Randall James Rowe II

Randall J. Rowe II, PhD is the Assistant Professor of Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies - Annual Adjunct in the Department of Asian, East European and German Studies at the University of Cincinnati.

He is the Lead Instructor and Director of the UC STARTALK Russian Language Program. His areas of expertise are Cultural studies, power dynamics in society, Russian and Polish literature, film and media. 

BA: Michigan State University 2009 (Russian )

MA: New York University 2014 (Russian and Slavic studies )

MA: The Ohio State University 2018 (Slavic Literature, Film and Cultural studies )

PhD: The Ohio State University 2024 (Slavic Literature, Film, and Cultural studies )

Grant: #H98230-21-1-0295 Investigators: Randall J. Rowe II; Sunnie Rucker-Chang 08-01-2021 -12-31-2023 US Department of Defense, National Security Agency University of Cincinnati STARTALK Year-round Russian Language and Workforce Development Program AYs 2021-2023 Role:Co-PI, Lead Instructor $547,816.29

Grant: #H98230-24-1-0079 Investigators: Randall J. Rowe II 08-05-2024 -12-31-2026 US Department of Defense, National Security Agency University of Cincinnati STARTALK Russian Language Program AY 2024-2025 Role:PI, Program Director & Lead Instructor $104,323.55

Grant: #H98230-24-1-0079 Investigators:Rowe, Randall 08-05-2024 -12-31-2026 National Security Agency 2024 UC STARTALK Russian Intensive Summer Camp Role:PI 104323.55 Active Level:Federal

Book Chapter

Randall J. Rowe II (2022 ) Emergent Ethno-Cultural Hierarchies: CNN, BBC, and DW Coverage of the Balkan Route Crisis Cultures of Mobility and Alterity: Crossing the Balkans and Beyond .(pp. 139 -152). United Kingdom, Liverpool University Press

Basic Russian I

Basic Russian II

Basic Russian III

Basic Russian IV

Intermediate Russian I

Intermediate Russian II

Russian Culture & Society from Peter to Putin

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Cincinnati   Ohio, 45221-0377
Phone: 513-556-9013
rowerd@ucmail.uc.edu