John Lyles (Ph.D. 2011)
John Lyles completed his dissertation, entitled "Confronting the Shadow: The Depiction of Caucasians in Russian Literature and Film" in 2011. He is currently at The College of William and Mary teaching second-year Russian and Dostoevsky. He is continuing his research on Dostoevsky's Poor Folk and on the depiction of Caucasians in Russian literature and film.