Jehanne Gheith | Scholars@Duke

Jehanne Gheith
Associate Professor of Slavic Languages and Literature

Jehanne Gheith is an Associate Professor of Russian Culture at Duke University and a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, who has experience working with Duke Hospice and now has a small private psychotherapy practice in Aging, Illness, and Wellness Transitions with a specialization in Pet Loss. At Duke, she led the International Comparative Studies Program for nine years, together with Marcy Litle, reshaping and building this interdisciplinary major. She has also chaired the Slavic Department. In both her academic and clinical work, Professor Gheith is interested in the intersection of narrative and loss; more recently, she has included the human-animal bond in this work. She regularly leads community conversations and workshops on making aging and crisis medical situations a richer experience than is often the case. In all of these areas, Professor Gheith's focus is on the intersection of story and loss and the richness that can come from exploring these connections in depth and in multiple dimensions. She is currently working on a book about the connections between her clinical work and her research in Russian literature.

Current Research Interests

As a scholar of Russian literature and as a clinician (grief counselor), I am always interested in how narrative and illness, mortality, grief work together.

I am currently working on a book project about how my clinical interests and my deep engagement with Russian literature intersect. Portions of this book are in press as articles.

I am also getting a certificate in Veterinary Social Work so that I can better explore the human animal relationship. This is central to work in Russian literature (it's a long story--but aren't most Russian novels?), and to my clinical work as well.

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Associate Professor of Slavic Languages and Literature, Slavic & Eurasian Studies, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 1999
Chair in the Department of Slavic and Eurasian Studies, Slavic & Eurasian Studies, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2019

Contact Information

321C Languages Bldg, 133 Franklin Center, Durham, NC 27708
Box 90259, Durham, NC 27708-0259
gheith@duke.edu (919) 660-3147

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- Ph.D., Stanford University 1992
Previous Appointments & Affiliations
- Associate Professor of the International Comparative Studies Program, International Comparative Studies, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2018 - 2020
- Associate Professor in the Program in Education, Education Program, Education 2015 - 2019
- Director of Academic Outreach and Engagement of the Slavic and Eurasian Studies, Slavic & Eurasian Studies, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2017 - 2018
- Interim Chair of Slavic and Eurasian Studies, Slavic & Eurasian Studies, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2018
- Interim Chair of the Department of Slavic and Eurasian Studies, Slavic & Eurasian Studies, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2014
- Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Slavic and Eurasian Studies, Slavic & Eurasian Studies, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2010 - 2011
- Director of International Comparative Studies, International Comparative Studies, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2010 - 2011
- Director of Undergraduate Studies of International Comparative Studies, International Comparative Studies, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2010 - 2011
- Director, Undergraduate Studies, Slavic & Eurasian Studies, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2002 - 2010
- Chair, Department of Slavic and Eurasian Studies, Slavic & Eurasian Studies, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2006 - 2009
- Director, International Comparative Studies, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2002 - 2005
- Associate Professor in Women's Studies, Gender, Sexuality & Feminist Studies, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 1999 - 2004
- Assistant Professor, Slavic & Eurasian Studies, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 1992 - 1999
Recognition
In the News
- MAR 19, 2021 Franklin Humanities Institute
  
  Jehanne Gheith: What Tolstoy Taught Me About Dealing With Grief
- NOV 15, 2017 Duke Research Blog
  
  Oral Histories From the Gulag
- DEC 17, 2013 Durham Herald-Sun
  
  Opening Up About Death
- DEC 16, 2013 Durham Herald-Sun
  
  Duke professor brings hospice experience into the classroom
- MAY 9, 2013
  
  Civil Rights Tour Brings History to Life
- MAY 9, 2013 Duke Today
  
  Civil Rights Tour Brings History to Life
Awards & Honors
- NCEEER Faculty Research Grant. NCEEER. May 2009
- Arts and Sciences Research Grant. Duke University. February 2009
- Arts Collaboration Grant. Duke University. October 2008
Expertise
Global Scholarship
- Expertise
  - Russian Federation (Country)
- Research
  - Russian Federation (Country)
Research
External Relationships
- Indiana University
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Books
  - Gheith, J. Gulag Voices, 2011.
  - Gheith, J. Finding the middle ground: Krestovskii, Tur, and the power of ambivalence in nineteenth century Russian women's prose, 2004.
  - Gheith, J. Finding the Middle Ground: Evgeniia Tur, V. Krestovskii, and the Power of Ambivalence in Nineteenth-Century Women’s Prose. Northwestern University Press, 2004.
  - Gheith, J. Russian Women, 1698-1917: Experience and Expression. An Anthology of Sources. Edited by Robin Bisha, Jehanne Gheith, Christine Holden, and William Wagner. Indiana University Press, 2002.
  - Gheith, J. History of Women’s Writing in Russia. Edited by Adele Barker and Jehanne Gheith. Cambridge University Press, 2002.
  - Gheith, J. An Improper Profession: Women, Gender, and Journalism in Late Imperial Russia. Edited by Barbara T. Norton and Jehanne Gheith. Duke University Press, 2001.
- Academic Articles
  - Fowler, M., and J. Gheith. “A Therapeutic Welcome: Mental Health within the Reality Ministries Disability Community.” Journal of Disability and Religion, January 1, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1080/23312521.2022.2078758.
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  - Gheith, J. “Article on Gulag Research.” Encompass, 2012.
  - Gheith, J. “Not the Atom Bomb? Interviewing/Filming Gulag Survivors in a Culture of Dangerous Memory (In preparation).” Kritika, 2011.
  - Gheith, J. “"‘It’s Difficult to Convey’: Oral History and Memories of Gulag Survivors".” Gulag Studies 2–3 (November 2010).
  - Gheith, J. ““’The doctors said I was normal’: Trauma, the non-narrative, and the Gulag”.” Slavic Review, 2010.
  - Gheith, J. “’Trudno peredat’: Traumatic Memory and the Gulag.” Edited by Olga Cooke. Gulag Studies, 2009.
  - Gheith, J. “"Solovki"; "Legacy of the Gulag".” On Line “Stalin Project,” 2008.
  - Gheith, J. “’I Never Talked...’: Enforced Silence, Non-Narrative Memory, and the Gulag.” Mortality 12 (May 2007): 159–75.
  - Gheith, J. “Women and gender in 18th-century Russia.” Russian Review 64, no. 1 (January 2005): 112–13.
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  - Gheith, J. “Karolina Pavlova.” Edited by Suzanne Fusso and Alexander Lehrman. Russian Review, 2002.
  - Gheith, J. “Essays on Karolina Pavlova.” Russian Review 61, no. 4 (2002): 631–32.
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  - Gheith, J. “Till My Tale Is Told: Women’s Memoirs of the Gulag.” Edited by Simeon Vilensky. Canadian American Slavic Studies, 2001.
  - Gheith, J. M. “The superfluous man and the necessary woman: A "re-vision".” Russian Review 55, no. 2 (January 1, 1996): 226–44. https://doi.org/10.2307/131838.
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  - Gheith, J. “Women in Russian and the Soviet Union.” Edited by Linda Edmonson. Russian Review, April 1994.
  - Gheith, Jehanne, and Linda Edmondson. “Women and Society in Russia and the Soviet Union.” Russian Review 53, no. 2 (April 1994): 315–315. https://doi.org/10.2307/130844.
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  - Gheith, J. “A Slanted Perspective: Russian Literary Criticism and Women’s Prose in the Nineteenth Century.” Teksty 4-5–6 (1993): 213–24.
  - Gheith, J. “"August 1991," an account of my experiences in Moscow during the failed coup of August, 1991.” Women East West, November 1991.
  - Gheith, J. “"August 1991," an account of my experiences in Moscow during the failed coup of August, 1991.” Crees Newsletter, 1991.
  - Gheith, J. “Reflections on Sibling Grief.” Epilogue, n.d.
  - Gheith, Jehanne. “"Still Alice, Always Elena: New Stories about Dementia",” n.d.
- Book Sections
  - Goss, K. A. “Introduction,” 10:265–70, 2014. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1743923X14000063.
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  - Izatt, J. A., J. G. Fujimoto, and V. V. Tuchin. “Introduction,” Vol. 8213, 2012. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.928212.
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  - Gheith, J. M., and K. R. Jolluck. “Why Did He Ruin Our Happiness?: Letter from Franciszka Dul to Her Husband, Stanisław Dul.” In Palgrave Studies in Oral History, 215–17, 2011. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230116283_16.
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  - Gheith, J. M., and K. R. Jolluck. “From Privilege to Exile: Interview with Valeriia Mikhailovna Gerlin.” In Palgrave Studies in Oral History, 151–67, 2011. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230116283_10.
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  - Gheith, J. M., and K. R. Jolluck. “Three Death Certificates but No Grave: Interview with Boris Israelovich/Srul’evich Faifman.” In Palgrave Studies in Oral History, 117–31, 2011. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230116283_8.
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  - Gheith, J. M., and K. R. Jolluck. “Bridging Separate Worlds: Interview with Feliks Arkadievich Serebrov.” In Palgrave Studies in Oral History, 169–89, 2011. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230116283_11.
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  - Gheith, J. M., and K. R. Jolluck. “Surrounded by Death: Interview with Giuli Fedorovna Tsivirko.” In Palgrave Studies in Oral History, 87–97, 2011. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230116283_6.
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  - Gheith, J. M., and K. R. Jolluck. “Enumerated Units: Interview with Giuzel Gumerovna Ibragimova.” In Palgrave Studies in Oral History, 133–47, 2011. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230116283_9.
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  - Gheith, J. M., and K. R. Jolluck. “A Mother in Exile: Interview with Larisa Mikhailovna Lappo-Danilevskaia.” In Palgrave Studies in Oral History, 69–86, 2011. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230116283_5.
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  - Gheith, J. M., and K. R. Jolluck. “It Wasn’t Life: Interview with Nina Ivanovna Rodina.” In Palgrave Studies in Oral History, 99–114, 2011. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230116283_7.
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  - Gheith, J. M., and K. R. Jolluck. “A Life in the Forest: Interview with Sira Stepanovna Balashina.” In Palgrave Studies in Oral History, 17–28, 2011. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230116283_2.
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  - Gheith, J. M., and K. R. Jolluck. “Introduction.” In Palgrave Studies in Oral History, 1–14, 2011. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230116283_1.
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  - Gheith, J. M., and K. R. Jolluck. “Under Two Dictators: Interview with Abliaziz Umerovich Ramazanov.” In Palgrave Studies in Oral History, 47–66, 2011. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230116283_4.
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  - Gheith, J. M., and K. R. Jolluck. “Soviet but German: Interview with Robert Avgustovich lanke.” In Palgrave Studies in Oral History, 29–46, 2011. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230116283_3.
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  - Gheith, J. M., and K. R. Jolluck. “Fare Thee Well: Excerpts from the Camp Correspondence of Valentin Tikhonovich Muravskii and Rozalia Iosifovna Muravskaia.” In Palgrave Studies in Oral History, 219–22, 2011. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230116283_17.
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  - Gheith, J. M., and K. R. Jolluck. “We Will Surely Die: Letter from Irena Grześkowiak to Her Father, Andrzej.” In Palgrave Studies in Oral History, 211–13, 2011. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230116283_15.
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  - Davidson, C. N. “Foreword,” 2010. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60960-120-1.
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  - Gheith, J. “"’It’s Hard to Convey’: Oral History and Memories of Gulag Survivors.” In Kaiken Takana Oli Pelko, edited by Sofi Oksanen, 99–116. Werner Söderström Osakeyhtiö (WSOY), 2009.
  - Gheith, J. “’Collecting Crumbs’: Rupture and Repair for Children of the Gulag.” In The Gulag: History and Legacy, edited by Steven Barnes, 2009.
  - Gheith, J. “Painting and words: the art of sisterhood.” In The Sisters Khvoshchinskaia, edited by Joe Andrew, Hilde Hoogenboom, and Arja Rosenholm, 2006.
  - Gheith, J. “Tur/Grot correspondence.” In Russian Women: Experience and Expression, edited by Robin Bisha et al. Indiana University Press, 2006.
  - Skinner, C. S., S. C. Kobrin, M. K. Campbell, and L. Sutherland. “New technologies and their influence on existing interventions.” In Patient Treatment Adherence: Concepts, Interventions, and Measurement, 491–517, 2005. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781410615626.
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  - Gheith, J. “Evgeniia Tur.” In Encyclopedia of Russian History, edited by James R. Miller. New York: MacMillan Reference, 2004.
  - Gheith, J., and Beth Holmgren. “Art and Prostokvasha: Avdotia Panaeva’s Work.” In The Russian Memoir: History and Literature, edited by Beth Holmgren. Northwestern University Press, 2003.
  - Gheith, J. “"Women of the Thirties and Fifties: A Reperiodization".” In A History of Women’s Writing in Russia, edited by Adele Barker and Jehanne Gheith. Cambridge University Press, 2002.
  - Gheith, J. “Redefining the Perceptible: The Journalism(s) of Avdot’ia Panaeva and Evgeniia Tur.” In An Improper Profession: Women, Gender, and Journalism in Late Imperial Russia, edited by Barbara T. Norton and Jehanne M. Gheith. Duke University Press, 2001.
  - Gheith, J. “Nadezhda Durova.” In Dictionary of Literary Biography. Bruccoli Clark Layman and Gale, 1999.
  - Gheith, J. “N. D. Khvoshchinskaia.” In Reference Guide to Russian Literature, edited by Neil Cornwell. St. James Press, 1998.
  - Gheith, J. “Evgeniia Tur and the Crimean Letters.” In Russian Women Writers, edited by Christine D. Tomei. Garland, 1998.
  - Gheith, J. “Introduction for a new edition of the Fiitzlyon translation.” In The Memoirs of Princess Dashkova. Durham, NC: Duke Press, 1995.
  - Gheith, J. “Marina Palei’s "Otdelenie propashchikh".” In Lives in Transit, edited by Helena Goscilo. Ardis, 1995.
  - Gheith, J. “Evgeniia Tur.” In Dictionary of Russian Women Writers, Marina Ledkovsky, edited by Charlotte Rosenthal and Mary F. Zirin. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1994.
- Other Articles
  - Gheith, J. “Tur/Grot correspondence.” Edited by Robin Bisha et al. Indiana University Press, 2006.
  - Gheith, J. “Marina Palei’s "Otdelenie propashchikh".” Edited by Helena Goscilo. Ardis, 1995.
  - Gheith, J. “Global Fund for Women brochure,” 1990.
Teaching & Mentoring
Recent Courses
Scholarly, Clinical, & Service Activities
Presentations & Appearances
Service to the Profession
- Member, Nominating Committee : SCSS. 2009 - 2010 2009 - 2010

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In the News

Awards & Honors

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Expertise

Research

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Selected Publications

Books

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Recent Courses

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Service to the Profession