MELLON ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
Vanderbilt University
EDUCATION
Ph.D. in Slavic Languages and Literatures. University of Pittsburgh.
Doctoral Certificate in Film Studies. University of Pittsburgh.
Doctoral Certificate in Cultural Studies. University of Pittsburgh.
Full Certification as an ACTFL (OPI) Tester of Russian. Middlebury College.
M.A. in Russian Philology (Literature and Linguistics). Moscow Lomonosov State University.
Certificate in Teaching Russian as a Foreign Language. Moscow Lomonosov State University.
PREVIOUS POSITIONS (IN EDUCATION)
- Teaching Fellow. University of Pittsburgh.
- Russian Language Instructor. Summer Language Institute, University of Pittsburgh.
- Director of Virginia Tech Study Abroad Program. Moscow Lomonosov State University.
- Instructor of Russian. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
- Senior Lecturer of Russian. Moscow Lomonosov State University.
- Senior Lecturer of Russian. Moscow State Mining University.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
- Visual adaptations and remakes of canonical literary texts.
- Russian cinema.
- Women directors.
FELLOWSHIPS / AWARDS
- Venture Fund Grant, Vanderbilt University, 2007.
- Lillian B. Lawler Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh, 2004-2005.
- Provost’s Development Fund Award, University of Pittsburgh, 2003-2004.
- CWES FLAS Summer Award, University of Pittsburgh, 2003, 2002.
- Salzburg Seminar Grant, 2002.
