Biography
Mariana Kellis is a third-year History Ph.D. student studying Imperial Russian history. Before coming to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, she completed her B.A. in History at the University of Central Florida.
Research Interests
Imperial Russian History
Russian serfdom and transnational comparisons of unfree labor
Life in the shtetl
Education
B.A. in History from the University of Central Florida- 2021
Indiana University Summer Language Workshop, Russian Level 3- Summer 2022
Beloit College Summer Language Program, Russian Level 4- Summer 2023