Natalia Dame
Assistant Professor of Russian
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Dr. Natalia Dame is an Assistant Professor of Russian in the Department of World Languages
               at USF. She received her Ph.D. in Slavic Languages and Literatures from the University
               of Southern California (2016) and her MA in TESOL from Lipetsk State Pedagogical University
               in Russia (2001). Her research investigates intersections between gender, politics,
               and art in Russian literature and culture from the 19th century to the present. She
               examines the changing perception of women in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century
               Russian literature and culture with a focus on revolutionary martyr-heroines. Her
               other scholarly and teaching interests include visual studies, Russian cultural history,
               heritage language learners, and inclusive pedagogy.
            
            Dr. Dame has published articles on class and species violence in Bulgakov, on music
               and women in Tolstoy, on Russian intertexts in Nabokovs Lolita, and on the perceptions of authenticity in Russian heritage language teaching practices.
               Her current book project, The Martyr-Heroine in Russias Public Imagination, analyzes
               the destabilizing effect of the revolutionary martyr-heroine on literary portrayals
               of women in fin-de-si癡cle Russian fiction. Her other two projects investigate the
               battle between tsarist censorship and Russian satirical press in the historical context
               of 1905-1906 and the use of female images as a political allegory in the Russian Satirical
               Journals of 1905-1906.
            
            Dr. Dames teaching experience is wide-ranging and diverse, and her teaching approach
               is student-centered and holistic. She aims to create a situation of success for each
               student by facilitating a supportive, engaging, and inclusive learning environment.
               Dr. Dame has taught English and Russian language, literature, and culture classes
               in the Czech Republic, Morocco, Russia, Ukraine, and the USA. While in the USA, she
               taught at Pomona College, Beloit College, and the University of Southern California.
               Some of her favorite classes to teach include Gender and Sexuality in Russian Culture,
               Modern Russian Culture, Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Russian Literature, Russian
               Prison Camp Literature, Russian Thought and Civilization, Revolutionary Russia, Women
               in Russian Culture, and Tolstoy.