Angela Brintlinger has a Ph.D. in Slavic Languages and Literatures from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and is a professor of Russian literature, chair of Graduate Studies and Director of the Center for Slavic and East European Studies at Ohio State University. She writes primarily about Russian literature, culture, and film, and is an expert in émigré culture, food studies, and translation. She held the Fulbright Distinguished Chair of Slavic at Warsaw University. Angela Brintlinger joined the Guarini Institute Advisory Council in Summer 2019.