Slavic Studies

Alumni

Slavic Studies Ph.D. Alumni Placements (2004-Present)

Ph.D. Recipients

Olivia Kennison, 2026
Assistant Publications Coordinator, PMLA

Sofia Verba, 2026
Lecturer in Russian, MIT

Samuel Driver,  2024
Schmidt Sciences AI & the Humanities Postdoctoral Research Scholar at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Natalia Vygovskaya, 2024
Visiting Assistant Professor, Miami University of Ohio

Tara Wheelwright,  2024
Assistant Director,  STEM Global Awards, NYU

Joe Colleyshaw, 2023
Lecturer in Russian and Slavonic Studies, University of Leeds

Alexander Dumanis, 2023
Humanities - World Languages Instructor, Newton-South HS

Anastasia Williams, 2021
Director of Faculty Development, Colorado State University

Mira Nikolova, 2020
Assistant Professor, University of Virgina

Diana Dukhanova, 2018
Visiting Assistant Professor, Holy Cross College

Leon Kogan, Ph.D. 2018
Adjunct Professor of Russian, Boston College

Anastasia Selemeneva, 2016
Lector of Slavic Languages and Literatures, Yale University

Kevin K. Starikov, 2016 
Slavic Senior Librarian, Boston University

Erin K. Krafft, 2015
Associate Professor, The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

Keren Klimovsky, 2014
playwright, translator, Sweden

Sofya Khagi, Ph.D. 2006
Professor, University of Michigan

Marina Aptekman, 2004
Associate Teaching Professor of Russian, Tufts University

Charles H. Arndt, 2004
Associate Professor, Vassar College

Olga S. Partan, 2004          
Associate Professor, College of the Holy Cross