Modern and Classical Languages
Russian Studies: Faculty
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.
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.
- Ritter Hall 307
- 314.977.3674
- belyaeva@slu.edu
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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
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
- Ritter Hall 315
- 314.977.2454
- murphydt@slu.edu
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Elizabeth Blake, Ph.D.
Adjunct of Russian
PhD Ohio State University, 2001
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)
- Ritter Hall 16
- 314.977.7006
- eblake2@slu.edu
Prof. Nelly Grosswasser
Professor Emeritus of Russian
- Ritter Hall 20
- 314.977.2454
- grosswn@slu.edu
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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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