Experience

Speak! Language Center

• United States
• Education Administration Programs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Russian Language Instructor

  • Feb 2015 - Present

  -Teach Russian language with emphasis on speaking, reading, listening, and comprehension ability to English speakers according to ILR scale. -Use proven Immersion methods for developing communication skills and proper grammar for the appropriate level. - Teach correct phonetics, pronunciation and conversational skills to enhance the ability to understand the authentic cultural realities of contemporary Russian society and politics. -Design individual lesson plans aimed at developing, maintaining and enhancing Russian language skills at the appropriate proficiency levels. -Evaluate students and recommend future areas of linguistic development. Show less



Freelance editor, translator and proofreader Russian

• Translator of Russian

  • Jan 2005 - Present

  Translate literary and specialized texts, documents and articles. Use proven linguistic methods to find and use proper lexical means for different language registers and idioms. Use web-based and printed dictionaries, multiple electronic databases. Create and promote glossaries of specific terminology for translated texts and documents. Translate literary and specialized texts, documents and articles. Use proven linguistic methods to find and use proper lexical means for different language registers and idioms. Use web-based and printed dictionaries, multiple electronic databases. Create and promote glossaries of specific terminology for translated texts and documents.



University of Virginia

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Editor of Contemporary Russian Literature at UVA

  • May 2011 - Present

  http://pages.shanti.virginia.edu/russian/

• Slavic Bibliographer

  • Aug 2012 - Oct 2015

• Library Specialist

  • Jan 2007 - 2015

• Adjunct Lecturer of Russian Language & Culture

  • Feb 2011 - Dec 2014