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Education

The University of Texas at Austin

Ph.D., Comparative Literature (May 2000)

Emphasis on 20th Century Latin American, Russian, Italian and French Literature and Theory (in the original languages); Critical Analytics, with emphasis on economic, cultural, phenomenological, and ecosystemic approaches; Intellectual History of Modernity (post-medieval paradigms).

Boston University

M.A., International Relations (1994)

Specialization in Theories of Development and Political Anthropology. Regional focus on Latin America.

The University of Texas at Austin

B.A., Russian and Eastern European Studies (1992)

Focus on 19th and 20th Century Russian Literature in the original language.

Additional Studies

University of St. Petersburg (St. Petersburg, Russia: 1992-1993)

Istituto Divulgazione Lingua Italiana (Rome, Italy: 1989)

University of Dallas (Rome, Italy: 1989)

Tutorial in French Language and Literature (Nantes, France: 1984, 1985, and 1987)