Faculty
Primary Faculty
Edna Andrews
Nancy and Jeffrey Marcus Humanities Distinguished Professor of Slavic and Eurasian Studies
Office: 321B Languages Bldg, Durham, NC 27708
Campus Box: Box 90259, Durham, NC 27708-0259
Phone: (919) 660-3142
Edna Andrews is Professor of Linguistics and Cultural Anthropology, Nancy & Jeffrey Marcus Distinguished Professor of Slavic & Eurasian Studies, and Chair of the Linguistics Program at Duke... full profile »
Carol Apollonio
Professor of the Practice of Slavic and Eurasian Studies
Office: 310 Languages Bldg, Durham, NC 27708
Campus Box: Box 90259, Durham, NC 27708-0259
Phone: (919) 660-3143
Specialist in Russian literature, Russian and Japanese translation, and language pedagogy; have worked as an interpreter for the U.S. Government. Recently have been enjoying serving as president of... full profile »
Jehanne Gheith
Associate Professor of Slavic Languages and Literature
Office: 321C Languages Bldg, 133 Franklin Center, Durham, NC 27708
Campus Box: Box 90259, Durham, NC 27708-0259
Phone: (919) 660-3147
Jehanne Gheith is an Associate Professor of Russian Culture at Duke University and a Licensed Clinical Social Worker for Duke Hospice, who has a private psychotherapy practice in Aging, Illness, and... full profile »
Beth Holmgren
Professor of Polish and Russian Studies
Office: 316 Languages Building, Durham, NC 27708
Campus Box: Box 90259, Durham, NC 27708-0259
Phone: (919) 660-3140
Beth Holmgren, a full professor of Polish Studies and Russian Studies, has published widely on Polish literature, theater, popular culture, and film; Russian literature, film, and women's studies;... full profile »
Elena A Maksimova
Professor of the Practice in the Department of Slavic and Eurasian Studies
Office: 314 Languages Bldg, Durham, NC 27708
Campus Box: Box 90259, Durham, NC 27708-0259
Phone: (919) 660-3148
Jody McAuliffe
Professor of Practice of Slavic Language and Literature
Office: 109D Page, Professor of the Practice, Durham, NC 27708
Campus Box: Box 90680, Durham, NC 27708-0680
Phone: (919) 660-3363
Jody McAuliffe (MFA, Yale University) Award-winning director, writer, adapter, dramaturg, translator, scholar and teacher whose artistic work has been seen across the country. Her directing combines... full profile »
Mustafa Ozgur Tuna
Associate Professor of Slavic and Eurasian Studies
Office: 316 Languages Bldg, Durham, NC 27708
Campus Box: Box 90259, Durham, NC 27708-0259
Phone: (919) 660-3154
Office Hours: Thursday @ 11:30 am-12:30 pm
Mustafa Tuna (Ph.D. 2009, Princeton University) is Associate Professor of Russian and Central Eurasian History and Culture in the Departments of Slavic and Eurasian Studies & History at Duke... full profile »
Joanne Van Tuyl
Associate Professor of the Practice of Slavic and Eurasian Studies
Office: 307 Languages Bldg, Durham, NC 27708
Campus Box: Box 90259, Durham, NC 27708-0259
Phone: (919) 660-3145
Secondary Faculty
Charles Maxwell Becker
Research Professor of Economics
Office: 312 Social Sciences, Box 90097, Durham, NC 27708
Campus Box: Box 90097, Durham, NC 27708-0097
Phone: (919) 660-1885
Charles Becker is interested in exploring the economies of such countries as Kazakhstan, India, sub-Saharan Africa, Russia, and Kyrgyzstan. His research has focused on economic demography, social... full profile »
Malachi H. Hacohen
Professor of History
Office: 210 Carr Bldg, Durham, NC 27708
Campus Box: Box 90719, Durham, NC 27708-0719
Phone: (919) 684-6819
MALACHI HAIM HACOHEN (Ph.D., Columbia), Bass Fellow and Professor of History, Political Science and Religion, is Director of the Religions and Public Life Initiative at the Kenan Institute for Ethics... full profile »
Simon Miles
Assistant Professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy
Office: 130 Rubenstein Hall, Box 90312, Durham, NC 27708-0312
Phone: (919) 613-9560
Office Hours: Mondays, 2:00pm–3:30pm
Simon Miles joined the faculty of the Sanford School of Public Policy as an Assistant Professor in 2017. He is a diplomatic historian whose research agenda explores the causes and mechanics of... full profile »
Martin A. Miller
Professor of Slavic Languages and Literature
Office: 337 Carr Bldg, Durham, NC 27708
Campus Box: Box 90719, Durham, NC 27708-0719
Phone: (919) 684-3575
Professor Miller's interests are in Modern Russian history, the history of psychoanalysis in Russia, and comparative and international terrorist movements. full profile »
Julie A. Tetel
Associate Professor of Slavic Languages and Literature
Office: 303 Allen Bldg, Durham, NC 27708
Campus Box: Box 90015, Durham, NC 27708-0015
Phone: (919) 681-7610
Julie Tetel (Andresen) writes in the field of linguistic historiography, focusing on French, German, and American theories of language from the eighteenth through the twentieth centuries. She is the... full profile »
Visiting Faculty
Paulina Duda
Visiting Professor of Slavic and Eurasian Studies
Paulina Duda – is a visiting instructor of Polish at Duke University and a lecturer in New Media Art Department at Polish-Japanese Academy of Information Technology in Warsaw, Poland, where she... full profile »
Jack Matlock, Ph.D.
Rubenstein Fellows in Interdisciplinary Studies
Office: 4602 Regis Ave, Durham, NC 27705
Phone: +1 919 660 3142
During his 35 years in the American Foreign Service (1956-1991), Jack Matlock served as Ambassador to the Soviet Union from 1987 to 1991, Special Assistant to the President for National Security... full profile »
Librarian
Ernest Zitser
Librarian for Slavic & Eastern European Studies
Office: Box 90195, Perkins Library, 230 Bostock Library, Durham, NC 27708-0195
Phone: +1 919 660 5847
Ernest (“Erik”) Zitser is the Librarian for Slavic and East European Studies, library liaison to the International Comparative Studies (... full profile »
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