Vera Zubarev has a Ph.D. in Russian literature from the University of Pennsylvania. She teaches courses dealing with systems thinking and predispositioning theory based on chess, literature and film. She is a scholar, a writer, and a filmmaker. V. Ulea is her penname.

 

COURSES TAUGHT:

 - Elementary Russian

 - Intermediate Russian

 - Business Russian

 - Russian Culture: That  Enigmatic Russian Soul

 - Chekhov on Stage and Screen

 - Art of Decision Making: Literature and Film

-  Fate and Chance in Literature and Film

 - Impact of Chess, Literature, and Film on Organizational Dynamics.

 - Winners and Losers in Film and Literature

BOOKS PUBLISHED: 
 

I. LITERARY CRITICISM 

                  

       A Concept of Dramatic Genre and. the Comedy of a New Type. Chess, Literature,

       and Film. Southern Illinois University Press, 2002.

       A Systems Approach to Literature: Mythopoetics of Chekhov's Four Major Plays.                  

        Greenwood Press, 1997.

       Prince Igor' In Search Of Glory: A Poem About Poem. Tenafly, N.J.: Hermitage 

        Publishers, 1996.

 

II. POETRY IN ENGLISH

      Lunar Rhapsody, MBooks Poetry Series, 2007

     About Angels, About God, About Poetry: A Treatise. Livingston Press, 2002.

 

III. POETRY IN RUSSIAN
     . “Zhizn’ zviozd.” Friends of Arts, 1999

     . "Menuety s ten'u." Slovo-Word Publishing House, 1995.

     . "Ledyanaya igla." Effect Publishing, Inc., 1993.

     . "Aura." Black Sea, 1991.

    

 

IV. POETRY IN TRANSLATION:

     About Angels: A Treatise. Translated into German by Kirstin Breitenfellner. Switzerland: 

     Pano Verlog, 2003.

      About Angels: A Treatise. Translated into English by Frances Laird. Odessa, Ukraine:

     Russian Book Publishing, Inc., 1995.

 

V. PROSE IN RUSSIAN:

     "Dom i ego obitateli."  (House and Its Inhabitants) Friends of Arts, 1996.

  
                    

CINEMATOGRAPHY:
Four Funny Families. Feature Film based on Chekhov’s plays. Screenwriter, director, and  actress, 2002
Short videos for Intermediate Russian, 2000-2003. Director and producer.
Loneliness. Short film. Director and producer. 2003
Don’t Talk To Strangers. Short film. 2002. Script writer.

About Angels, etc is a modern film ballet. Director and Script writer. 2006

 

AWARDS: 
Poet of the Year - Moscow, 1987. Awarded by Russian magazine Smena. 
Poet of 1991 - New York, 1991. Awarded by Pushkin's Society in New York, 1991

EDITORIAL WORK:

Editor of Gostinaya Journal, Philadelphia, PA 

Associate Editor for the CLCWeb Journal (Purdue University)

MEMBERSHIPS IN ACADEMIC, PROFESSIONAL, AND SCHOLARLY SOCIETIES:

Modern Language Association
AAA SS
AATSEEL