Lecturer in the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures and the College
Biography

I am a historical linguist (historical / comparative Slavic linguistics, historical / comparative Indo-European linguistics) with additional interests in Slavic cultures, Slavic and Indo-European mythologies, and Russian cultural history.  At the University of Chicago, I have taught classes in Slavic historical linguistics, Old Slavic languages (including Old Church Slavic and Old Russian), Indo-European linguistics, historical linguistics, histories of select Slavic languages, Old Russian literature, and history of Russian culture ("Russian Civilization").

Current and Recent Courses
LING 23990 Writing Systems: Linguistic Issues
LING 21310 Intro To Indo-European Linguistics
REES 23118 Word, Image, Ritual: Early Russian Culture in Its Historical Context