CREECA external affiliates are faculty and staff members beyond UW-Madison who have a primary research and/or teaching interest in Russia, Eastern and Central Europe, and/or Central Eurasia. They work at campuses at the University of Wisconsin System and at other two-year and four-year colleges and universities in Wisconsin and neighboring states.
CREECA external affiliates participate in the life of the center in various ways: presenting at the CREECA lecture series, participating in outreach events in Madison and around Wisconsin and neighboring states, and being part of a network of like-minded scholars at UW-Madison. To join the center as a CREECA external affiliate, faculty and staff at institutions of higher education in Wisconsin and neighboring states should submit a letter stating the nature of her/his interest and a current curriculum vitae to the CREECA associate director, Jennifer Tishler. Requests will be considered by the CREECA Administrative Council.
CREECA External Affiliates
Yuri Amirkhanian
Position title: Professor at the Center for AIDS Intervention Research (CAIR),
Medical College of Wisconsin
Email: yuri@mcw.edu
Carolyn Ayers
Position title: Professor of English,
Saint Mary's University of Minnesota
Email: cayers@smumn.edu
Mikhail Blinnikov
Position title: Professor of Geography,
St. Cloud State University
Email: msblinnikov@stcloudstate.edu
Peter Blitstein
Position title: Associate Professor of History and Ethnic Studies,
Lawrence University
Geoffrey Bradshaw
Position title: Director of Education Abroad,
Madison College
Email: gbradshaw@madisoncollege.edu
Andy Bruno
Position title: Associate Professor of History, University of Illinois
Email: abruno2@niu.edu
Dennis Cooper
Position title: Professor of Animal and Food Science,
UW-River Falls
Email: dennis.p.cooper@uwrf.edu
Richard Cummings
Position title: Associate Professor of Accounting,
UW-Whitewater
Email: cummingr@uww.edu
Nina Familiant
Position title: Senior Lecturer, Foreign Languages & Literature, UW-Milwaukee
Email: familian@uwm.edu
Anne O. Fisher
Position title: Senior Lecturer, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Email: fisherao@uwm.edu
H. Richard Friman
Position title: Professor of Political Science,
Marquette University
Email: h.r.friman@marquette.edu
Elizabeth Hachten
Position title: Assistant Dean and Coordinator of General Education, UW-Whitewater
Email: hachtene@uww.edu
Tomasz Inglot
Position title: Professor of Political Science,
Minnesota State University
Email: tinglot@msnu.edu
Andrey Ivanov
Position title: Assistant Professor of Russian & World History,
UW-Platteville
Email: ivanovan@uwplatt.edu
Seung-Ho Joo
Position title: Professor of Political Science,
University of Minnesota-Morris
Email: joos@morris.umn.edu
Gary Kirking
Position title: Community Resource Development Agent,
UW-Extension
Email: glkirking@wisc.edu
Katia Levintova
Position title: Associate Professor of Public & Environmental Affairs,
UW-Green Bay
Email: levintoe@uwgb.edu
Martina Lindseth
Position title: Professor of German and Russian,
UW-Eau Claire
Email: lindsemu@uwec.edu
Jason Lindsey
Position title: Professor of Political Science,
Saint Cloud State University
Email: jrlindsey@stcloudstate.edu
Karl Loewenstein
Position title: Associate Professor of History,
UW-Oshkosh
Email: loewenst@uwosh.edu
Steven Majstorovic
Position title: Professor of Political Science,
UW-Eau Claire
Email: majstos@uwec.edu
Carol Miller
Position title: Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice,
UW-LaCrosse
Email: miller.caro@uwlax.edu
Meghan Murphy-Lee
Position title: Senior Lecturer, Foreign Languages & Literature, UW-Milwaukee
Email: murphyle@uwm.edu
Olga Ogurtsova
Position title: Adjunct Associate Professor of Russian,
Beloit College
Email: ogurtsov@beloit.edu
Elizabeth Peacock
Position title: Associate Professor of Anthropology,
UW-LaCrosse
Email: epeacock@uwlax.edu
Joseph Peschio
Position title: Associate Professor of Slavic Languages,
UW-Milwaukee
Email: peschio@uwm.edu
Ora John Reuter
Position title: Associate Professor of Political Science, UW-Milwaukee
Email: reutero@uwm.edu
Natalia Roberts
Position title: Senior Lecturer of Global Cultures and Languages,
UW-LaCrosse
Email: nroberts@uwlax.edu
Andris Straumanis
Position title: Associate Professor of Communications,
UW-River Falls
Email: andris.straumanis@uwrf.edu
Peter Wagner
Position title: Associate Professor of Political Science,
UW-Whitewater
Email: wagnerp@uww.edu
Russell Zanca
Position title: Professor of Anthropology,
Northeastern Illinois University
Email: rzanca@neiu.edu