Valentina Vinokurova
Assistant at the American Literary Translators Association at University of Arizona- Claim this Profile
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Russian Native or bilingual proficiency
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English Full professional proficiency
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Spanish Elementary proficiency
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Credentials
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Russian Speaking Proficiency - Superior
Language Testing InternationalSep, 2023- Oct, 2024
Experience
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University of Arizona
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United States
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Assistant at the American Literary Translators Association
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May 2022 - Present
● Collaborating on organizing ALTA45 and ALTA46 conferences● Organizing multilingual translation workshops, pitch sessions, virtual bookfairs● Vetting translation award and mentorship applications ● Communicating with clients, participants, and presenters
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Research Assistant
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Dec 2019 - Present
● Working with Dr. Shelley Staples on the Multilingual Academic Corpus of Assignments, Writing and Speech (MACAWS) project.● Worked with Dr. Shelley Staples on the Corpus & Repository of Writing (CROW) project.● Contributing to building MACAWS and CROW corpora by collecting, organizing, transcribing, and processing data.● Conducting workshops for language educators on using learner corpora in the classroom.● Conducting focus groups to investigate teacher perceptions and uses of corpus-based materials.● Developing and piloting instructional materials using MACAWS corpus data and based on the principles of Data-Driven Learning. Show less
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Russian Language Instructor
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Aug 2017 - May 2022
● Taught beginner and intermediate-level, hybrid, intensive, and regular sections of Russian language courses.● Developed teaching and assessment materials, such as lesson plans, tests, oral exam instructions, and various written and multimodal projects.● Developed a digital materials library for the department’s first-ever hybrid and online courses, including interactive exercises and interactive video tutorials, which are still in use today.● Mentored incoming graduate teaching assistants: conducted class observations, gave feedback, assisted in lesson planning, shared helpful technological tools and materials, and troubleshooted LMS issues.● Organized extracurricular events and clubs for undergraduate students: Russian club, Maslenitsa (Slavic spring festival), and Nauryz (Turkic spring festival / new year). Show less
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English Language Instructor
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Jan 2023 - Apr 2023
● Volunteer work. ● Developed and taught a course entitled ‘Survival English’ for a mixed-level group of adult learners from Ukraine. ● Volunteer work. ● Developed and taught a course entitled ‘Survival English’ for a mixed-level group of adult learners from Ukraine.
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Indiana University Bloomington
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United States
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Russian Language Instructor
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Jun 2020 - Aug 2021
● Developed and taught an advanced-level Russian language course as part of a team of four instructors. ● Individually developed and taught an intensive beginner-level Russian language course. ● Led Russian Table discussions. ● Organized Russian theater and music clubs. ● Developed and taught an advanced-level Russian language course as part of a team of four instructors. ● Individually developed and taught an intensive beginner-level Russian language course. ● Led Russian Table discussions. ● Organized Russian theater and music clubs.
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Nazarbayev University
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Kazakhstan
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Russian Language Instructor
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May 2017 - Aug 2019
● Developed and taught beginner- and intermediate-level Russian language courses at the SSRES summer study abroad program. ● Developed teaching and assessment materials. ● Organized extracurricular events. ● Mentored undergraduate students enrolled in a teaching methods course at Nazarbayev University. ● Developed and taught beginner- and intermediate-level Russian language courses at the SSRES summer study abroad program. ● Developed teaching and assessment materials. ● Organized extracurricular events. ● Mentored undergraduate students enrolled in a teaching methods course at Nazarbayev University.
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McGill University
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Canada
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Russian Language Instructor
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Sep 2015 - Dec 2016
● Planned and taught intensive and regular beginner-level Russian language courses. ● Collaborated on leading a Russian Club for undergraduate students. ● Planned and taught intensive and regular beginner-level Russian language courses. ● Collaborated on leading a Russian Club for undergraduate students.
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JSC "Center for international programs"
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Kazakhstan
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Education Administration Programs
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1 - 100 Employee
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Intern in the admissions office
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Jun 2013 - Jul 2013
● Worked with software, processed documents, filed applications. ● Worked with software, processed documents, filed applications.
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English Tutor
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Karaganda, Qaraghandy, Kazakhstan
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English Language Tutor
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Jun 2012 - Aug 2012
● Tutored several groups of kids and one adult student (ages 8-16) in English. ● Tutored several groups of kids and one adult student (ages 8-16) in English.
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Education
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2019 - 2024
University of Arizona
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Second Language Acquisition and Teaching -
2019 - 2023
University of Arizona
Certificate Program, Technology in Second Language Teaching -
2022 - 2022
AATSEEL Certificate Program in Diverse and Inclusive Pedagogies (CDIPS)
Certificate Program, Diverse and Inclusive Pedagogies -
2017 - 2019
University of Arizona
Master of Arts - MA, Russian Language, Literature and Linguistics -
2015 - 2017
McGill University
Master of Arts (MA), Russian (Thesis) -
2010 - 2015
Nazarbayev University
Bachelor of Arts (BA), Economics; World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
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