Russian and East European Studies
Lecturer in Foreign Languages
PhD, Slavic Languages and Literatures, Harvard University
Dr. Berg was born in St. Petersburg, where he obtained a Bachelor’s Degree in Linguistics. He has lived and worked in the United States for almost twenty years, teaching Russian language and culture at Boston College, Middlebury College, MIT, and the University of South Carolina. He received a Ph.D. from Harvard University in 2013, and since 2016 he has served as director of the Russian program at the College of New Jersey.
Office Location
Williams 436
Office Hours
Thursdays 12-2 pm and by appointment
Research Interests
19th and 20th century Russian poetry, and economic approaches to literature.
Courses Taught
Fall 2025 Courses
REES 0478: Banned Books: Writing Against Censorship
RUSS 1100: Russian Society Today
