- Phone:
- (812) 855-5891
- Email:
- jeffhold@iu.edu
- Department:
- Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures
- Campus:
- IU Bloomington
Global and International Studies Building, 4041
Global and International Studies Building, 4041
Dr. Jeff Holdeman is the Director of Undergraduate Studies and a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures. He earned his Ph.D. in Slavic Linguistics from Ohio State in August of 2002 and began his work at IU three days later. His main research interests lie in the history, language, names, and identity of the Russian Old Believers in the United States and in their previous homelands in Poland and Lithuania, where he has been conducting annual fieldwork since 1999. Current projects include an English-language edition of the most significant book on the history of Old Believers in Poland. Three of his current courses have Polish content: Introduction to the Slavic Languages (SLAV-T252), Central and East European Immigration and Ethnic Identity in the US (SLAV-T241), and the Vampire in European and American Culture (SLAV-T230)