College Advisors

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 and Eurasian 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 and Eurasian 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

Spring 2022 Office Hours: 

By appointment

Both In-Person and Via Zoom or Skype

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

Associate Professor, Slavic Languages & Literatures, Director of Graduate Studies, Director of the KU Summer Language Institute in Lviv, Ukraine

owallo@ku.edu

785-864-2350

Wescoe, Room 2127

Spring 2022 Office Hours: 

Tu: 3:00 - 4:00 pm | W: 12:00 - 1:00 pm 

Both In-Person and Via Zoom or Skype

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

Spring 2022 Office Hours: 

By appointment, please email: mpg@ku.edu

Via Zoom or Skype

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

Persian (Farsi/ Tajik/ Dari)

Razi Ahmad

Lecturer, Persian

r.ahmad@ku.edu

785-864-9250

Wescoe Hall, Room 2096

Spring 2022 Office Hours: 

W: 11:00 am - 12:00pm | Fri.: 12:00 - 1:00 pm and 3:30 - 4:30 pm

Both In-person and Via Zoom

Russian

Irina Six

Assistant Teaching Professor, Russian, Academic Program Associate

irinasix@ku.edu

785-864-1230

Wescoe Hall, Room 2128

Spring 2022 Office Hours: 

Tu. & Th.: 1:00 -2:00 pm

Via Zoom

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

Spring 2022 Office Hours: 

By appointment

Both In-Person and Via Zoom or Skype

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.​

 

Turkish

Esra Predolac

Lecturer, Turkish, Assistant Director (CREES)

esrap@ku.edu

785-864-2358

Wescoe Hall, Room 2090

Spring 2022 Office Hours: 

Tu. & Th.: 10:00 - 11:30 am

Both In-Person and Via Zoom or Skype