Contact
| Dept: | World Languages And Cultures |
| Email: | olgames@iastate.edu |
| Office: | 2248 Pearson 505 Morrill Rd. Ames IA 50011-2103 |
| Phone: | 515-294-7884 |
Bio
Olga Mesropova, a native of St. Petersburg, Russia, is a Professor of Russian. Her research interests include a range of cultural developments in late Soviet and post-Soviet Russian cinema, television, performance, and popular literature, as well as communicative-humanistic approaches to language pedagogy. She is the author of three advanced Russian language textbooks, including Faces of Contemporary Russia (Georgetown University Press, 2020) and Kinotalk. 21 Century (Routledge, 2021) and the co-editor of two volumes: Uncensored? Reinventing Humor and Satire in Post-Soviet Russia (with Seth Graham, Slavica Publishers, 2009) and Being and Becoming Visible: Women, Performance, and Visual Culture (with Stacey Weber-Feve, Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010). Dr. Mesropova has also published numerous articles and reviews in such premier venues as Slavic and East European Journal, The Russian Review, Canadian Slavonic Papers, Routledge Encyclopedia of Contemporary Russian Culture, kultura, and Kinokultura.
A member of the Iowa State faculty since 2002, Dr. Mesropova has designed and taught numerous courses in Russian language, literature, film, and culture from first year introductory courses, to advanced fourth-year seminars, and to comparative, cross-cultural courses in English. The courses in English she most recently taught include “Masterpieces of 20th Century Russian Literature,” “From Dragon to Dictators: Russian and Soviet Fairy Tales,” “Masterpieces of Russian Cinema,” as well as “From Gorbachev to Putin: Contemporary Russian Culture,” which recently earned national recognition and certification through the Quality Matters organization.
Dr. Mesropova is the recipient of the 2023 Cassling Family Faculty Award for Outstanding Teaching, the 2010 Honor’s Teaching award, and the 2007 College of LAS Award for Early Excellence in Research.
Recent / Major Publications
Books- Faces of Contemporary Russia (Georgetown University Press, 2020)
- Kinotalk. 21 Century (Routledge, 2021)
Co-Edited Books
- Uncensored? Reinventing Humor and Satire in Post-Soviet Russia (with Seth Graham, Slavica Publishers, 2009)
- Being and Becoming Visible: Women, Performance, and Visual Culture (with Stacey Weber-Feve, Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010).