Current Faculty
Meet Our Faculty
Jocelyn Aksin
Teaching Assistant Professor of German; Director of Undergraduate Studies
Ph.D., Germanic Languages and Literatures, Washington University in St. Louis
jmaksin@unc.edu | 425 Dey Hall
Ruth von Bernuth
Professor of German
Ph.D. Medieval and Early Modern German Literature, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
rvb@email.unc.edu | 437 Dey Hall
Natalia Chernysheva
Teaching Associate Professor of Russian
Ph.D. Slavic Languages and Literatures, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
chernysn@email.unc.edu | 426 Dey Hall
Irene Delić
Research Professor of Russian Literature, Russian Language and Conversation Tutor
Ph.D. Filosofie doktor, Stockholm University
delic@live.unc.edu | 321 Dey Hall
Elham Kamrani
Lecturer of Russian Language
Ph.D. ABD, Russian Linguistics, Belarusian State University
Richard Langston
Professor of German; Department Chair
Ph.D. Germanic Languages and Literatures, Washington University in St. Louis
relangst@email.unc.edu | 443 Dey Hall
Radislav Lapushin
Associate Professor of Russian Literature; Assistant Director of Undergraduate Studies
Ph.D. Slavic Languages and Literatures, University of Chicago
lapushin@email.unc.edu | 422 Dey Hall
Priscilla Layne
Professor of German; Adjunct Associate Professor of African and Afro-American Studies; Director of the Center for European Studies; Departmental Diversity Liaison
Ph.D. German Studies, University of California at Berkeley
playne@email.unc.edu | 424 Dey Hall
Eleonora Magomedova
Teaching Associate Professor in Russian Language and Conversation
Ph.D. Slavic Languages and Literatures, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
emagomed@email.unc.edu | 416 Dey Hall
Agnieszka Majewska
Lecturer in Polish
Ph.D. In Humanities Sciences – Linguistics, University of Wrocław, Poland
agnmaj@email.unc.edu | 428 Dey Hall
Matt McGarry
Teaching Assistant Professor of Russian
PhD, Slavic Languages and Literatures, University of Wisconsin-Madison
mmcgarry@unc.edu | Dey 423
Adi Nester
Assistant Professor and Levine-Sklut Fellow in Jewish Studies
Ph.D., German Studies, University of Colorado Boulder
adines@email.unc.edu | 442 Dey Hall