Sheila M. McCarthy Associate Professor of Russian German and Russian

Office: Lovejoy 454 Phone: 207-859-4447 Fax: 859-4405 Email: smccarth@colby.edu Mailing Address: 4447 Mayflower Hill Waterville, Maine 04901-8844 Semester Schedule

Areas of Expertise:

Russian language and literature Current political, social, and cultural issues in Russia and the C.I.S. Schools and foreign language instruction in Russia Russian novelists in the 19th and 20th centuries Museums in Moscow and St. Petersburg

Professional Information

Sheila McCarthy has a B.A. in Russian from Emmanuel College, an M.A. from Harvard University in Russian Area Studies, and a Ph. D. from Cornell University in Russian Literature. She has taught previously at Antioch College and Grinnell College. She has special curricular interests in developing students' reading and writing skills in Russian in elementary and intermediate classes, and in encouraging off-campus study in Russia She teaches nineteenth century Russian literature in Russian and in English. Early nineteenth century literary criticism is a particular interest.