Faculty & Staff

  • Molly Blasing

    Molly Thomasy Blasing

    Visiting Lecturer in Russian

    B.A., Harvard University; M.A., University of Wisconsin (Madison)

    Research interests include 19th and 20th century Russian poetry, and contemporary Russian theater and political performance.

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  • Alla L. Epsteyn

    Senior Lecturer in Russian

    M.A., Moscow University; Ph.D., Academy of Sciences Institute of World History (Russia)

    Teaches Russian language; Wintersession in Moscow Program Director; at Wellesley since 1998.

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  • Thomas Peter Hodge

    Professor of Russian

    B.A., Pomona College; M.A., Oxford University; M.A., Ph.D., Stanford University

    Interests include history of 19th-century Russian literature, Russian nature-writing, and Russian music.

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  • Katie Sango-Jackson

    Administrative Assistant for German Department, Russian Department, and Russian Area Studies Program

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  • Mayya Volchkevich

    Mayya is the 2012-2013 Russian language assistant.

    M.A, Moscow University

    PhD, Moscow State Pedagogical University 

     

     

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  • Adam Weiner

    Associate Professor of Russian

    B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin (Madison)

    Teaches Russian language and literature; at Wellesley since 1994.

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Upcoming Events

Russian Table

All students enrolled in Russian and Russian Area Courses are encouraged to attend Russian Table. Russian Table meets weekly on Wednesdays at 5 pm in Severance basement. During Russian table, there are weekly activities, interesting conversations with the facilitator, Mayya Volchkevich, the visiting language assistant from Moscow, and yummy Russian treats.

Contact Us

Russian Department
Founders Hall 416
Wellesley College
106 Central Street
Wellesley, MA 02481


Tel: 781.283.2418 
Fax: 781.283.3652

Thomas Hodge
Department Chair
thodge@wellesley.edu
781.283.3563