Here you can learn about the career trajectories of many UW-Madison REECAS alumni—undergraduate and graduate certificate students, PhD minor recipients, FLAS fellows, and MA recipients.
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| Alum | Degree(s) | Language(s) Studied | Current Position/Affiliation | Website |
| Scott Appleton | BA in International Studies and History (2005) | Russian, French | Senior Intelligence Analyst, Defense Intelligence Agency | |
| Courtney Blenner | J.D. (2011); BA in Political Science; Certificate in REECAS (2004) | Hebrew, Russian | Financial Advisor, Northwestern Mutual | Courtney S Blenner, J.D., CLU, Financial Advisor |
| Robert L. Cemovich | Law (1993); Russian and East European Studies (REES) (1993) | Russian | Attorney and land tenure consultant in Central Asia, Caucasus and Western CIS | Cemovich Law Firm, P.A. |
| Katia V. Chernyshov | MA in REECAS (2013) | Russian | Government Grants Manager at Howard Brown Health | |
| Ashley Marie De La Paz | BA in Russian Language & Literature; International Studies – Culture Track (2015) | Russian, Spanish, French | North American Language and Culture Ambassador at the Spanish Ministry of Education, Culture, and Sport | |
| Madina Djuraeva | PhD in Curriculum & Instruction/World Language Education (2020); MA in Applied English Linguistics (2012); BA in English, Bukhara State University (2009) | Korean, Kazakh, Persian, Italian | Assistant Researcher, Wisconsin Center for Education Research, University of Wisconsin-Madison | |
| Joshua Dufour | MA in REECAS (2015) | Kazakh, Russian | Fulbright English Language Instructor, South Kazakhstan State Pedagogical University; Collaborator and Community Engagement Coordinator with American Corners Shymkent and Kazakhstan Teachers of English Association (Kaz TEA) | |
| John N. Englesby | MA in Slavic Languages & Literature – Russian emphasis (1978); BA in Education, Russian (1976); Certificate in Russian Area Studies Program (1980) | Russian, Serbo-Croatian, Czech, Polish, Old Church Slavic, French, Germanaret | Retired, 2008, from UW-Madison, University Housing & University Health Services, Facilities Management | |
| Danielle (Ellie) Frazier | BA in Russian and International Studies (2015); MA in REECAS (2017) | Russian, Serbo-Croatian, Swedish | Marketing Assistant & Liaison to The Friends of the Library Foundation, Kanawha County Public Library System (Charleston, West Virginia) | |
| Brooke Harding | BA in Geographic Information Systems and Cartography; Certificate in REECAS (2014) | Spanish | Geographic Information Officer at USAID’s Office of Transition Initiatives | |
| Carl Holtman | MA in REECAS (2003) | Turkish, Azerbaijani, Ottoman | Managing Partner, Turca Solutions | |
| MayaLisa Holzman | PhD in History; Certificate in REECAS (2016); MA in History (2012) | Russian, Polish | Independent scholar (former adjunct instructor) | |
| Justin (Magoon) Jensen | BA in Russian Language & Civilization | Russian, Spanish | US Air Force Intelligence Officer (14N) | |
| Sheryl Jones | BA in History; Certificate in REECAS (2004) | Serbo-Croatian | Veterinary Technician, Banfield Pet Hospital | |
| Jenny Kaminer | BA in Russian (1996) | Russian, Spanish | Associate Professor of Russian; Chair, Department of German and Russian; Director, Humanities Program–University of California-Davis | Faculty Profile |
| James Krukones | PhD in History (1983); MA in History (1975) | Russian | Associate Academic Vice President and Professor of History, John Carroll University (Cleveland, OH) | |
| Cecilia Leugers King | MA in REECAS (2015) | Polish, Russian | Graduate Student, Department of Slavic and Eurasian Languages and Literatures, University of Kansas | |
| Angela Lillethun | BA in History, Russian Language; Certificate in Russian & Eastern European Studies (1995) | Russian | Director, Regional Relations and Volunteer Management, Wisconsin Foundation and Alumni Association | |
| Shannon (Tanski) Listopad | MA in Transatlantic Studies, Jagiellonian University (Krakow, Poland); BA in International Studies; Certificates in German and REECAS (2012) | German, Russian, Polish | Associate Manager, Client Consulting at Nielsen | |
| Becca Onken | BA in History; Certificates in Teaching English as a Second Language and Central European Studies (2013) | French, Czech | Social Studies Teacher and Model United Nations Coach, Baraboo High School Fellow; Engaging Eurasia Teaching Fellowship (EETF) Program, Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Harvard (2020-21) | |
| Mike Panaro | MA in REECAS (2015) | Russian, Uzbek | Retired Army Foreign Area Officer | |
| John Riordan | MA in REECAS (2003) | USAID Development Advisor to U.S. Special Operations Command (Tampa, Florida) | ||
| Caroline Savage | MA in REECAS and Political Science (2002) | Russian | Director, Foreign Press Centers, U.S. Department of State; Non-resident Fellow, Georgetown’s Institute for the Study of Diplomacy; Incoming Consul General in Almaty, Kazakhstan, TED Aug 2021 | |
| Nick Seay | MA in REECAS (2018); BA in History (2014) | Persian/Tajik, Uzbek | PhD Student, Department of History, Ohio State University | Graduate Student Profile |
| Karina Silver | Masters in International Public Affairs (MIPA); Certificate in REECAS (2006) | French | Political Officer, U.S. Embassy Vilnius | |
| Jennifer Tishler | PhD in Slavic Languages and Literature (1999) | Russian, German, Polish | Associate Director, CREECA, UW-Madison | |
| Tom Van Rooy | MA in REECAS (2012) | Russian, Turkish | NATO Defence Education Enhancement Programme (DEEP) Coordinator, NATO Mission Iraq (Baghdad, Iraq) | |
| Dan Singleton | MA in REECAS (2014) | Russian, Turkish | Army Attache, U.S. Embassy-Sofia |