http://syndicatemizzou.org/articles Wed, 01 Aug 2007 17:46:47 GMT Connecting you with the University of Missouri’s innovative research and creative activity http://syndicatemizzou.org/articles/show/47 Serendipity led Tim Langen, Associate Professor of Russian, to his research field. A language requirement in college caught him at a crossroads; pondering the possibilities, he decided that “French, German, and Spanish seemed too familiar, and Chinese, Japanese, and Arabic maybe seemed too foreign. Russian seemed just distant enough and just close enough.” He soon discovered that he enjoyed studying the language and so decided to major in Russian history and literature, a combination that allowed him to connect two fields he cared about. Wed, 01 Aug 2007 17:46:47 GMT http://syndicatemizzou.org/articles/show/47 (Tammy Ritterskamp)