James McGavran III
James McGavran joins the St. Olaf faculty as Visiting Assistant Professor of Russian for the 2012-2013 academic year. He completed a Ph.D. in Slavic Languages and Literatures at Princeton University in 2008 and teaches Russian Language and Literature courses. His research interests include 20th-century Russian poetry and poetics (Mayakovsky, Mandelstam, Tsvetaeva, Pasternak), poetic translation (theory and practice), Soviet-era prose, theories of the comic, and the intersection of chess and literature.
Office: Tomson 372
Office Hours Fall 2012
MW 1:00-2:00 p.m.
T 10:00-11:00 a.m.
email: mcgavran@stolaf.edu
