Joanne Van Tuyl, Professor of the Practice of Slavic and Eurasian Studies

Contact Info:

Office Location:	307 Languages Bldg, Durham, NC 27708
Office Phone:	(919) 660-3145
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Teaching (Spring 2023):

• Russian 102.02, Elementary russian ii Synopsis

  Languages 320, MWF 12:00 PM-12:50 PM

• Russian 104.01, Elemen rus conversation Synopsis

  Languages 312, Tu 10:15 AM-11:30 AM

• Russian 104.02, Elemen rus conversation Synopsis

  Languages 312, Tu 12:00 PM-01:45 PM

Office Hours:

MWF 2:30-4:30

Education:

Ph.D.	University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill	1986
MA	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	1980
BA	Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT	1975

Specialties:

Russian

Research Interests: Technology in Russian-Language Classroom; African American & Russian Studies; 19th Century Russian Literature, Russian Language, Comparative Literature

Current projects: African-Americans and Russia/USSR, Soviet film on American race relations , Audio, video and digital technology in Russian Language Classroom

Areas of Interest:

Russian studies
Russian language
Multimedia Technology in Foreign Language Classroom
African-American studies

Recent Publications

1. Dale Peterson. Up from Bondage: the Literatures of Russian and African American Soul.  Canadian Slavonic Papers 44.3-4 (September, 2002): 315-16.
2.  "S mesta v kar'er: Leaping Into Russian. Supplementary Taped Exercises."  Newburyport, Mass: Focus Press, 1995
3.  "S mesta v kar'er: Leaping Into Russian. Handbook to Supplementary Taped Exercises."  Newburyport, Mass.: Focus Press, 1995
4. with Andrews, Edna, Dolgova, Irina, Flath, Carol & Maksimova, Elena. "S mesta v kar'er: Leaping Into Russian. A Systematic Introduction to Contemporary Russian Grammar."  Newburyport, Mass.: Focus Press, 1994