Russian
Bryn Mawr College Department of Russian offers an undergraduate program of study that has become nationally and internationally renowned.
Russian is a multidisciplinary program designed to provide students with a broad understanding of Russian culture and the Russophone world.
Our program in Russian language is designed to help students successfully attain an advanced level of oral proficiency in Russian by the time they graduate. In addition to language courses at all levels, students have the opportunity to take a variety of courses in Russian literature, history, cinema, and culture.
Degree Options
Boren Awards: Katrina Brazhnikov and Maeve Taylor
Two Bryn Mawr College Class of 2025 students, Katrina Brazhnikov and Maeve Taylor, have been named Boren Scholars and will pursue immersive, year-long study abroad programs in Senegal and Kazakhstan to deepen their language and cultural expertise.
Where our Graduates Go
Careers
- Freelance Translator
- Reporter at The Maine Monitor/Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting
- Managing Editor Eurasia Daily Monitor at The Jamestown
- Junior Specialist at Christie’s
- Press Officer at Federal Election Commission
- Freelance Musician
- VP & Editor in Chief at Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
- Owner, Intelligentsia Productions
- World Reporter, Vocativ
- Writer at The Odyssey Online
- Senior Program Officer II at IREX
- Director at the Altai Project (Earth Island Institute)
- Director of Institutional Grants at Bryn Mawr College
- Project Manager at Schneider Translations, Inc.
- Program Officer at the Center for Private Enterprise
- VP and Property Manager at Fairfield Realty Group, LLC
- President at Bryn Mawr Club of Northern California
- Group Manager, Depositary Receipts Marketing at BNY
- Executive Director at Keep Carbondale Beautiful
- Program Manager at Razom for Ukraine
- Director of Growth Marketing at Heretto
- Assistant Rabbi at Westchester Jewish Center
- Program Assistant, Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon
- Energy Efficiency Consultant, Eversource Energy
- Associate Director, S&P Global
- Food Safety Consultant, KTL
- Commercial Account Executive – Acquisitions at Snowflake
- Program Manager at HubSpot
- Preschool Teacher
- Online English Language Teacher
- French Language and Russian History High School Teacher
- Coordinator, Educator Community Specialist at National Geographic
- Ballet Teacher
- Yoga Teacher
- Professor Emerita at University of Arizona
- Vice President of Strategic Initiatives and Chief of Staff at American Alliance of Museums
- Prospect Researcher, University of Pennsylvania
- Adjunct Professor, Syracuse University
- Assistant Professor of Russian Studies, University of Kentucky
- Office Assistant and Receptionist at HIAS
- Scale Management Lead at Signant Health
- Head of the Digital Library at Washington University in St. Louis
- Senior Web Developer and Web Administrator at Golden Gate National Parks Conservatory
- ILL/EZBorrow Coordinator at Canaday Library, Bryn Mawr College
- Program Manager at Raytheon BBN Technologies
- Managing Member at Pediatric Eye Associates, LLC
- Dementia Educator at Positive Approach to Dementia
- Credit Analyst, Janney Montgomery Scott LLC
- Credit Analyst at UNFCU
- Medical Assistant, Capital Vision
- RN-BSN
- Research Software Engineer at Morgridge Institute for Research
- Database Manager at Sustainable Botanicals International, Inc.
- Special Collections at Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Harvard
- Senior Strategist at the U.S. Department of Defense
- Partner at Stoel Rives LLP
- Immigration Services Officer at USCIS
- Liaison Officer for the U.S. Department of Defense
- Principal at WP Rivers & Associates
- Senior Writing Instructor at Central Intelligence Agency
- Attorney at Amicus Law Group, PC
- Attorney at Federal Tax Clinic, University of Washington
- Staff Counsel at State of California
- Assistant Regional Counsel at U.S. Department of Health
- Partner at Insurance Recovery
- Chief Legal Officer at Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
- Summer Law Clerk, European Court of Human Rights
- Emergency Management Specialist – FEMA
- Assistant Director, Millenium Leadership Program, Atlantic Council
- Product Lead – Great Powers Influence Index, Foreign Policy Research Institute – Eurasia Fellow
- Program Office, Russian Overseas Flagship at American Councils
- Associate Director of Programs at the Kennan Institute
- Researcher at the National Centre for Social Research
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