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Dr. Erin Alpert Holmes is a part-time lecturer in the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University of Pittsburgh, where she teaches online courses such as Russian Fairy Tales, Sci-Fi: East and West, and Vampire: Blood and Empire since 2012. She also works as a Training Specialist in English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) at Cuyahoga Community College in Cleveland, Ohio, and mentors new teachers in the Aspire program.
- PhD, Slavic Languages and Literatures (Russian Literature), University of Pittsburgh (2014)
- MA, Slavic Languages and Literatures (Russian Literature), University of Pittsburgh (2009)
- BA, Russian Studies and Film Studies minor, College of William and Mary (2007)
Her research focuses on Soviet and Post-Soviet culture, documentary cinema, Holocaust Studies, and 20th/21st-century Russian cultural production. Publications analyze Soviet visual memory, Sergei Loznitsa’s documentary aesthetics, and Holocaust memoirs in Poland.
Recent scholarly output includes studies on Marina Goldovskaya’s documentary Solovki Power (2013), analyses of cinematic visuality, and critical reviews of Slavic literature and film works.
- Lillian B. Lawler Fellowship for Excellence in Teaching and Research (2013-2014)
- Alternate for Social Science Research Council Eurasia Program Fellowships (2013-2014)
Dr. Alpert Holmes also presents at conferences like ASEEES and AATSEEL, exploring topics from Soviet documentary evolution to 21st-century cinematic memory. Her dissertation Visualizing the Past: Perestroika Documentary Memory of Stalin-era Trauma (2014) exemplifies her interdisciplinary approach combining film studies and historical trauma analysis.
