Current Faculty
Meet Our Faculty

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 Assistant Professor of Russian; Interim Director of the Russian Language Program
Ph.D. Slavic Languages and Literatures, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
chernysn@email.unc.edu | 430 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

Eric Downing
Gerhard L. Weinberg Distinguished Professor of German, English, and Comparative Literature; Adjunct Professor of Classics
Ph.D. Comparative Literature, University of California at Berkeley
edowning@email.unc.edu | 436 Dey Hall

Adnan Džumhur
Professor of the Practice of Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian; Associate Director of the Center for Slavic, Eurasian, and East European Studies
M.A. in Russian and East European Studies, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
dzumhur@email.unc.edu | 3109 FedEx Global Education Center

Richard Langston
Professor of German; Department Chair
Ph.D. Germanic Languages and Literatures, Washington University in St. Louis
relangst@email.unc.edu | 442 Dey Hall

Radislav Lapushin
Associate Professor of Russian Literature; Slavic Assistant Director of Undergraduate Studies
Ph.D. Slavic Languages and Literatures, University of Chicago
lapushin@email.unc.edu | 422 Dey Hall

Priscilla Layne
Associate Professor of German; Adjunct Assistant Professor of African and Afro-American Studies; Director of Graduate Admissions
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