Russian/Faculty and Staff

Arna Bronstein

Associate Professor of Russian

304 Murkland Hall
Phone: (603) 862-3545
Fax: (603) 862-1690
E-mail: arnab@cisunix.unh.edu

Education:
B.A., Colgate University, 1975
M.A., University of Pennsylvania, 1979
Ph.D., ibid., 1986

Courses Taught:
RUSS 401-402: Elementary Russian
RUSS 503-504: Intermediate Russian
RUSS 595: Russian Practicum
RUSS 631: Advanced Conversation and Composition
RUSS 795-796: Independent Study
RUSS 797-798: Special Studies in Russian Language, Literature, and Culture

Fields of Research: 
language pedagogy; Russian Jewish literature; women, children and health issues in Russian society

Aleksandra Fleszar

Associate Professor of Russian and Coordinator of the Russian Program

303 Murkland Hall
Phone: (603) 862-3545
Fax: (603) 862-1690
E-mail: aif@cisunix.unh.edu

Education:
B.A., State University of New York at Buffalo, 1969
M.A., Ohio State University, 1972
Ph.D., ibid., 1984

Courses Taught:
RUSS 401-402: Elementary Russian
RUSS 595: Russian Practicum
RUSS 601: Russian Conversation and Phonetics
RUSS 632: Advanced Conversation and Composition
RUSS 691: Readings in Russian Literature
RUSS 721: Topics in Contemporary Russian Literature: From Chekhov to Post-Modernism
RUSS 725: Topics in Russian Culture and Society
RUSS 733: History and Development of the Russian Language
RUSS 790: Advanced Language and Style
RUSS 795-796: Independent Study
RUSS 797-798: Special Studies in Russian Language, Literature, and Culture

Fields of Research: 
modern Russian and Soviet literature, language pedagogy, 19th-20th century Polish literature, history of the Russian language

Ronald LeBlanc

Professor of Russian and Humanities 

G10H Murkland Hall
Phone: (603) 862-3553
Fax: (603) 862-1690
E-mail: ronald.leblanc@unh.edu

Education:
B.S., U.S. Air Force Academy, 1971
B.A., University of Washington, 1977
M.A. ibid., 1979
Ph.D., ibid., 1984

Courses Taught:
RUSS 425: Contemporary Russian Society and Culture
RUSS 500: Topics/Humans, Robots, and Machines
RUSS 521: Devils, Deities, and Madness in Russian Literature
RUSS 522: Morality, Sex, and Revolution in Russian Literature
RUSS 593/693: Myths, Visions, and Issues in Russian Literature an Society
RUSS 795-796: Independent Study
RUSS 797-798: Special Studies in Russian Language, Literature, and Culture
HUMA 650: Humanities and the Law: The Problem of Justice in Western Civilization
HUMA 651: Humanities and Science: The Nature of Scientific Creativity
INCO 650H: Study Abroad Seminar: Encountering Oneself/Encountering the World
INCO 651H: Study Abroad Seminar: Returning Home

Fields of Research: 
the poetics of the Russian novel, food imagery in film and fiction, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy

Thelma Sidmore

Administrative Assistant

316 Murkland Hall
Phone: (603) 862-3522
Fax: (603) 862-1690
E-mail: tss@cisunix.unh.edu