Publishing & Career Highlights

 The first book to explore the origins of the vampire slayer. Based on field and archival research in Bulgaria, and in part on my doctoral dissertation, "Sacrifice, Scapegoat, Vampire: The Social and Religious Origin of the Bulgarian Folkloric Vampire" (University of Virginia, 1999)

The first complete translation into English of this major twentieth century Russian poet was originally published in The Silver Age of Russian Culture (Ardis 1976), then as a bilingual facsimile edition by Station Hill Press (1987), and finally online by the Electronic Text Center, University of Virginia Library (1994)

My career has spanned several domains, but the main theme has been to apply my knowledge and skills in scholarly areas (linguistics and languages, creative writing) to technological problems in industry. 

I hold a Ph.D. in Slavic Studies and Linguistics from University of Virginia. At the Master's level, I have an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from Bard College, and an M.A. in Russian Language and Literature from University at Albany. I have a B.A. in Russian Language and Literature from Bard College. I did graduate work in Linguistics at Cornell University, and passed the Masters Degree Field Exam in Linguistics at University of Pennsylvania. I have taught folklore at University of Virginia, and Creative Writing at Marist College.