Portland State University Russian Flagship Center

[Anna A. Alsufieva]

Portland State University welcomes Dr. William J. Comer, who will join the Department of World Languages and Literatures as Director of the PSU Russian Flagship Center in Fall 2014. Comer received his PhD from the University of California, Berkeley in 1992 in Slavic Languages and Literatures with a specialty in Russian literature of the early 20th century. He is currently Professor and Chair of the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University of Kansas where he has worked since 1992. His research interests include second language acquisition, particularly in the learning and teaching of Russian as a foreign language, and his articles have appeared in The Russian Language Journal, The Slavic and East European Studies Journal and Foreign Language Annals.
“I am very excited to be joining Portland State and to have the opportunity to direct an innovative and intensive program like the Russian Flagship," said Comer. "It will be a pleasure and a privilege to work with students who have committed themselves to achieving a high level of proficiency in Russian during their undergraduate studies, while they pursue a major in any field."
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Anna A. Alsufieva
Assistant Professor of Russian
Russian Flagship Program
Department of World Languages & Literatures
Portland State University

Phone: 503.725.5282
E-mail: alsufiev at pdx.edu

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