# Faculty ## expand\_more [### Justin Weir ](/people/justin-mccabe-weir) Curt Hugo Reisinger Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures Professor of Comparative Literature Department Chair ![Justin weir headshot](/sites/g/files/omnuum2186/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2024-10/Weir_Justin.jpg?itok=hGD0mWCW) [### Jonathan Bolton ](/people/jonathan-bolton) Howard Mumford Jones Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures Director of Undergraduate Studies ![bolton-400.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum2186/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/slavic/files/bolton-400.jpg?itok=A2gOOmoq) [### Julie A. Buckler ](/people/julie-buckler-0) Samuel Hazzard Cross Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures ![a picture of Julie buckler ](/sites/g/files/omnuum2186/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2024-11/Julie%20Buckler.jpg?itok=pfmMW-2O) [### Steven J. Clancy ](/people/steven-j-clancy) Director of the Slavic Language Program Senior Lecturer in Slavic Languages and Literatures On leave spring 2026. ![Photo of Steven Clancy](/sites/g/files/omnuum2186/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2026-05/clancyphoto2016.jpg?itok=U_mw8X6w) [### Veronika Egorova | Вероника Александровна Егорова ](/people/veronika-egorova) Senior 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... ![egorova.jpeg](/sites/g/files/omnuum2186/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/slavic/files/egorova.jpeg?itok=xBYj-loh) [### Daria Khitrova ](/people/daria-khitrova) Professor 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... ![dariakhitrova.jpeg](/sites/g/files/omnuum2186/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/slavic/files/dariakhitrova.jpeg?itok=afr0qSXF) [### Iryna Kovalchuk ](/people/iryna-kovalchuk) Preceptor 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... ![Iryna Kovalchuk](/sites/g/files/omnuum2186/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/slavic/files/iryna_kovalchuk.jpg?itok=HVfwfZ1A) [### Aleksandra Kremer ](/people/aleksandra-kremer) Alfred Jurzykowski Professor of Polish Language and Literature Interests: Polish literature and culture ![Aleksandra Kremer headshot](/sites/g/files/omnuum2186/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2024-10/Kremer_Aleksandra.jpg?h=037b1646&itok=qo8xoYyr) [### Terry Martin ](/people/terry-martin) George F. Baker III Professor of Russian Studies, Department of History, Harvard University Faculty Affiliate ![Terry Martin headshot](/sites/g/files/omnuum2186/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/slavic/files/martin_terry.jpg?itok=JVYgQ-a_) [### Jenya Mironava ](/people/jenya-spallino-mironava) Preceptor 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... ![a photo of Jenya Mironava](/sites/g/files/omnuum2186/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/slavic/files/img_3120.jpg?itok=AIVW6yRs) [### Dmitrii Pastushenkov ](/people/dmitrii-pastushenkov) Preceptor 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... ![a picture of Dmitrii Pastushenkov ](/sites/g/files/omnuum2186/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2024-12/Dmitrii%20Pastushenkov%201.jpg?h=c339853d&itok=Ye8h7_Hj) [### Serhii Plokhii ](/people/serhii-plokhii) Mykhailo S. Hrushevs'kyi Professor of Ukrainian History, Department of History, Harvard University Director, Ukrainian Research Institute, Harvard University Faculty Affiliate ![Serhii Plokhii headshot](/sites/g/files/omnuum2186/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/slavic/files/plokhii_serhii.jpg?itok=M8NBKDS-) [### Stephanie Sandler ](/people/stephanie-sandler) Ernest E. Monrad Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures ![sandler-400.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum2186/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/slavic/files/sandler-400.jpg?itok=qrAJPeXj) [### Nataliya Shpylova-Saeed ](/people/nataliya-shpylova-saeed) [nataliya\_shpylova-saeed@fas.harvard.edu](mailto:nataliya_shpylova-saeed@fas.harvard.edu)Preceptor 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... ![ShpylovaSaeed_Nataliya](/sites/g/files/omnuum2186/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/slavic/files/shpylovasaeed_nataliya.jpg?itok=o2Ytq9cd) [### Maria Sonevytsky ](/people/maria-sonevytsky) Visiting 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... ![Maria sonevytsky ](/sites/g/files/omnuum2186/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2026-06/headshot%20MS%202021.jpeg?h=811babcc&itok=ew9kkcbQ) [### Bohdan Tokarskyi ](/people/bohdan-tokarskyi) Assistant 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... ![Headshot of Bohdan Tokarskyi. He wears a grey herringbone suit jack and dark purple turtleneck.](/sites/g/files/omnuum2186/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/slavic/files/tokarskyi_bohdan.jpg?itok=IaXp52sW) [### Veronika Tuckerova ](/people/veronika-tuckerova) Senior Preceptor in Slavic Languages and Literatures (Czech language program) ![a picture of Veronika Tuckerova](/sites/g/files/omnuum2186/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-01/Screen%20Shot%202024-01-11%20at%209.35.44%20PM%201.png?h=f158fdfa&itok=G29QhER1) [### Liya Zalaltdinova ](/people/liya-zalaltdinova) Preceptor 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... ![Photo of Liya Zalaltdinova](/sites/g/files/omnuum2186/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/slavic/files/picture_on_the_website.jpg?itok=X04uXMe4)