Senior Lecturer
Contact
100 Bay State Road, Room 326
617-358-1556
toller@bu.edu
Education
1993 Ph.D. Brown University (Slavic Languages).
1984 M.A. Brown University (Slavic Languages).
1983 B.A. Columbia University (Latin).
Bio
Dr. Oller teaches “Boston Jazz” (WR 100-ESL with Information Literacy designation) and WR 098. He is currently a member of the Search Committee, the Curriculum Committee, the Portfolio Assessment Committee, and the Little Red Schoolhouse Working Group. His academic interests include: Jazz as performance and in its historical and cultural context; US History (the late Colonial and early Federal periods); the transition from the Articles of Confederation to the Constitution; and the formation and development of political parties in the US. His extracurricular activities include hiking, fencing (epée), and music (saxophone and clarinet).