Vitaly Chernetsky, Ph.D., is a Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University of Kansas. Vitaly Chernetsky’s research explores modern and contemporary cultures (literature, film, popular culture) of Ukraine and the broader region, from Central and Eastern Europe to Central Asia, in a broader comparative/interregional and interdisciplinary context. His other research interests include globalization and its cultural dimensions, postcolonial theory, diasporic cultures, nationalism and ethnicity, and the more general questions of literary and cultural theory, film studies, feminist theory, gender and LGBTQ+ studies, and translation studies. 

Professor Chernetsky has numerous important publications to his name, including the prizewinning book Mapping Postcommunist Cultures: Russia and Ukraine in the Context of Globalization. He has also been translating extensively from Ukrainian into English, including two novels and a poetry collection by Yuri Andrukhovych and a comprehensive poetry volume by Ostap Slyvynsky. In 2024, Vitaly served as the President of the Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies (ASEEES).

Professor Chernetsky taught at Columbia, Northeastern, and Miami University (Ohio) and conducted postdoctoral fellowships at Cornell and Harvard. A native of Odesa, Ukraine, Professor Chernetsky received his doctorate in comparative literature and literary theory from the University of Pennsylvania in 1996.

Professor Chernetsky manages the ArtsLink International Fellowships connection.