)


Leonard Stanton (Ph.D. 1984, chair: Stephen J. Parker) Associate Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge. | Dissertation abstract | (1/01)


Robert Mann (Ph.D. 1984, chair: Joseph L. Conrad) formerly Associate Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures, University of Florida, Gainsville. | Dissertation abstract | (6/03)


Timothy Pogacar (Ph.D. 1985, chair: Stephen J. Parker) Associate Professor of Russian and Chair, Department of German, Russian and East Asian Langs, Bowling Green University, Bowling Green, Ohio | Dissertation abstract | (12/02)


Anatoly Vishevsky (Ph.D. 1985, chair: Gerald E. Mikkelson) Associate Professor and Chair of Russian Department at Grinnell College; formerly Assistant Professor of Russian, Washington University, St. Louis | Dissertation abstract | E-mail (11/03)


Michael Biggins (Ph.D. 1985, chair: Herbert Galton) Head Slavic Librarian, University of Washington, Seattle; formerly Slavic Librarian, University of Kansas Assistant Professor of Russian, Knox College, Illinois. | Dissertation abstract | (1/01)


Maia Kipp (Ph.D. 1985, chair: Gerald E. Mikkelson) lecturer, Department of Theatre and Drama, University of Kansas; formerly Assistant Professor of Russian and German, Miami University, Ohio and University of Kansas. | E-mail | Dissertation abstract | (5/03)


Mila Saskova-Pierce (Ph.D. 1986, chair: Herbert Galton) Associate Professor of Russian and Czech, Modern Languages Department, University of Nebraska, Lincoln | Dissertation abstract | E-mail (11/03)


Chol-Kun Kwon (Ph.D. 1986, chair: Gerald E. Mikkelson) Associate Professor and Chair, Slavic Languages and Literatures Department at Seoul National University in Korea | Dissertation abstract | (1/01)


David Wilson (Ph.D. 1988, chair: Gerald E. Mikkelson) formerly Assistant Professor of Russian, Memphis State University | Dissertation abstract | (1/01)


Kurt C. Shaw (Ph.D. 1989, Gerald E. Mikkelson) Associate Professor of Russian at Wake Forest University | Dissertation abstract | (1/01)


Hyun-Taek Kim (Ph.D. 1990, chair: Gerald E. Mikkelson) Assistant Professor in the Russian Language Department, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies | Dissertation abstract | E-mail (1/01)


Gisela Zimmerman (Ph.D. 1991, chair: Jadwiga Maurer) formerly Assistant Professor of Russian, University of Nevada, Las Vegas | Dissertation abstract | (1/01)


Anesa Miller-Pogacar (Ph.D. 1993, chair: Stephen J. Parker) formerly Assistant Professor of Russian, Bowling Green University, Ohio | Dissertation abstract | (1/01)


Laura Wilhelm (Ph.D. with honors 1994, chair: Joseph L. Conrad; MA 1990) teaches advanced-level ESL part-time to Russian-speaking and other immigrants at LA ORT. She also does private language tutoring and intercultural consulting. | More | Dissertation abstract (12/01)


Mark Richard Lauersdorf (Ph.D. 1995 with honors, chair: Marc L. Greenberg; MA 1987) Director of Language Learning Technology and Associate Professor, Department of Modern and Classical Languages, University of Kentucky. | More | Dissertation abstract | E-mail (9/05)


Gary D. Roy (Ph.D. 1996, chair: Gerald E. Mikkelson) former faculty member at Thornton Academy in Saco, ME | Dissertation abstract | (1/01)


William Griffiths (Ph.D. 1996, chair: Jane F. Hacking) resident of Lawrence, Kansas | (9/00)


Yelaina Khripkov (Ph.D. 1996, chair: Maria M. Carlson) Assistant Professor, Department of Russian, University of Oregon | Dissertation abstract | (1/01)


Howard Solomon (Ph.D. 1997, co-chairs: Maria M. Carlson and Stephen J. Parker) U.S. Foreign Service Officer; past posting at US Embassy, Moscow; current posting at US Embassy, Vienna | Dissertation abstract | (1/01)


Tatiana Spektor (Ph.D. 1997, chair: Gerald E. Mikkelson) formerly Assistant Professor, Iowa State University (Ames). | Dissertation abstract | (6/03)


Jason Merrill (Ph.D 1998, chair: Maria M. Carlson) Associate Professor of Russian, Michigan State University | (10/07)


Viktor Leier (Ph.D. 1998, chair: Gerald E. Mikkelson) Freelance translator, residing in Germany | Dissertation abstract


Grant H. Lundberg (Ph.D. 1999, chair: Marc L. Greenberg; MA 1994). Associate Professor, Department of German and Slavic Languages, Brigham Young University | More | E-mail | Dissertation abstract | (11/03)


Joachim Faust (Ph.D. 1999, co-chairs: Marc L. Greenberg and Maria M. Carlson) Lecturer and Freshman Advisor, Washington University, St. Louis. (11/03) | Dissertation abstract | (1/01)


Karen Bapst (Ph.D. 2000, with Honors, chair: Gerald E. Mikkelson) resident of the state of Florida. | Dissertation abstract | (11/03)


Meghan Murphy-Lee (Ph.D. 2003, chair: William J. Comer). Assistant Professor of Russian, United States Military Academy, West Point | E-mail | Dissertation abstract | (11/03)


Matthew E. Feeney (Ph.D. 2003, chair: Marc L. Greenberg). | E-mail | Dissertation abstract | (11/03)


Leann Keefe (Ph.D. 2005, chair: William J. Comer). Language specialist, federal government, Washington, D.C. | Dissertation abstract | (1/06)


Jonathan Perkins (Ph.D. 2006, co-chairs: Stephen J. Parker and Maria Carlson). Director, EGARC, KU. | Dissertation abstract | (10/07)


Eugenia K. Amditis (Ph.D. 2006, co-chairs: Maria Carlson and Stephen J. Parker). | Dissertation abstract | (10/07)