Faculty
Justin Weir
weir@fas.harvard.eduCurt Hugo Reisinger Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures
Professor of Comparative Literature
Department Chair
Jonathan Bolton
jbolton@fas.harvard.eduHoward Mumford Jones Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures
Director of Undergraduate Studies
Julie A. Buckler
buckler@fas.harvard.eduSamuel Hazzard Cross Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures
Steven J. Clancy
sclancy@fas.harvard.eduDirector of the Slavic Language Program
Senior Lecturer in Slavic Languages and Literatures
On leave spring 2026.
Veronika Egorova | Вероника Александровна Егорова
egorova@fas.harvard.eduSenior Preceptor in Slavic Languages and Literatures
(Russian language program)
Interests Cross-cultural semantics and pragmatics, heritage languages (Russian), bilingualism, second language acquisitions and methods of second language instruction. In 2016 Dr. Egorova launched the first STARTALK program for Russian heritage speakers...
Daria Khitrova
dkhitrova@fas.harvard.eduProfessor of Slavic Languages and Literatures
Director of Graduate Studies
Russian poetry of the Golden and Silver Ages; Russian Ballet; Film History; Formalist theory of arts and literature. The range of subjects Daria Khitrova is interested in is explained by the theoretical focus of her research. The latter is on interaction...
Iryna Kovalchuk
ikovalchuk@fas.harvard.eduPreceptor in Slavic Languages and Literatures
(Polish Language Program)
I am a linguist (M.A., Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, Ukraine), community organizer (post-graduate certificate, University of Warsaw, Poland) and cultural manager. I am fond of juggling and mixing these identities. Fluent in Polish and Ukrainian, I am also used to...
Aleksandra Kremer
akremer@fas.harvard.eduAlfred Jurzykowski Professor of Polish Language and Literature
Interests: Polish literature and culture
Terry Martin
martin11@fas.harvard.eduGeorge F. Baker III Professor of Russian Studies, Department of History, Harvard University
Faculty Affiliate
Jenya Mironava
spallinomironava@fas.harvard.eduPreceptor in Slavic Languages and Literatures
(Russian language program)
My research focuses on twentieth-century Russian and Czech literature and culture, with emphasis on questions of temporality, formal experimentation, and linguistic play. My work engages with the issues of memory, including ways of memorializing the past...
Dmitrii Pastushenkov
dpastushenkov@fas.harvard.eduPreceptor in Slavic Languages and Literatures
(Russian language program)
Dmitrii Pastushenkov is an applied linguist with experience in second language teaching, teacher education, translation, and research in second language acquisition. Before joining Harvard, he taught at Michigan State University, California State...
Serhii Plokhii
plokhii@fas.harvard.eduMykhailo S. Hrushevs'kyi Professor of Ukrainian History, Department of History, Harvard University
Director, Ukrainian Research Institute, Harvard University
Faculty Affiliate
Stephanie Sandler
ssandler@fas.harvard.eduErnest E. Monrad Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures
Nataliya Shpylova-Saeed
nataliya_shpylova-saeed@fas.harvard.eduPreceptor in Slavic Languages and Literatures
(Ukrainian language program)
Nataliya Shpylova-Saeed is interested in memory studies, particularly in contested memory focusing on Ukraine and Russia. Contested memory offers insights into identity construction and negotiation, ways to explore options for conflict resolution, venues...
Maria Sonevytsky
msonevyt@bard.eduVisiting Associate Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures; Associate Professor of Music and Anthropology, Bard College
I am an Associate Professor of Anthropology and Music at Bard College and am delighted to be Visiting the Department of Slavic Language & Literatures at Harvard University in the Fall of 2026. I am a scholar of Ukraine, with a particular interest in the...
Bohdan Tokarskyi
btokarskyi@fas.harvard.eduAssistant Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures
Bohdan Tokarskyi is Assistant Professor of Ukrainian Literature and Culture. He completed a Ph.D. in Slavonic Studies and an M.Phil in European Literature and Culture at the University of Cambridge. Before coming to Cambridge (U.K.) he studied...
Veronika Tuckerova
vtuckerova@fas.harvard.eduSenior Preceptor in Slavic Languages and Literatures
(Czech language program)
Liya Zalaltdinova
lzalaltdinova@fas.harvard.eduPreceptor in Slavic Languages and Literatures
(Russian language program)
Залалтдинова Лия Илгизеровна Before joining Harvard in 2022, Liya taught Russian at Oberlin College (as a Fulbright TA), at the University of Pittsburgh, Williams College, and at the University of Colorado. She also taught English courses at the Kazan...
