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Gina Peirce
Assistant Director
4414 Posvar Hall
412-648-2290
gbpeirce (a) pitt edu
Gina is responsible for preparation of grant proposals and reports on externally funded projects, coordination of educational outreach programs, and editing REES newsletters. She is also involved in planning and administration of various REES academic programs.
Bio
I grew up near Columbus, Ohio and became interested in the REES region after the dramatic political events of 1989. While in college, I studied abroad for a semester in the Czech Republic. I moved to Pittsburgh in 1997 and have worked at REES since 1999. Additional countries in the REES region that I have traveled to include Russia, Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary.
Education
MA, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Political Science/Russian and East European Studies
BA, The College of Wooster
Political Science
Languages
- Czech, German and Spanish (limited reading proficiency)
- Russian (advanced)
Areas of Interest/Specialty
Political development of former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe (especially Czech Republic and Russia), Russian language and literature.
Publications
- Editor of series of secondary school curriculum guides to new European Union member states and prospective members: Bulgaria, Croatia, The Czech Republic, Estonia/Lativa/Lithuania, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia (published by University of Pittsburgh Center for Russian and East European Studies, 2004-06).
- "'Irrational' Rebellions Against Socialist Realism: Czech and Russian Variations on the Legend of Faust." Vestnik, The Journal of Russian and Asian Studies, Spring 2006.
- "Building a Cross-Cultural Career." Imagine (Opportunities and Resources for Academically Talented Youth), The Johns Hopkins University, March/April 1999.
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