Robert Romanchuk

Robert Romanchuk is the Pribic Family Associate Professor of Slavic Languages in Florida State University's Department of Modern Languages and Linguistics (College of Arts and Sciences). He holds a Ph.D. in Slavic Languages and Literatures from UCLA. His research focuses on the intersection of philology, oral tradition, psychoanalysis, and philosophy, with particular emphasis on Ukrainian/Russian Romanticism, Byzantine-Slavic epic traditions, and medieval Slavic cultural history.

Research projects include critical editions of the Old Slavic Digenis Akritis, Ukrainian reception of Plato, and Nikolai Gogol's literary emergence from 'Little Russian literature.' He has held fellowships at Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute and the Tsakopoulos Hellenic Collection. His teaching excellence was recognized with an FSU Undergraduate Teaching Award.

He teaches courses on Gogol studies, Slavic oral epics, historical linguistics, and advanced Ukrainian/Russian language. Current research explores medieval Kyivan language textbooks and early Romantic Ukrainian literature. His work bridges literary analysis with cultural history, emphasizing textual transmission and identity formation in Slavic contexts.