Areas of Expertise
- 18th-20th century Russian literature and culture
- Pushkin; Chekhov; Derzhavin
- Madness
- Literary biography
- Translation
- Food Studies
Education
- PhD in Slavic Languages and Literatures from the University of Wisconsin
- M.A. at University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1990, Russian Literature
- M.A at Middlebury College, Vermont, 1989, Russian Language
- B.A. at Rice University, Texas, 1987, Russian and English Literature, cum laude