Philippa Rappoport
Philippa Rappoport
Professorial Lecturer in Russian
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Columbian College of Arts & Sciences
801 22nd Street, NW
Washington DC 20052
Philippa Rappoport has a Ph.D. in Slavic folklore and linguistics from the University of Virginia, with a specialty in folktales and ritual. She has taught Russian language and culture, comparative Slavic/American folklore, and English for Speakers of Other Languages. She also works as a museum educator at the Smithsonian Institution.
- Story Work for a Just Future: Exploring the Plurality of Knowledge and Method within the Digital Storytelling Community. Coeditor. Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press. Book. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.30758276
- 2020-2021: Online presentations available at https://www.profsandpints.com/online-talks, including Spirits Around the Place, Tales from Netherworlds, Meet Russia's Snow Maiden, and Mermaid Tales.
- 2018. "The Snow Maiden," The American Scholar, Smarty Pants Podcast.
- 2014. “Today I Am Here: A Smithsonian Heritage Outreach Initiative” in Multiculturalism in Art Museums Today, AltaMira Press, Lanham, MD.
- 2012. “Sacrificing Snegurochka,” in The Paths of Folklore: Essays in Honor of Natalie Kononenko, Slavica Publishers, Bloomington, IN.
- 1999. "If It Dries Out, It's No Good: East Slavic Bride, Hair and Mermaid Beliefs." Slavic and East European Folklore Association Journal.