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