The Russian-East European Studies Program is one of seven disciplines within UVM's Area and International Studies Program. It immerses students in the languages, literature, regional economics, political science, sociology and history of both Eastern Europe and the territories of the former Soviet Union. Majors focus on either Russian-East European economics/business or Russian-East European studies, and are encouraged to take advantage of study/work abroad programs in St. Petersburg, Moscow and other locations.
Faculty comprise widely-published scholars and award-winning teachers who have lived, worked and traveled extensively in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. Professors also have served as a review editor for the Soviet and Post-Soviet Review and as an outside observer in Russian elections.
Phone: (802) 656-1474
Fax: (802) 656-1376
E-mail: kenneth.nalibow@uvm.edu
Department Web Site:
http://www.uvm.edu/~global/?Page=ru.html
List of courses in Area and International studies
Graduate school: Majors are admitted to some of the most esteemed graduate programs in the country, such as the University of Wisconsin's Slavic Graduate Program, Stanford University's Arctic and Siberian Geologic Studies program, Columbia University's Journalism School and Georgetown University's Law School.
Careers: Careers in business, government, translating and tourism attract many majors, who have worked at the American Embassy in Moscow, Polaroid in Russia, the U.S. Information Agency, the Russian Stock Exchange, U.S. federal agencies, large travel agencies in New York and Boston and as a Russian interpreter for U.S. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Other former students choose careers in journalism, working as the business desk reporter for the Moscow Times in Moscow, a NBC News producer in Moscow and an assistant editor/translator for The New York Times' Week in Review.
