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Elena Prokhorova
Professor of Russian Studies, Director of Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies
Office::
Washington Hall 232
Phone::
(757) 221-7755
Email::
[[evprok]]
Research Interests::
Film & Media Theory, Gender Studies, Cultural Studies, Russian & Eastern European cinema, 20th century Russophone literature, Digital humanities
Background
Professor Prokhorova studies Soviet and post-Soviet television, visual representations of national identity, and genre and gender theory. She teaches courses in Russian language, and literary and cultural courses on 19th and 20th century Russian literare, media and communism, and contemporary Russian television.
Regions of Research: Russia, Eastern Europe