Contributors

Associate Librarian for Slavic, German, and Scandinavian Studies

Heghine works with the research interns on sources for their artist profiles. She is also responsible for the Research Guide and the Bibliography on the Resources webpage.

Interactive Technology Consultant, UO Libraries

Azle designed the SIAN website and advised the directors on best practices in the Digital Humanities. She continues to provide invaluable technical support for the project.

Associate Professor of Comparative Literature and Russian

Jenifer runs the classes that the SIAN research interns take. She also works with Heghine on fundraising for the project and outreach to local artist communities.

John is a photographer, videographer, and general storyteller. He is a University of Oregon student majoring in Journalism while working at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art on campus. He has worked as a photojournalist, director of photography, film producer, and a social media manager with plans to do even more.

View Website: https://www.johnadairphotographs.com/

Walter is a graduate student in the History Department. His research focuses on the Soviet Union, Central Asia, and Soviet policy. He is also interested in folk culture and new interpretations of traditional arts.

Along with being a watercolorist herself, Sarabeth is a graduate student in the History Department and often researches topics related to gender, trauma, migration, and culture in Russian history. She looks forward to discovering how her experiences with this project will impact her future research.

Alina is a graduate student, pursuing a degree in Russophone literature in Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies. As a Russophone émigré researcher, she is interested in expanding her experience working with immigrant artists beyond literature into other art forms.

Nessie is a graduate student pursuing concurrent degrees in Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies and Language Teaching Studies. As a recent immigrant from Russia and a lover of all things beautiful, she is interested in lived experiences of immigration and their artistic reflections.

Alina is a graduate student in the Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies program. Her main research, focused on Russophone emigre literature of the twentieth century, is connected to cultural anthropology, literary theory, multiculturalism, memory studies, and mythmaking.

Emris is a senior double majoring in Anthropology and Russian, Eastern European, and Eurasian Studies. They worked as a library student assistant for Heghine Hakobyan in 2022-2023.

As a graduate student in the Language Teaching Studies program at the UO, Anna is  interested in multiculturalism, foreign languages, teaching, history, and literature. Through this project, she hopes to learn about and connect with her Slavic roots, and to help spread the word about local immigrant artists.

Lilly is a senior majoring in History with a minor in Digital Humanities. She is interested in digital storytelling as a medium for artistic and intellectual work, which connects with a broader audience.