Modern and Classical Languages
Russian Studies: Faculty

Dr. Yelena Belyaeva-Standen
Yelena Belyaeva-Standen, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Russian
Doktor of philological sciences: Institute of Linguistics, Russian Academy of Science, Moscow, USSR, 1988.
Kandidat of philological sciences: Kiev State University, USSR.
Diploma: Voronezh State University, Voronezh, USSR.

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Dr. David T. Murphy

David T. Murphy, Ph.D.
Professor of Modern Languages
M.A. Czech Literature, Columbia University, 1968
Ph.D. Slavic Linguistics, Columbia University, 1975
Coordinator, Russian Division


Special Areas of Interest:

  • Russian Linguistics
  • Old Russian Architecture and Painting
  • Comparative Slavic Morphology
  • Old Czech Literature
  • Czech and Polish Languages

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Elizabeth Blake, Ph.D.
Adjunct of Russian
PhD Ohio State University, 2001

Special Areas of Interest:

  • Polish and Russian Film
  • The Nineteenth-Century Novel
  • Dostoevsky and Tolstoy
  • Russo-Polish Cultural Tensions (15th-19th centuries)
Prof. Nelly Grosswasser
Professor Emeritus of Russian

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  • For General Information:
    Dr. Kathleen Llewellyn, Interim Chair
    314.977.2448
    llewelk2@slu.edu
  • Spanish Graduate Program:
    Dr. Elsy Cardona
    Director of Spanish Graduate Program
    314.977.3670
    cardonae@slu.edu
  • French Graduate Program:
    Dr. Annie Smart
    Director of French Graduate Program
    314.977.2449
    smart@slu.edu
  • Mailing Address:
    Ritter Hall 318
    220 North Grand Blvd.
    St. Louis, MO 63103
    tel. (314) 977-2450
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