QualificationsPh.D., University of Toronto, Russian Literature with Minors in Polish Literature and Slavic Linguistics, 1993. M.A., University of Ottawa, Russian Literature with Minor in Polish Literature, 1989. B.A., McGill University, German and Russian Literatures, 1986. Expertise and Research InterestsI have interests in the following countries: Russia, Brazil, Poland, and Germany. I have interdisciplinary interests in the following areas: psychoanalysis of literature (Lacanian and Freudian), gay studies/queer theory, cultural studies, women's studies, mass communications. My current research explores the question of gender-identification, particularly masculine self-identification. Using Russia and Brazil as focal points for my research, I am examining how masculinity reveals itself during times of change in Russia (from the Empire to the USSR to Russia today), and Brazil (with the growth of a gay rights movement in the 1990s through today). I consider how gay male identity is spoken through poetry, film, photography and pornography, and how that identity is reflected back to the general public through popular culture and political action. With an understanding of how these processes work, I can look at how gay desire is used by men in general to restructure their own identities and desires. Other ExpertiseAcademic Experience: I have had experience with/contacts at the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, the Social Science Foundation at the University of Denver, the Internationalization Fund at the University of Denver, the Women's Library Association at the University of Denver. Administrative Experience and Faculty Grants: numerous University committees, numerous University of Denver Faculty Research Fund awards, University of Denver PROF grant (2006), Chair of the Department of Languages and Literatures (2000-2003), Chair of the Faculty Core Committee (2000-2005), chair of the Marsico Initiative Steering Committee (2005-2006), The Driscoll Master Educator Award (1996); Director of Russian Language and Literature Program (1993-), Director of the Comparative Literature Program (1994-1998), Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Doctoral Fellowship (1990-1993), Faculty Senate, Member of the Rock Mountain Regional Screening Board for the National Security Education Program Undergraduate Study Abroad Scholarship Program (1994-1996). Business Experience: Participated in the OASIS Program on the Russian Experience in Denver (1996, 1998) Future ResearchMy research into Russian gay poetics is extending into a broader investigation into current cultural consumption in Russia today, particularly as it relates to sexual identity and its intersection with national awareness and consciousness. I am also beginning to focus on the work of Valerii Pereleshin, a gay Russian poet who lived the final decades of his life in Rio de Janeiro. I am using my owrk on Pereleshin to expand my research area into masculine gender identity in Brazil. Industrial RelevanceOnly possibly with companies seeking inroads into the larger untargeted Russian artistic and gay communities, and, to some degree, in Brazil. KeywordsCOS Keywords:Gay Or Lesbian Studies, Language or Literature, Russian Language Or Literature, Slavic Language Or Literature, Women's Studies.Additional Terms:Gay Studies, Queer Theory, Women's/Gender Studies.Languages(Reading, Writing, Speaking)French: (Fluent, Fluent, Fluent) German: (Fluent, Fluent, Fluent) Russian: (Fluent, Fluent, Fluent) Polish: (Fluent, Functional, Functional) Portuguese: (Functional, Functional, Functional) MembershipsAmerican Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages Canadian Association of Slavists Lesbian and Gay Studies Caucus Modern Language Association of America Previous Positions1990-1992, Teaching Assistant,
University of Toronto,
Slavic Languages and Literatures
1987-1988, Teaching Assistant,
University of Ottowa,
Modern Languages and Literatures
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