Anna Karpusheva

Anna Karpusheva is a Teaching Assistant Professor at the University of Pittsburgh, specializing in Slavic Languages and Literatures. Her work bridges language pedagogy, literary analysis, and cultural studies, with a focus on trauma narratives and Slavic folklore.

Education:

• PhD, Slavic Languages and Literatures, University of Kansas (2020)
• MA, Slavic Languages and Literatures, University of Kansas (2014)
• Specialist and ABD, Germanic Philology, Barnaul State Pedagogical University (2007, 2010)

Research Interests: Anna investigates Soviet and Post-Soviet literature and film, trauma representation, Russian verbal aspect, and Slavic folklore. Her dissertation focused on Svetlana Alexievich’s prose as a Nobel laureate.

Publications: Anna has published on topics ranging from Russian aspect theory to Alexievich’s works and gender dynamics in virtual discourse. Her 2023 online textbook on Russian verbal aspect is a key pedagogical tool.

Teaching: She has taught intensive Russian language courses (beginner to advanced), literature surveys, and courses on Slavic folklore, trauma, and genre analysis, including English grammar and translation.