Resume O. Arans. December 2000
Olga R. Arans, Ph.D.
US citizenship 1982		    4 Wexwood Ct.
    Stafford, VA 22554-3993
    tel. (540) 720-8177
    e-mail: oarans@gmu.edu
    web site: mason.gmu.edu/~oarans
Objective
Teaching/Research in Classics; Latin/ Greek languages; ComparativeMythology and Folklore
Education
  • UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS at Urbana-Champaign
    • Ph. D. in Classical Philology (1989)
    • Thesis: Iambe and Baubo: A Study in Ritual Laughter (Abstract DAIA. vol. 50, no.2, August 1989, 435-A
    • ABD in Ph.D. program in Russian Literature
    • Minor subject: Cultural Anthropology
  • ST. PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY, St. Petersburg, Russia
    • M. A. in Classics + Comparative Folklore (1976)
    • B. A. in Classics + European Literature (1974)
Foreign
Languages
  • Professional expertise: Latin; Classical Greek; Russian
  • Scholarly use: German; French; Italian; Polish
Experience
  • GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY, Department of Modern and Classical Languages(1998- present) Tel. (703) 993-1220
    • Adjunct Professor in Classics. Teaching courses in:
      • Latin (LAT 101)
      • Greek and Latin Elements in English (CLAS 240)
      • Classical Mythology (CLAS 250)
      • Legacy of Greece and Rome (CLAS 260)
      • Greek and Roman Epic (CLAS 340)
      • Greek and Roman Tragedy (CLAS 350)
      • Greek and Roman Historians (CLAS 370)
        • All these courses incorporate instructional technology/distance educationmodule (WebCT).
  • PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS (1994-1998)
    • Teacher of Latin
      • Instruction in Latin (elementary to advanced levels) to Middle/High schoolstudents. 
    • Teacher of Social Studies 
      • Courses in World Studies; American Studies I/II.
  • THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA, Department of Modern Languages andLiteratures (1989 - 1994)
    • Lecturer in Russian 
      • Instruction in Russian, elementary to advanced levels.
      • Selection of instructional materials, both textual and audio-visual.
      • Compiling auxiliary materials and grammatical digests.
      • Consulting students, faculty and community.
  • UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS at Urbana-Champaign (1977 - 1989)

    • Department of Classics
    • Instructor in Latin
    • Teaching Assistant to the courses on Classical Civilization (Mythology;Archaeology; Greek and Roman Cultures)
    U. of I. World Heritage Museum
    • Research Assistant
    Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures/ East European Center
    • Teaching Assistant. Taught courses in:
      • Russian Language (elementary to advanced levels)
      • Russian Literature
      • Russian Folklore
  • ST. PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY, Russia (1974-1976)
    • Instructor in Classics. Taught courses in:
      • Latin
      • Classical Greek
  • ST. PETERSBURG INSTITUTE OF THEATER, Section of Folklore (1974-1976)
    • Research Fellow of the interdisciplinary network of the RussianAcademy of Sciences/ Ministry of Culture:
        • Institute of Ethnography and Anthropology
        Institute of Russian Literature (Pushkinskij Dom)
        Institute of Ethnology
      • Research in Classical backgrounds of European cultures
      • Seminar in cross-cultural studies of drama and theater
      • Participation in collecting, preservation, analysis, editing of textualdata of folklore.
Academic
publications
  • "The Fall of Elpenor: Homeric Kirke and the Folklore of the Caucasus."TheJournal of Indo-European Studies, Fall/Winter 1994, vol. 22, no. 3& 4, 371-398.
  • Review article: "M. I. Steblin-Kamenskij, Myth. Leningrad, 1976." ScandinavianStudies, 1978, vol. 50, no. 2, 216-217.
  • "The Guilt of Boris Godunov in Pushkin's Tragedy." Le Messager: VestnikR.Ch.D. (The Messenger of the Russian Christian Democratic Movement), 1984,no. 143, 128-156 (in Russian)
  • "On the Interpretation of the 'Knowledge by Suffering' in Aeschylus, Agamemnon176-183. " The Journal of Indo-European Studies, 1978, vol. 6, no.3/4, 243-262.
  • The Oresteia by Aeschylus in the Light of Comparative Folklore. Leningrad,1976 (in Russian)
  • "On the Folkloric Background of Ancient Greek Theater." Narodnyj Teatr(Folk Theater), Leningrad, LGITMIK, 1974, 36-54 (in Russian)
  • "On the Folkloric Background of the Tragic Catharsis." Folklore i Etnografia(Folklore and Ethnography), Leningrad, Nauka, 1974, 60-68 (in Russian)
References
  • Dr. Martin M. Winkler, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA. tel. (703)993-1634
  • Dr. Christine R. Schea, Ball State University, Muncie, IN. tel. (317) 282-4393
  • Dr. Albert Watanabe, Texas Tech., TX. tel. (806) 742-9007
  • Dr. Miroslav Marcovich, Professor Emeritus, Iniv. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,Urbana, IL. tel. (217) 344-1605