Molly Thomasy
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Entered program, Fall, 2004; MA 2006
Previous Education:
Harvard University, B.A. in Slavic, 2002
International Language Institute CELTA Certificate (EFL teaching) Halifax, Nova Scotia, 2002
Middlebury Russian School graduate program, summer 2004, 2005
Research Interests: 19 th and 20 th century Russian poetry, classical mythology in Russian and Polish literature, theories of intertextuality, visual arts in literature, Chekhov, Second Language Acquisition
Hometown: Brockton, MA
Minor: Second Language Acquisition
Courses taught/positions held:
TA for first and second year Russian courses 2005-6 (102, 203, 204)
Instructor, Middlebury Russian School, summer 2006
Curator, Pushkin Library, 2004
English Teacher/Communications Specialist, Tver InterContact Group, Tver, Russia.
Undergrad Thesis: In the Shadow of Akhmatova: Identity and Influence in the Poetry of Inna Lisnianskaia and Mariia Petrovykh
Languages : Russian, Polish, Spanish, French
Conference presentations:
"Otrazhenie sotsial'nykh aspektov v sovremmenykh amerikanskykh rasskazakh dlya detey" ( The Protrayal of Social Issues in Contemporary American Children's Stories ), Children's Literature and Education Conference, Tver State University, Russia, 28-29 May, 2004.
"Bezzvuchnost' i pesni v povesti V. Pelevina 'Zholtaya strela'" Graduate student symposium, Middlebury Russian School, August, 2004.
"Pushkin i Chekhov: Sluchay 'Ionycha' oneginskaya strofa kak obrazets glavy" Graduate student symposium, Middlebury Russian School, August, 2005.
"Pushkin and Chekhov: Exploring the Onegin Myth in Chekhov's Ionych. " AATSEEL Wisconsin Conference, October 15, 2005 and National AATSEEL Conference, Washington, DC, December 30, 2005.
“Muzei v slovakh: Ekfrasis v poezii A. A. Feta” Faculty and Graduate Student Symposium, Middlebury Russian School, August, 2006.
“Writing the Plastic Arts: Ekphrasis in the Poetry of A. A. Fet.” AATSEEL-WI Conference, October 2006 and National AATSEEL Conference, Philadelphia, PA, December, 2006.
“Re-writing Pushkin’s Death: Tat’iana Tolstaia’s ‘Siuzhet’ in Literary and Cultural Context,” AAASS Conference, New Orleans, November 2007.
Study Abroad: ACTR Summer in St. Petersburg (Herzen Institute), 2001
Awards and Fellowships:
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UW-Madison Early Excellence in Teaching award, 2006-07
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Edmund I. Zawacki Award (Polish studies) UW-Madison, 2007
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Janet Dziadulewicz Branden Memorial (Polish studies), 2007
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J. Thomas Shaw Prize for paper at AATSEEL-Wisconsin Conference, Oct. 2006
Academic Year FLAS for Polish 2006-07 -
Summer FLAS, 2005 for summer study at Middlebury Russian School, 2005
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Middlebury College Scholarship and Anastasia Feodorova Pressman Memorial Scholarship for summer study at Middlebury College Russian school, 2005
- Middlebury Russian School Award for outstanding work in Russian, summer 2005

