August 2020 issue of NewsNet

The August 2020 issue of NewsNet includes five articles:

"A Voice from the Slavic Studies Edge: On Being a Black Woman in the Field," by Kimberly St. Julian-Varnon (University of Pennsylvania);

"Reflections on Our 2019 ASEEES Pedagogy Roundtables," by Kathryn Julian (Westminster College) and Johanna Mellis (Ursinus College);

"Responses of Libraries to the COVID-19 Pandemic & Implications for Research," by Janice T. Pilch (Rutgers, The State University of NJ);

"Collective Zoom Guilt and the Russian Studies Classroom," by Kelly McGee (Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey);

"What’s in a Name? Are We Slavic, East European, Eurasian, or All of the Above?" by Ani Kokobobo (University of Kansas)

We've also included a Letter to ASEEES Members, lists of grant recipients, an announcement naming the winner of 2020 ASEEES Distinguished Contributions to Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies Award; and all of our usual features.