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Michael Lavery

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Assistant Professor, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Assistant Professor, Russian

4224 Jiménez Hall
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Mon: 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Wed: 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm

Textbooks

  • Beginner’s Russian, 2nd ed. New York: Hippocrene, 2022. Co-authored with Olga Kagan, Frank Miller, and Anna Kudyma.
  • V puti: Russian Grammar in Context, 3rd ed. New York: Routledge, 2025. Co-authored with Olga Kagan, Frank Miller, and Anna Kudyma.

Reference Articles

  • “Kazimierz Wierzyński.” The Literary Encyclopedia, vol. 1.8.3: Polish Writing and Culture. Roman Koropeckyj (ed.). Web. 2018.
  • “Cyprian Norwid: Klaskaniem mając obrzękłe prawice…” Co-authored with Dane Reighard, Aliaksandra Razor, and Yelena Severina. The Literary Encyclopedia, vol. 1.8.3: Polish Writing and Culture. Roman Koropeckyj (ed.). Web. 2018.

Book Reviews

  • Maxim Amelin, The Joyous Science: Selected Poems, translated by Derek Mong and Anne O. Fisher. Pavel Arseniev, Reported Speech, edited by Anastasiya Osipova. Slavic Review 79, no. 1 (Spring 2020): 249–251.
  • Carmen Herrero and Marta F. Suarez, eds., Teaching Languages with Screen Media: Pedagogical Reflections. London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2023. Russian Language Journal Vol. 73, No. 2 (2023): 162–164. 

Translations

  • Mikhail Gasparov, “Boris Yarkho’s Works on Literary Theory.” Translated with Marina Tarlinskaja. Studia Metrica et Poetica 3, no. 2 (2016): 130–150.
  • Boris Yarkho, “The Elementary Foundations of Formal Analysis.” Translated with Igor Pilshchikov. Studia Metrica et Poetica 3, no. 2 (2016): 151–174.