AATSEEL Executive Council

PRESIDENT (2-year term)
Karen Evans Romaine (President 2023-2024)
Professor of Russian, Department of German, Nordic, & Slavic
Co-Director, Russian Flagship Program
University of Wisconsin - Madison
1442 Van Hise
1220 Linden Drive
Madison, WI 53706
Tel: 608-262-3499
Email: evansromaine@wisc.edu

PRESIDENT ELECT (2-year term)
William J. Comer (President 2025-2026)
Director, Russian Flagship Program
Professor of Russian
Department of World Languages and Literatures
FMH Room 315G
1855 SW Broadway, Portland, OR 97201
Portland State University
E-mail: wcomer@pdx.edu

PAST PRESIDENT (2-year term)
Gabriella Safran (President 2021-2022)
Professor and Director, Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures
Eva Chernov Lokey Professor in Jewish Studies
Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-2006
Tel. 650-723-4414
Email: gsafran@stanford.edu

VICE-PRESIDENTS (3-year term)

Shannon Donnally Quinn (2022-2024)
Assistant Professor of Russian and Technology Specialist
Department of Linguistics, Languages, and Cultures
Michigan State University
Wells Hall B331
619 Red Cedar Rd.
East Lansing, MI 48824
Email: sdquinn@msu.edu

Thomas Tabatowski (2022-2024)
Russian Teacher
The Noble Academy
1443 N Ogden Ave.
Chicago, IL 60610
Phone: (312) 574-1527
Email: ttabatowski@thenobleacademy.org

Anne Lounsbery (2023-2025)
Professor of Russian Literature
Department of Russian and Slavic Studies
New York University
13-19 University Place, 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10003
Email: anne.lounsbery@nyu.edu

Amelia Glaser (2023-2025)
Professor
Endowed Chair in Judaic Studies
University of California, San Diego
Literature Building 3345
Email: amglaser@ucsd.edu

Jose Vergara (2024-2026)
Assistant Professor of Russian on the Myra T. Cooley Lectureship in Russian Studies
Bryn Mawr
Russian Center 6
101 North Merion Ave.
Bryn Mawr, PA 19010-2899
Email: jvergara@brynmawr.edu

Alla Nedashkivska (2024-2026)
Professor, Faculty of Arts
Modern Languages and Cultural Studies Dept.
316-C Arts Building (Main & Conv Hall)
113 St and 91 Ave
Edmonton AB T6G 2E6
University of Alberta
Email: allan@ualberta.ca

EDITOR, SLAVIC & EAST EUROPEAN JOURNAL
Professor Yana Hashamova, Editor of Slavic and East European Journal
Associate Professor Alexander Burry, Editor of Slavic and East European Journal
Department for Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures
400 Hagerty Hall
1775 College Road
Ohio State University
Columbus, OH 43210
Email: seej@osu.edu

CONFERENCE PROGRAM COMMITTEE CHAIR
Molly Blasing
Associate Professor of Russian Studies
Department of Modern and Classical Languages, Literatures and Cultures
University of Kentucky
1053 Patterson Office Tower
Lexington, KY 40506-0027
Email: mtblasing@uky.edu

PUBLICATIONS COMMITTEE CHAIR
Frederick H. White
Professor of Russian and Integrated Studies
Utah Valley University
Integrated Studies
MS 145A
800 W. University Parkway
Orem, Utah 84058-6703
Email: frederick.white@uvu.edu

GRADUATE STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE
Ani Abrahamyan
PhD Candidate, Department of Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures
Indiana University
Email: aniabrah@iu.edu

SOCIAL MEDIA LIAISON
Laurel Tollison
Brown University
Email: laurel_tollison@brown.edu

WEBMASTER
Sarah McEleney
Email: aatseelconference@usc.edu

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Elizabeth Durst
AATSEEL
University of Colorado Boulder
1505 Pleasant St.
276 UCB, McKenna 129
Boulder, CO 80309
Phone: (213) 740-2734
Fax: (303) 492-5376
Email: aatseel@colorado.edu

CONFERENCE MANAGER
Sarah McEleney
AATSEEL Conference Manager
Email: aatseelconference@usc.edu