Faculty

David W. McFadden, Associate Professor of History and Director, RES Program. Dr. McFadden's specialty is U.S.-Russian relations and the Soviet period of Russian history. He is the author of Alternative Paths: Soviets and Americans, 1917-1920 (Oxford University Press, 1993).
Office: Canisius Hall 324

Elia Chepaitis, Associate Professor of Information Systems. Dr. Chepaitis consults on business exchange projects and has taught international business in Russia on a Fulbright fellowship. Her publications examine the problems of quality, equity, and information resources in developing markets.

Edward Dew, Professor of Politics. Dr. Dew specializes in International Relations and Comparative Politics, and brings over thirty years of contact and travel to Russia and the former Soviet Union into his popular Russia Seminars.

Tatyana Stepanova, Adjunct Professor of Modem Language. Professor Stepanova, a Russian native, brings enthusiasm and verve to her teaching of Russian, as she conducts poetry readings and Russian Table for students outside of class. She taught Russian in the BBC TV series "Russian Language and People" which is currently shown on PBS.

Johanna Garvey, Associate Professor of English (Comparative Literature). Dr. Garvey brings a broad background in Russian and comparative literature to her innovative courses in the Russian novel, integrating her other specialties in Women's fiction and James Joyce for what they tell us about Russian authors Zamyatin and Akhmatova.

Philip Eliasoph, Professor of Fine Arts. Dr. Eliasoph combines his interest and background in the Russian avant-garde with the breadth of knowledge and energy in the history of European art both to his seminars and to the Walsh Art Gallery in the Quick Center.

Jiri Nedela, Assistant Professor of Communications. Dr. Nedela, a native of Prague, brings his considerable background in Central European culture and politics, with a particular interest in film, to international communications and Eastern European politics and culture courses.

Richard Shillea, Instructor of Music. Professor Shillea, the Director of the University Orchestra, brings his own professional musicianship together with his interest in he Romantic era to a new and exciting understanding of Russian classical music.

Anna Tavis, Consultant to the PepsiCo Russian Studies Program. Dr. Tavis, a native Russian, brings her scholarly background in Comparative Literature and Russian Studies (Rainer Maria Rilke's Russia Northwestern University Press, 1994) and her recent experience as an international business consultant to the intersection of culture and business in the emerging Russia.