College Advisors for the School of Languages, Literatures & Cultures

For genereal inquiries about foreign language study, the CLAS advisors are the best starting point. They can also connect you with a specific language advisor or faculty member on the departmental level

Nicole Evans

Undergraduate Academic Advisor, Departments of Classics, East Asian Languages & Cultures, History, Humanities, REES, Slavic Languages & Literatures

nicoleevans@ku.edu

785-864-3500

Wescoe Hall, Room 3650C

Office Hours:

M – F, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm by appointment 

Aley Pennington

Graduate Academic Advisor, Classics, East Asian Languages & Cultures, French, Francophone & Italian Studies, German Studies, Philosophy, Slavic Languages & Literatures, Spanish & Portuguese

aleypennington@ku.edu

785-864-1528

Wescoe Hall, Room 3107

Office Hours:

M – F: 9:00 am to 4:00 pm and by appointment

Director of Undergraduate Studies

Marc L. Greenberg

Professor of Slavic Languages & Literatures, Director of Undergraduate Studies, Corresponding Member, Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Ambasador znanosti, Republika Slovenija - Ambassador of Science & Scholarship, Rep. of Slovenia, Courtesy Professor of Russian, East European & Eurasian Studies, Courtesy Professor of Linguistics

mlg@ku.edu

785-864-4803

Wescoe Hall, Room 2128

Fall 2021 Office Hours: 

Prof. Greenberg received his MA at the University of Chicago (1984) and PhD at UCLA (1990), both in Slavic linguistics. His work concerns Slavic diachrony, diatopy, and sociolinguistics.​

 

Director of Graduate Studies

Oleksandra Wallo

Assistant Professor, Director of Graduate Studies, Slavic Languages & Literatures, Coordinator of the KU Intensive Russian Language Program in Ft. Carson, CO, Director of the KU Summer Language Institute in Lviv, Ukraine

owallo@ku.edu

785-864-2350

Wescoe, Room 2127

Fall 2021 Office Hours: 

Language Coordinators

Language Coordinators are able to help you with specific questions about the language they advise for. They may also be able to help with placement and/ or proficiency exams. Some Coordinators advise for more than one language.

Bosnian/ Croatian/ Montenegrin/ Serbian

Marta Pirnat-Greenberg

Lecturer, Slovene and Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian

mpg@ku.edu

(785) 864-2353

Wescoe Hall, Room 2130

Fall 2021 Office Hours: 

Teaching interests: Slovene, Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian languages.

Czech

Svetlana Vassileva-Karagyozova

Associate Professor, Slavic Languages & Literatures

svk@ku.edu

785-864-2351

Wescoe Hall, Room 2141

Fall 2021 Office Hours: 

Persian (Farsi/ Tajik/ Dari)

Razi Ahmad

Lecturer, Persian

r.ahmad@ku.edu

785-864-9250

Wescoe Hall, Room 2096

Fall 2021 Office Hours: 

Russian

Irina Six

Assistant Teaching Professor, Russian, Academic Program Associate

irinasix@ku.edu

785-864-1230

Wescoe Hall, Room 2128

Fall 2021 Office Hours: 

Teaching interests: Russian language pedagogy, business Russian.

Slavic languages (Polish, Ukrainian, Slovene)

Marc L. Greenberg

Professor of Slavic Languages & Literatures, Director of Undergraduate Studies, Corresponding Member, Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Ambasador znanosti, Republika Slovenija - Ambassador of Science & Scholarship, Rep. of Slovenia, Courtesy Professor of Russian, East European & Eurasian Studies, Courtesy Professor of Linguistics

mlg@ku.edu

785-864-4803

Wescoe Hall, Room 2128

Fall 2021 Office Hours: 

Prof. Greenberg received his MA at the University of Chicago (1984) and PhD at UCLA (1990), both in Slavic linguistics. His work concerns Slavic diachrony, diatopy, and sociolinguistics.​