To Chairs of U.S. Departments of Slavic/Russian programs

[Katherine Lahti]

Dear Jolanta,

Here are some people I can think of. I'm sure I'm leaving some minors
out, but these are our main students of the last two years. Please
don't use their names in any publication.

-Katherine

Yasmin Sabet, major in Russian Languages and Literature '99
Thesis on the current Russian media
Currently studying architecture at Columbia

Matthew Gould , major in Russian Languages and Literature '99
I don't know what his thesis was on
He was planning on going into business, possibly using his Russian

Richard Walker, minor in Russian Language
Thesis for his history major on the Cuban Revolution, did readings in
Russian for it
Currently working for an NGO in Hartford

Matthew Bertuzzi, major in Russian and Eurasian Studies '00
Thesis on some topic in culture/society
Currently working for an NGO

Jonathan White, student designed major in Slavic Linguistics '00
Thesis: a software program to teach and grade Czech
Has had numerous job offers for good jobs in Academic Informational
Technology. He can really take his pick.



>Dear Professor,
>
>I would like to publish in the next, September, issue of AAASS NewsNet some
>data about recent graduates in the Russian and East European studies and
>Russian and Slavic Languages and Literatures. If possible, could you please
>send me (to newsnet at fas.harvard.edu) by Friday, July 14 a list of your
>recent graduates including:
>- name
>- degree awarded (B.A., M.A., Ph.D., or other)
>- title of thesis or dissertation
>- employment prospects or future education plans (whether the graduate
>already secured employment or not; if so, please provide the name of the
>organization and the title of position obtained; or if the graduate is
>planning further study, please note whether he/ she already got admitted
>into a graduate program and where)
>- total number of degrees in each category (B.A., M.A., Ph.D., or other)
>awarded this year by your institution (university or college)
>
>The main reason I am asking for names of graduates is that if they are
>AAASS members, I will put in an announcement about their graduation in the
>"Personages" column. However, if you think that this information is too
>confidential to send me, please provide at least the number of degrees
>awarded in each category (B.A., M.A., Ph.D., or other), the number of your
>graduates who already secured employment or were admitted into graduate
>schools, and the total number of degrees in each category awarded this year
>by the university or college (for counting the percentage of graduates who
>majored in Russian and Slavic studies).
>
>Thank you very much for your help in obtaining this information. I hope
>that AAASS members would be interested in seeing statistics on recent
>graduates and if I get good comments about this survey, I am planning to
>run similar information in each September issue of NewsNet.
>
>Sincerely,
>Jolanta Davis
>Jolanta M. Davis
>Publications Coordinator and NewsNet Editor
>American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies (AAASS)
>8 Story Street
>Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
>tel.: (617) 495-0679
>fax: (617) 495-0680
>http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~aaass/
>
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Katherine Lahti, Associate Professor        tel.: (860) 297-2378
Department of Modern Languages                         fax.: (860) 297-5111
Trinity College                 http://www.trincoll.edu/~lahti/
Hartford, CT 06106

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