Executive Director of Initiative for Russian Culture and Assistant Professor

Anton Fedyashin received his BA from St. John’s College in Annapolis, MD where he studied the Great Books. He completed an MA at Harvard University in Russian, East European, and Central Asian Studies and went on to defend his doctoral dissertation a... [More]

Director of Initiative for Russian Culture and Associate Professor

Eric Lohr is a historian of Russia and East Europe with an affiliate appointment in the School of International Service. He directs the AU Initiative for Russian Culture. He received his M.A. in Russian Studies and Ph.D. in History from Harvard Unive... [More]

Instructor

Adjunct Professorial Lecturer

Dean, School of International Service

James Goldgeier is Dean of the School of International Service. Prior to joining American University, he was a professor of political science and international affairs at George Washington University. He taught previously at Cornell University, and h... [More]

Musician in Residence

A piano instructor in the applied music program, award-winning Russian-born American pianist Yuliya Gorenman has been called a "pianist without fear." Now firmly established in her performing career, she first achieved international acclaim in 1995 a... [More]

Associate Professor

Professor Israeli received her PhD in Slavic Linguistics from Yale University. Prior to coming to the United States she received a BA equivalent in Russian Language and Literature from Leningrad State University. A specialist in both Russian linguist... [More]

Professor

Linda Lucia Lubrano teaches a wide range of courses that bridge the humanities with the natural and social sciences. Her classes draw upon film, literature, and philosophy, for example, and she combines political theory with the comparative study of ... [More]

Professor

Professor Meurs has recently taught Comparative Systems, Heterodox Microeconomics, Transition Economies, the Economics of Gender, and the Doctoral Dissertation Seminar.

Adjunct Professorial Lecturer

Assistant Professor

Ekaterina Romanova has received her PhD from the Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Mason University. Her dissertation research focuses on the challenges of identity formation in the context of varying immigration trends in today’... [More]

Adjunct Professorial Lecturer

Associate Professor

Dr. Celeste Wallander is currently serving as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Russia/Ukraine/Eurasia in the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Policy. Dr. Wallander's interest include Eurasian military issues, Russian foreign p... [More]