CREECA faculty and academic staff at the University of Wisconsin-Madison:
- Have a primary research and/or teaching interest in Russia, Eastern and Central Europe, and/or Central Eurasia
- Serve as MA thesis advisors for one or more REECAS MA degree students
- Teach a course that fulfills one or more requirements for REECAS certificate and/or major programs
- Participate in regular service requirements for CREECA (Administrative Council, FLAS selection committee, MA selection committee)
- Participate in CREECA outreach/public service activities
- CREECA faculty are eligible to stand for election to the CREECA Administrative council
Faculty & Academic Staff
Paul Castañeda Dower
Position title: Assistant Professor of Agricultural and Applied Economics
Email: pdower@wisc.edu
David Danaher
Position title: Professor of Slavic Languages and Literature
Email: dsdanaher@wisc.edu
Karen Evans-Romaine
Position title: Professor of Slavic Languages and Literature
Email: evansromaine@wisc.edu
Ted Gerber
Position title: Director of CREECA, Conway-Bascom Professor of Sociology
Email: tgerber@ssc.wisc.edu
Gulnara Glowacki
Position title: Senior Lecturer, Kazakh Language and Culture
Email: gglowacki@wisc.edu
Victor Gorodinsky
Position title: Sr. Academic Librarian & Director of Russian Folk Orchestra
Email: victor.gorodinsky@wisc.edu
Maksim Hanukai
Position title: Assistant Professor of Slavic Languages and Literature
Email: hanukai@wisc.edu
Christopher Livanos
Position title: Associate Professor of Comparative Literature and Folklore
Email: clivanos@wisc.edu
Ewa Miernowska
Position title: Senior Lecturer in Slavic Languages and Literature
Email: miernows@wisc.edu
Kirill Ospovat
Position title: Assistant Professor of Slavic Languages and Literature
Email: ospovat@wisc.edu
Andrew Reynolds
Position title: Associate Professor of Slavic Languages and Literature
Email: awreynolds@wisc.edu
Irina Shevelenko
Position title: Professor of Slavic Languages and Literature
Email: idshevelenko@wisc.edu
Andy Spencer
Position title: Academic Librarian, General Library, Slavic Studies
Email: andy.spencer@wisc.edu
Jennifer Tishler
Position title: Associate Director of CREECA
Email: jtishler@creeca.wisc.edu
Phone: 608-262-3379
Anna Tumarkin
Position title: Faculty Associate of Slavic Languages and Literature
Email: atumarki@wisc.edu
Alexandra Walter
Position title: Lecturer in German, Nordic, Slavic+
Email: alexandra.walter@wisc.edu
Łukasz Wodzyński
Position title: Assistant Professor of Slavic Languages and Literature
Email: lukasz.wodzynski@wisc.edu
Marina Zilbergerts
Position title: Assistant Professor of German, Nordic, Slavic+
Email: zilbergerts@wisc.edu
All CREECA faculty and academic staff and CREECA associates are eligible to apply for CREECA conference travel awards.
A UW-Madison faculty or staff member who wishes to join the center as a CREECA faculty and academic staff member or CREECA associate should submit a letter stating the nature of their interest and a current curriculum vitae to the CREECA associate director, Jennifer Tishler. Requests will be considered by the CREECA Administrative Council.
CREECA Faculty Emeriti
| Name | Department | |
| Raymond Anderson | Journalism | rhanders@wisc.edu |
| Sarah Atis | Languages and Cultures of Asia | sgatis@wisc.edu |
| David Bethea | Slavic Languages and Literature | dmbethea@wisc.edu |
| Marianne Bloch | Curriculum & Instruction, Women’s Studies | bloch@education.wisc.edu |
| Dean Bowles | Education Leadership and Policy Analysis | bowles@education.wisc.edu |
| Barbara Buenger | Art History | bbuenger@wisc.edu |
| Michael Chamberlain | Department of History | mchamber@wisc.edu |
| Melvin Croan | Political Science | croan@polisci.wisc.edu |
| Alexander Dolinin | German, Nordic, and Slavic+ | dolinin@wisc.edu |
| John Doyle | Department of Surgery | doyle@surgery.wisc.edu |
| Joseph Elder | Sociology | elder@ssc.wisc.edu |
| Halina Filipowicz | Slavic Languages and Literature | hfilipow@wisc.edu |
| Vance I. Kepley | Communication Arts | vikepley@wisc.edu |
| Anatoly Khazanov | Anthropology | khazanov@wisc.edu |
| Judith Kornblatt | Slavic Languages and Literature | jkornbla@wisc.edu |
| Galina Lapina | German, Nordic, and Slavic+ | gvlapina@wisc.edu |
| Tomislav Longinovic | Slavic Languages and Literature | tlongino@wisc.edu |
| Gary Rosenshield | Slavic Languages and Literature | grosen@slavic.wisc.edu |
| Uli Schamiloglu | Central Asian Languages and Cultures | uschamil@wisc.edu |
| Manon van de Water | Slavic Languages and Literature | mvandewa@wisc.edu |
| John Witte | Lafollette School of Public Affairs | witte@lafollette.wisc.edu |
| André Wink | Department of History | awink@wisc.edu |