Faculty

Tyson Sadleir

Assistant Professor of History

Education

  • Ph.D., Modern European History, Columbia University, 2026
  • M.A., History (Graduate Certificate in Judaic Studies), University of Cincinnati, 2019
  • J.D., Florida State University College of Law, 2015
  • M.A., Slavic Languages and Literatures, University of Washington, 2011
  • B.A., Russian, Brigham Young University, 2008

Courses

  • Core:
    • Western Civilization II
      Russian History & Culture through Literature
      Russian Language 101

Teaching Positions & Professional Experience

  • Faculty Member, Southern Virginia University, 2026–present

Scholarship & Creative Work

  • “Our Jews: The Jewish Question in Georgian Society,” Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies (accepted for publication November 2026)
  • “Spravedlivost’ or Samartlianoba: Language and the Reformed Courts in Georgia,” Caucasus Journal of Social Sciences 18 (December 2025): 62-73.
  • “Photography & the Georgian Military Highway: An Infrastructural Way of Seeing,” (appearing in Scando-Slavica 73:1)

Awards, Leadership & Service

  • John K. Alexander Teaching Prize, University of Cincinnati, 2019
  • Outstanding Graduate Student Award, Department of Slavic Languages & Literatures, University of Washington, 2011

Memberships

  • Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies (ASEEES)