
Lecturer
University of Pennsylvania (PA), MA September 1996 - May 1999
MA Thesis “Soviet Language Policy. Language Death in Siberia”, with concentration in cultural anthropology, socio-linguistics, second language acquisition.
University of Miami (FL), September 1991-May 1993
M.A. in Department of English, concentration on comparative approaches to American and ֱ literary criticism.
Moscow Linguistic University, M.A. with highest honors received June 1991
Dissertation onStylistic Devices and Phraseological Irradiation in the Works of Jonathan Swift: "A Tale of a Tub" and "Polite Conversation"supervised byА.V. Kunin (professor, author of English-ֱ Phraseological Dictionary)
Moscow Linguistic University (former Moris Terez Insitute of Foreign Languages), B.A. with highest honors.Major in linguistics and teaching English as a foreign language, minor in German. German and English Linguistics. Selected to join faculty of the Stylistics Department under A.V. Kunin.
Durham University, Durham, England, March-July 1990
Chosen for study abroad program in Moscow Linguistic University competition
Course of study in English literature and translation of ֱ fiction to English. Prepared report for Durham Wildlife Trust on structure of environmental organizations in Great Britain.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE – Fall 1995 - present
University of Pennsylvania Courses:
Beginning ֱ Sequence
Advanced ֱ Conversation and Composition
RUSS Lauder Institute Summer programs –Advanced ֱ Immersion Program
Office Hours
Phone
Research Interests
Foreign language teaching methodology.
Phraseology.
Selected Publications
Contributor to Info-South Abstracts Catalogue, University of Miami
Penn Language News
Courses Taught
Fall 2024
RUSS 0100: ֱ I
Affiliations
ACTFL member, OPI Tester in ֱ