Current Faculty
Meet Our Faculty
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Jocelyn Aksin
Teaching Assistant Professor of German
Ph.D., Germanic Languages and Literatures, Washington University in St. Louis
jmaksin@unc.edu | 425 Dey Hall
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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](https://gsll.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/1303/2020/08/chernysheva_square.jpg)
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 | 430 Dey Hall
![Irene Delić](https://gsll.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/1303/2014/02/Delic.jpg)
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
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Nicholas Jones
Teaching Assistant Professor of German
Ph.D. German Studies, UNC-Chapel Hill and Duke University, 2023
nickjones@unc.edu | Dey 325
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Elham Kamrani
Lecturer of Russian Language
Ph.D. ABD, Russian Linguistics, Belarusian State University
![Richard Langston](https://gsll.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/1303/2014/02/Langston2018.jpg)
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](https://gsll.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/1303/2016/03/RLapushin.jpg)
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](https://gsll.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/1303/2018/12/Layne-Priscilla.jpg)
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](https://gsll.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/1303/2016/02/eleonora2016-sm.jpg)
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