Lila
W. Zaharkov, Associate Professor of Languages, teaches courses in Russian
language, literature and culture. Her current field of research examines
religious elements of Soviet literature. She has developed many courses
at Wittenberg dealing with Russian language and literature and was instrumental
in creating the University's Russian Area Studies major. Since 1979 she
has served as group leader for student-faculty tours to Russia. In 1977
and 1983 she participated in a ten-week summer exchange of Russian teachers
at Moscow State University. In the summers of 1989 and 1991 she attended
an advanced Russian study program for college teachers held in Leningrad.
Former director of Wittenberg's International Education Program, Zaharkov
has frequently presented papers at professional meetings and is an active
member of the American Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages.
She has enriched the Russian language and Russian Area Studies curricula
by continually offering new courses such as "The Fantastic and Supernatural
in Russian Literature", "Dostoevsky and the Writers of his Time", "A Birthday
Party for Alexander Pushkin" as well as courses in "Advances Conversation
through the Russian Short Story", "Russian Poetry", and "Advanced Conversation
on Topics of Russian Life". She has developed computer-assisted instruction
for all levels of Russian in the curriculum. She received her B.A.
at Boston University, two M.A. degrees at Pennsylvania State University,
and her Ph.D. at the University of Pittsburgh. She joined the Wittenberg
faculty in 1977. Click
here to contact her via e-mail. Tel.: (937) 327-6358. Office: 205 Hollenbeck Hall.