Anthropology

Joëlle Bahloul, Associate Professor, PhD, École Des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales [Paris], 1981. Contemporary Jewish communities and Jewish collective memory. E-mail username: bahloul.

Frederika Kaestle, Assistant Professor, PhD, University of California, Davis. Ancient Boisman II Culture in Far-Eastern Russia and DNA Identification Techniques. E-mail username: kaestle.

 

Sarah Phillips, Assistant Professor, PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Ambiguities of Women's NGO Organizing and Patriarchy in post-Soviet Ukraine. E-mail username: sadphill.

M. Nazif Shahrani, Professor, PhD, University of Washington, 1976. Soviet political culture and Muslim Central Asian societies. E-mail username: shahrani.

Beverly Stoeltje, Associate Professor, PhD, University of Texas, 1979. Nationalism and Symbolic Forms. E-mail username: stoeltje.

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Central Eurasian Studies

Christopher Atwood, Associate Professor, PhD, Indiana University, 1994. Mongolian history; Sino-Soviet relations and Mongolia. E-mail username: catwood.

Lynn Hooker, Assistant Professor, PhD, University of Chicago. Modernism Meets Nationalism: Bela Bartok and the Musical Life of pre-World War I Budapest. E-mail username: lhooker.

Devin DeWeese, Professor, PhD, Indiana University, 1985. Islam in Central Asia. E-mail username: deweese.

William Fierman, Professor, PhD, Harvard University, 1979. Language policy in Central Asia. E-mail username: wfierman.

Toivo Raun, Professor, PhD, Princeton University, 1969. Baltic and Finnish history. E-mail username: raunt.

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Comparative Literature

Mihaly Szegedy-Maszák, Professor, PhD, Eötvös Loránd University, 1967. Hungarian literature and culture. E-mail username: szegedym.

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Communication and Culture

Joshua Malitsky, Assistant Professor, PhD, Northwestern University, 2005. Non-fiction film in post-revolution societies. E-mail username: jmalitsk.

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Criminal Justice

Phillip Parnell, Professor, PhD, University of California, 1978. War crimes in the former Yugoslavia, dispute management, lethal behavior. E-mail username: parnell

William Pridemore, Assistant Professor, PhD, State University of New York, Albany, 2000. Social Structure and Homicide in post-Soviet Russia. E-mail username: wpridemo.

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Michael Alexeev, Professor, PhD, Duke University, 1984. Soviet-type economies in transition. E-mail username: malexeev.

Roy Gardner, Chancellor's Professor of Economics and Remak Professor of West European Studies, PhD, Cornell University, 1975. Economic and political integration processes in Europe. E-mail username: gardner.

Michael Kaganovich, Associate Professor, PhD, Moscow State University, 1985. Models of economic transition. E-mail username: mkaganov.

Frank Wadsworth, Professor, PhD, University of Wisconsin, 1995. Business, economics and finance in Eastern Europe. E-mail username: fwadswo.

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Terrence Mason, Associate Professor, PhD, University of California at Los Angeles, 1986. Teacher education in Macedonia and the Baltic states. E-mail username: tmason.

Martha Nyikos, Associate Professor, PhD, Purdue University, 1987. Language Teacher Education, Hungarian. E-mail username: nyikos

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Fine Arts

Janet Kennedy, Professor, PhD, Columbia University, 1976. Russian art. E-mail username: kennedy.

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Folklore

Inta Carpenter, Research Scholar, PhD, Indiana University, 1989. Latvian folklore. E-mail username: carpente.

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Geography

Roman Zlotin, Senior Lecturer, PhD, Academy of Sciences (Moscow), 1970. Soviet and Russian geography and the environment. E-mail username: rzlotin.

Gabriel Popescu, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Florida State University, 2006.
Political Geography, Critical Geopolitics, Boundaries and Cross-Border Regionalization, State Reterritorialization, Diasporas and Transnationalism, Central and Eastern Europe. E-mail username: gpopescu

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History

Maria Bucur-Deckard, Associate Professor, PhD, University of Illinois, 1997. East European/Romanian history; gender studies. E-mail username: mbucur.

Ben Eklof, Professor, PhD, Princeton University, 1977. History of Russian and Soviet education. E-mail username: eklof.

Padraic Kenney, Professor, PhD, University of Michigan, 1992. Polish and Eastern European history; political prisoners. E-mail username:

Hiroaki Kuromiya, Professor, PhD, Princeton University, 1985. Russian, Ukrainian, and Soviet history. E-mail username: hkuromiy

Matthias Lehmann, Assistant Professor, PhD, Freie Universitat Berlin, 2002. Ottoman History and Sephardic Studies. E-mail username: mlehmann.

David Ransel, Professor, PhD, Yale University, 1969. Modern Russia; family and social history. E-mail username: ransel.

Jeffrey Veidlinger, Associate Professor, PhD, Georgetown University, 1998. Russian Cultural history and Jewish history. E-mail username: jveidlin.

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Dov-Ber Kerler, Professor, PhD, University of Oxford and Lincoln College, 1988. Yiddish language and literature. E-mail username: dkerler.

Alvin Rosenfeld, Professor, PhD, Brown University, 1967. Holocaust literature; American Jewish literature. E-mail username: rosenfel.

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Owen V. Johnson, Associate Professor, PhD, University of Michigan, 1978. Mass media in Russia and East Europe. E-mail username: johnsono.

Steven Raymer, Associate Professor, MA, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1972. Photojournalism in Russia and Eastern Europe. E-mail username: sraymer.

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Janet Rabinowitch, Director, IU Press. E-mail username: jrabinow.

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Law

Timothy Waters, Associate Professor of Law, JD, Harvard University, 1999. Public international law, transitional justice, international criminal law, ethnic conflict, human rights and comparative law. E-mail username: tiwaters.

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Michael Parrish, Business/SPEA Librarian, MLS, Indiana University, 1962. Soviet military history and state security. E-mail username: parrish.

Wook-Jin Cheun, Slavic Bibliographer, MLS, Indiana University, 1993. MA, Russian History, Indiana University. MA, European History, Dankook University, Seoul Korea. E-mail username: wcheun.

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Halina Goldberg, Assistant Professor, Ph.D. Musicology, CUNY Graduate Center, 1997. Chopin, music in Poland and Eastern Europe, performance practice, reception, and national constructs. E-mail username: goldberg.

Vincent Liotta, Professor, M.S., Indiana University, 1975. Opera Studies, Romania. E-mail username: vliotta.

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Near Eastern Languages and Culture

Cidgem Balim-Harding, Senior Lecturer, PhD, University of Washington, 1978. Near Eastern languages, linguistics, socio-linguistics, and immigration. E-mail username: cbalim.


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Political Science

Jack Bielasiak, Professor, PhD, Cornell University, 1975. Post-Communist and East European politics. E-mail username: bielasia.

Aurelian Craiutu, Assistant Professor, PhD, Princeton University, 1999. History of political thought, democracy and its critics, transition to democracy. E-mail username: acraiutu.

Jeffrey Hart, Professor, PhD, University of California Berkeley, 1975. International Political Economy. E-mail username: hartj.

Jeffrey Isaac, Professor, PhD, Yale University, 1983. Study of democracy. E-mail username: isaac.

Brian Rathbun, Assistant Professor, PhD, University of California at Berkeley. European party politics and conflict resolution in the Balkans.

Nina Rathbun, PhD, University of California at Berkeley. Media in Central and Southeastern Europe.

Jean Robinson, Professor, PhD, Cornell University, 1980. Gender issues in post-communist societies. E-mail username: robinso.

Robert Rohrschneider, Professor, PhD, Florida State University, 1989. Comparative public opinion, political parties, electoral behavior, democratization, environmentalism, and political culture. E-mail username: rrohrsch.

Beate Sissenich, Assistant Professor, PhD, Cornell University. State-Building by a Non-State: European Union Enlargement and the Transfer of EU Social Policy to Poland and Hungary. E-mail username: bsisseni.

Regina Smyth, Assistant Professor, PhD, Duke University. Interaction between parties and party systems in postcommunist legislatures. E-mail username: rsmyth.

Dina Spechler, Associate Professor, PhD, Harvard University, 1973. Gorbachev's policy towards Eastern Europe; major foreign policy change; Russian foreign policy. E-mail username: spechler.

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David Audretsch, Professor, PhD, University of Wisconsin, 1980. Globalization and development in Eastern Europe. E-mail username: daudrets

Matthew Auer, Associate Professor, PhD, Yale University, 1996. Environmental management and public policy in the Baltics and Eastern Europe. On Leave 2002-2003. E-mail username: mauer .

Randall Baker, Professor, PhD University of East Africa (external degree from London University), 1968. Director of SPEA linkage program with Azerbaijan transition of civil service in former communist states. E-mail username: bakerr .

Vicky Meretsky, Associate Professor, PhD, University of Arizona, 1995. Environmental management in Russia and Central Asia. E-mail username: meretsky .

John Mikesell, Professor, PhD, University of Illinois, 1969. Public finance in post-communist government. E-mail username: mikesell .

Maureen Anne Pirog, Professor, PhD, University of Pennsylvania, 1981. Poverty and income maintenance with emphasis on child support enforcement, welfare reform, and adolescent parenting. E-mail username: pirog .

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Recreation and Park Administration

Bryan McCormick, Associate Professor, PhD, Clemson University, 1993. Recreation therapy and social integration of people with mental disabilities in Kosovo and Serbia. E-mail username: bmccormi.

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Aaron Beaver, Assistant Professor, PhD, University of Chicago, 2003. Russian literature. E-mail username: abbeaver.

Justyna Beinek, Assistant Professor, PhD, Harvard University, 2001. Slavic languages and literature. E-mail username: jbeinek.

Olena Chernishenko, Lecturer, PhD, Princeton University, 2006. Slavic Languages and Literatures and Linguistics. E-mail username: ochernis.

Henry R. Cooper, Jr., Professor, PhD, Columbia University, 1974. South Slavic languages and literature. E-mail username: cooper.

Andrew R. Durkin, Associate Professor, PhD, Columbia University, 1974. Russian literature. E-mail username: durkin.

Ronald Feldstein, Professor, PhD, Princeton University, 1973. Slavic linguistics. E-mail username: feldstei.

Paul M. Foster, Director of the Center for Languages of the Central Asian Region (CeLCAR), and Senior Lecturer, PhD, Columbia University, 1995. Slavic linguistics. E-mail username: pamfoste.

George Fowler, Associate Professor, PhD, University of Chicago, 1987. Slavic linguistics. E-mail username: gfowler.

Steven Franks, Professor, PhD, Cornell University, 1985. Slavic linguistics. E-mail username: franks.

Jeffrey Holdeman, Slavic Language Coordinator, PhD, Ohio State University, 2002. Slavic linguistics. E-mail username: jeffhold.

Christina Illias, Senior Lecturer, PhD, Indiana University, 1994. Romanian language and literature. E-mail username: ciliaoia.

Jerzy Kolodziej, Associate Lecturer, Director, Summer Workshop in Slavic and East European Languages, PhD, Indiana University, 1984. E-mail username: jkolodzi.

Nina Perlina, Professor, PhD, Brown University, 1977. Russian literature. E-mail username: perlina.

Elena Petroska, Lecturer, PhD, University Sts Cyril and Methodius, Skopje (Macedonia), 2000. Macedonian. E-mail username: epetrosk.

Bronislava Volkova, Professor, PhD, Charles University, 1970. Czech language and literature. E-mail username: volkova.

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Herbert A. Terry, Associate Professor, PhD University of Minnesota, 1976. Fulbright in Russia, 1998/9. E-mail username: terry .

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Bill Johnston, Associate Professor, Director of Polish Studies Center, PhD University of Hawaii, 1995. Translations of modern Polish literature. E-mail username: billj .

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Estonian: Piibi-Kai Kivik, Associate Instructor, MA, Tartu University (Estonia), 1997, English Language; M.Phil., Cambridge University (UK), 1997, English and Applied Linguistics. E-mail username: pkivik .

Finnish: Anna Pajunen, Visiting Lecturer, MA, Jyraskyla University. Finnish language and literature. E-mail username: apajunen.

Hungarian: Valeria Varga, Visiting Lecturer, MA in Hungarian, Russian, and English, Eotvos Lorand University, Budapest, Hungary. E-mail username: vvarga.

Kazak: Talant Mawkanuli, Visiting Assistant Professor, BA Xinjiang University, 1983; MA Xinjiang University, 1988; PhD IU, 1999. E-mail username: tmawkan.

Uzbek: Malik Hodjaev, Visiting Lecturer, BA Samarkand State Pedagogical Institute, 1972; Cert. Moscow State Pedagogical Institute, 1980. Languages include Uzbek, Tajik, Russian and English. E-mail username: mhodjaev.

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Paul Kriese, Assistant Professor of Political Science, PhD, Purdue University, 1977. Polish and East European political culture. E-mail username: pkriese .

David Fulton, Chancellor, PhD, Indiana University, 1975. Balkan history. E-mail username: dfulton.

Omer Hadziselimovic, Assistant to the Chancellor, PhD, University of Sarajevo, 1978. American travel writing on Bosnia and Herzegovina. E-mail username: ohadzise .

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Bernd J. Fischer, Associate Professor of History, PhD, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1982. Albanian and Southeastern European history. fischer@ipfw.edu

Ann X. Livschiz, Assistant Professor of History, PhD, Stanford University, 2005. Russian and Soviet History, Gender History. livschia@ipfw.edu

James Toole, Assistant Professor of Political Science, PhD, Brandeis, 2000. Political parties and democratization in post-communist Central Europe. toolej@ipfw.edu

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Daniel Cole, Professor of Law, MFA, Stanford Law School, 1996. Environmental law in Poland. dancole@iupui.edu

Paul J. Nagy, Professor Emeritus of American Studies, PhD, Fordham University, 1968. Philosophy and American studies, contemporary Hungary. pnagy@iupui.edu

John Parrish-Sprowl, Associate Professor of Communications, PhD, Bowling Green State University, 1976. Organizational communication in Poland. johparri@iupui.edu

Sherry Ricchiardi, Associate Professor of Journalism, PhD, Iowa State University, 1986. Journalism in the former Yugoslavia. sriccia@iupui.edu

Martin Spechler, Professor of Economics, PhD, Harvard University, 1971. Soviet-type economies, economies in transition, and comparative economics. mspechle@iupui.edu

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Jack M. Bloom, Associate Professor of Sociology, PhD, University of California-Berkeley, 1980. Poland, contemporary East European affairs, and sociology. jbloom@iun.edu

Frederick Chary, Professor of History, PhD, University of Pittsburgh, 1968. Bulgarian history, philosophy. fchary@iun.edu

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Linda L. Blodgett, Associate Professor of International Business, PhD, University of Michigan, 1987; PhD, Indiana University, 1978; PhD, Charles University Prague, 1974. International business. lblodget@iusb.edu

William Hojnacki, Associate Professor and Assistant Dean, School of Public and Environmental Affairs, PhD Notre Dame University, 1977. Public sector organizations. whojnacki@iusb.edu

Mike Keen, Associate Professor, and Chair of Sociology, PhD, Notre Dame, 1985. History of Sociology. mkeen@iusb.edu

Dmitry Shlapentokh, Associate Professor of History, PhD, University of Chicago, 1988. Russian and Soviet history and culture. dshlapen@iusb.edu

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