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About REEI

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The Russian and East European Institute (REEI) was established in 1958 on Indiana University's Bloomington campus. REEI administers one of the country's leading programs in Russian and East European area studies. REEI has been designated one of sixteen U.S. Department of Education-funded Title VI National Resource/FLAS Centers for Russia and Eastern Europe for the 2018-2021 grant period.


IU Awards for REEI Alumni
1994 Irene Meister College Distinguished Alumni
1998 Stephen Cohen College Distinguished Alumni
1999 James F. Collins Honorary Doctorate
2004 Richard Miles Distinguished Alumni Sevice

 


REEI Awards
Distinguished Alumni
1988 Alexander Rabinowitch
1988 Charles Gati
1995 Gale Stokes
1995 Helena Goscilo
2002 Howard I. Aronson
2002 William Hopkins
2009 Donald Raleigh
2011 Stephen F. Cohen
2013 Victor Jackovich

Distinguished Service
1988 Theofanis Stavrou
1988 Robert F. Byrnes
1989 Karen Niggle
1996 Robert W. Campbell
1997 Charles Jelavich
1997 Janet Rabinowitch
2000 William B. Edgerton
2007 Denise Gardiner
2009 David L. Ransel
2010 Jerzy Kolodziej
2012 Henry Cooper
2015 Anna Sharogradskaya
2017 Mark Trotter

 


Institute Staff

Sarah Phillips, Director 
Mark Trotter, Associate Director/Outreach Coordinator
Elliott Nowacky, Student Services Coordinator/Military Relations Coordinator 
Olga Bueva, Undergraduate Academic Advisor
Megan Immerzeel, Program Specialist/FLAS Manager
Lisa Bidwell, Administrative Secretary--Russian Studies Workshop
Sarah Fogleman, Program Coordinator--Russian Studies Workshop


Graduate Assistants
Jessica Storey-Nagy, Outreach
Mia Robertson, Communications
Alisha Kirchoff, Curriculum Development

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Left to right: Alisha Kirchoff, Sarah Fogleman, Megan Immerzeel, Sarah Phillips, Mark Trotter, Lisa Bidwell, Jessica Storey-Nagy, Mia Robertson, and Elliott Nowacky

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Russian and East European Institute
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Global and International Studies Building
355 North Eagleson Avenue
Bloomington, IN 47405-1105
Phone: (812) 855-7309
Fax: (812) 855-6411
Email: reei@indiana.edu
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    • 4+1 Pathways
    • Polish Studies Minor
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    • Summer Language Study at IU
    • Study Abroad
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