Professional Affiliation

Professor, Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, University of Pittsburgh

Wilson Center Project

The Reality Behind the Fiction: The Status of Social Services in Russia Today

Project Summary

Exploration of the contemporary cultural and socio-economic context of the fledgling field of Russian social work, and a study of the past and emergent training programs for social workers.

Previous Terms

May 01, 1996 - May 01, 1996: "Scholar Writer and Witness: An Intelelctual Biography of Lydia Yakovlevna Ginzburg" Aug 01, 1985 - Aug 01, 1985: "The Literature of Authenticity: The Autobiographical Mode as a Literary and Social Phenomenon in Russian and Soviet Literature"