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Katia Scodova
By Parker Tysinger

Katia Scodova, MA in Slavic and East European Studies, Class of 2007 Where do you work and what is your current position?

I currently work as the Director of…

Caterina Preda
By Sofia Boyd

Dr. Caterina Preda’s education started in the arts, attending an art school for over 8 years. But once she enrolled in the University of Bucharest, she started studying political science, and a…

Monument of Independence of Ukraine in front of the Ukrainian flag.
By Nina Rakowsky

Since the end of the Cold War, the United States has reigned as the strongest military power in the international system, spending more on its military than the next 10 countries combined. However…

Belgrade, Serbia
By Devon Rancourt

Last summer I took intensive Serbian language classes in Belgrade, Serbia through the American Councils Balkan Language Initiative (BLI) Program with the help of a FLAS fellowship and a Title VIII…

Four young people stand with their arms around each other in front of Russian-language decorations
By Cody Allen

Alongside opportunities for students to study abroad, there are also numerous options within the United States that enable students to learn a foreign language within an…

Old Town Warsaw

By Ryan Scharff, Senior in Data Analytics and Slavic Studies (minor)

While never being my main area of study, language and linguistics have always been a secondary…

Sarah Hohman and friends hiking in Zakopane
By Sarah Hohman

When I began work on my master’s degree in August 2024, I had just returned from a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship in Moldova. As part of my coursework, I began studying Polish and…

A man wearing a black bucket hat and carrying a backpack stands in front of a bridge with green trees and a blue sky with clouds in the background
By Luis Angelo Juarez

Last year, I spent ten weeks of my summer learning Russian in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan through SRAS. It was quite an amazing experience for me. There, I largely learned the…

Amelia Webster and field school student sin Giecz

Written by Amelia Webster, Senior in Forensic Anthropology and Forensic Biology with a minor in Mycology on the pre-med track.

This past summer, I had the…