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Russell Black

Lecturer Part-Time
rcblack@uw.edu
RAI 305 Q
Old Norse, Comparative Literature, Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies, Linguistics, Medieval, Philology, Textual Studies, Translation and Interpretation
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Solvita Burr

Acting Instructor of Latvian
solvitap@uw.edu / 206-370-2515
RAI 305 W
Linguistic Landscape Studies, Baltic Studies, Latvian, Applied Linguistics, East European, Language Pedagogy, Second Language Acquisition, Urban Studies, Visual Culture
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Colin Connors

Electronic Media Producer
Lecturer
colingc@uw.edu
Office Hours: By appointment
RAI 305 Q
Folklore, Icelandic, Norwegian, Old Norse, Digital Humanities, Indigenous, Medieval, Public Scholarship
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Inga Daraškienė

Acting Instructor of Lithuanian
ingad@uw.edu
Office Hours: By appointment
RAI 305 W
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Amanda Doxtater

Assistant Professor
TA Coordinator
Barbro Osher Endowed Chair of Swedish Studies
doxtater@uw.edu / 206-543-6099
Office Hours: Thursday 12:30-1:30 or gladly by appointment (in person or on zoom)
RAI 305 N
Scandinavian Literature and Culture, Scandinavian Area Studies, Swedish, Comparative Literature, Film/Cinema, Literature
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Olivia Noble Gunn

Associate Professor; Graduate Program Coordinator
ogunn@uw.edu
RAI 305 P
Scandinavian Literature and Culture, Norwegian, Comparative Literature, Race and Ethnicity, Feminism and Feminist Theory, Novel/Prose Fiction, Performance Studies, Queer Studies
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Lars Jenner

Lars Jenner

Extension Lecturer (UW Educational Outreach)
larsj5@uw.edu / 206-552-1973
Ethnography, Scandinavian Literature and Culture, Swedish, Race and Ethnicity, Folklore and Mythology, Translation and Interpretation
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Kim Kraft

Assistant Teaching Professor of Swedish
kimkraft@uw.edu
Office Hours: Wednesdays and Fridays 1-5 p.m.
RAI 305 X
Scandinavian Literature and Culture, Swedish, Culture, Education, Language Pedagogy, Literature, Social Justice
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Morten Bøje Stensgaard Larsen

Acting Instructor of Danish
mbsl@uw.edu
RAI 305 S
Scandinavian Literature and Culture, Danish, Aesthetics, Art, Culture, Literary Criticism, Literature, Philosophy
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Andy Meyer

Andy Meyer

Assistant Teaching Professor of Norwegian
meyera@uw.edu / 206-543-6884
Office Hours: Tuesdays and Wednesdays, 9:00 - 10:00, or by appointment
RAI 305 X
Scandinavian Literature and Culture, Norwegian, Ecocriticism, Poetry and Poetics, Translation and Interpretation
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Andrew Nestingen

Department Chair, Professor
akn@uw.edu / 206-543-0643
Office Hours: Wed 11-12
RAI 318 C
Scandinavian Literature and Culture, Finnish, 20th Century, Culture, Film/Cinema
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Pia Nyström

Swedish Instructor
pnystrom@uw.edu
Scandinavian Area Studies, Swedish
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Anna-Maria Peltomäki

Acting Instructor of Finnish
ampelto@uw.edu
Office Hours: By appointment (ampelto@uw.edu)
RAI 305 Y
Scandinavian Literature and Culture, Finnish, Language Pedagogy
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Lauren Poyer

Undergraduate Adviser
Assistant Teaching Professor
lpoyer@uw.edu
Office Hours: (Sp23) Wed 1:30 - 2:30 PM ; Advising Mon (online) & Thurs (in-person) 2:00 - 4:00 PM
RAI 305 U
Icelandic, Norwegian, Old Norse, Folklore and Mythology, Linguistics, Medieval
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Guntis Šmidchens

Kazickas Family Endowed Professor in Baltic Studies; Associate Professor of Baltic Studies; Head, Baltic Studies Program
guntiss@uw.edu / 206-616-5224
Raitt 305 R
Baltic Studies, Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Folklore and Mythology, History
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Marianne Stecher-Hansen

Professor
marianne@uw.edu / 206-543-6084
Office Hours: Tuesdays 3:00 - 5:00 pm or by appointment
Raitt 305Z
Scandinavian Literature and Culture, Danish, Comparative Literature, Critical Theory, Historiography, Novel/Prose Fiction, Postcolonial, Textual Studies
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Emeritus Faculty

Ia Dubois

Ia Dübois

Senior Lecturer Emerita
idubois@uw.edu
Scandinavian Literature and Culture, Swedish, 20th Century, 21st Century, Race and Ethnicity, Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies
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Ann-Charlotte (Lotta) Gavel Adams

Professor Emerita and Barbro Osher Endowed Chair of Swedish Studies
lotta@u.washington.edu
Scandinavian Literature and Culture, Swedish
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Christine Ingebritsen

Professor Emerita
Ecology and Sustainability, Scandinavian Literature and Culture, Scandinavian Area Studies, Norwegian, Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies, International Studies, Political Science
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Terje Leiren

Terje I. Leiren

Professor Emeritus of Scandinavian Studies, Sverre Arestad Endowed Chair in Norwegian Studies
leiren@uw.edu / 206-543-0645
Scandinavian Area Studies, Norwegian, 19th Century, 20th Century, Culture, History, Medieval
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Henning Sehmsdorf

Associate Professor Emeritus
Scandinavian Literature and Culture
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Jan Sjåvik

Professor Emeritus
sjavik@u.washington.edu / 206-685-2551
Scandinavian Literature and Culture, Critical Theory, Literary Criticism
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Birgitta Steene

Professor Emerita
Scandinavian Literature and Culture
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Adjunct/Affiliate Faculty

Scandinavian Studies Adjunct & Affiliate Appointments Policy

Name Title
Klaus Brandl Adjunct Professor (German)
Jay L. Bruns III Affiliate Instructor
Elise Rainer Affiliate Assistant Professor
Peter Cohan Adjunct Associate Professor (Architecture)
Ástráður Eyinsteinson Affiliate Professor
Lizette Gradén Affiliate Associate Professor
Katherine Jane Hanson Affiliate Associate Professor (Scandinavian)
Mette Hjort Affiliate Professor (Visual Studies, Lingnan University)
Alison Johnston Affiliate Associate Professor
Violeta Kelertas Affiliate Professor 
Katherine Larson Affiliate Assistant Professor
Heather MacLaughlin Garbes Affiliate Assistant Professor
Mark Mussari Affiliate Assistant Professor
Paul R. Norlen  Affiliate Assistant Professor 
Tiina Nunnally  Affiliate Instructor
Aldis Purs Affiliate Assistant Professor
Ellen Rees Affiliate Associate Professor
Sven H. Rossel Affiliate Professor (Scandinavian, Universität Wien)
Marianne Stølen Affiliate Assistant Professor
Margaret Willson Affiliate Associate Professor

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