Experience

Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies

• United States
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Deputy Director & Director of Membership

  • Jan 2021 - Present



Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey

• United States
• Higher Education
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Deputy Director, Graduate Initiative in Russian Studies

  • Dec 2019 - Jan 2021



Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies (ASEEES)

• Convention Program Coordinator

  • Jan 2016 - Jan 2021

  Established in 1948, the Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies (ASEEES) - a nonprofit, non-political, scholarly society - is the leading international organization dedicated to the advancement of knowledge about Central Asia, the Caucasus, Russia, and Eastern Europe in regional and global contexts. My primary responsibilities include:• Managing the program's web and digital content, including annual ASEEES convention• Coordinating and leveraging a variety of digital channels to effectively communicate with the organization's member base of professors, post-doctoral fellows, and graduate students• Managing and editing the convention program• Contributing leadership and strategic planning services at the meeting of the ASEEES board of directors• Offering content strategy and direction for convention panels, roundtables, and general information sessions• Providing coordination, facilitation management, and planning at the convention



Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) or (DoDDS)

• Administrative Officer

  • Apr 2018 - Nov 2019



United States Department of Defense / University of Pittsburgh

• Resident Director: Project Global Officers

  • 2015 - 2017

  An Initiative of the Defense Language and National Security Education OfficeProject Global Officer (Project GO) is a collaborative initiative that promotes critical language education, study abroad, and intercultural dialogue opportunities for Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) students. Project GO programs focus on the languages and countries of the Middle East, Asia, Central Asia, Africa, and South America.Resident Director: 32 studentsThrough my facilitation of a Russian-only language environment, participants in the 2015 program achieved very high exam scores that resulted in an expansion of the program. In 2016, the Narva program received a grant to begin Russian-language learning at the 4th-year level. My primary responsibilities included:• Directing the Russian language and cultural program for 19 students in Narva, a Russian-speaking city in Northeastern Estonia• Organizing lectures, excursions, and other out-of-class instruction• Attending language classes to supervise student progress• Supervising in-country student dormitory accommodations • Arranging living accommodations with host families for advanced students• Organizing and facilitating pre and post-program language proficiency exams• Holding consultations with students with respect to individual progress in the language and cultural portions of the program• Assisting language instructors with class preparation• Encouraging a Russian-only language policy among students and staff• Managing students' health and safety concerns• Submitting detailed reports of weekly events to University of Pittsburgh's Project GO director• Ensuring student language proficiency improvement according to the standards of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages



University of Pittsburgh

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Instructor: Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures

  • Aug 2011 - Apr 2014

  I taught the following courses at University of Pittsburgh in the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures (below). My primary responsibilities included: • Planning and executing course lessons and lectures• Working with other instructors on team-taught courses• Grading and managing scores for each course• Supervising undergraduate teaching assistants who received credits for working for me in courses with large enrollments• RUSS 0800 19th-Century Russian Literature, 21 students. • RUSS 1210 Superior Individual in Literature and Philosophy, 18 students• SLAV 0660 Sci-fi East and West, 14 students• SLAV 0880 Vampire: Blood and Empire, 128 students• SLAV 0880 Vampire: Blood and Empire, 130 students• RUSS 0020 Elementary Russian II, 12 students• RUSS 0010 Elementary Russian I, 15 students



TASIS-Switzerland, Le Château des Enfants

• English Language Instructor

  • Jun 2012 - Aug 2012

  The American School in Switzerland (TASIS) is a family of international schools that welcomes young people from all nationalities to an educational community that fosters a passion for excellence along with mutual respect and understanding. Consistent with the vision of its founder, M. Crist Fleming, TASIS is committed to transmitting the heritage of Western civilization and world cultures: the creations, achievements, traditions, and ideals from the past that offer purpose in the present and hope for the future. Seeking to balance the pursuit of knowledge with the love of wisdom, and promoting the skills of lifelong learning, an appreciation for beauty, and the development of character, each school combines a challenging academic program with opportunities for artistic endeavor, physical activity, and service to others. Believing in the worth of each individual and the importance of enduring relationships, TASIS seeks to embody and instill the values of personal responsibility, civility, compassion, justice, and truth.My primary responsibilities included: • Serving as the Russian-speaking liaison between program administration and students • Serving as the Russian-speaking liaison between program administration and families• Translating for TASIS administration and staff from Russian to English and English to Russian (both verbal and written communication)• Preparing and teaching English language lessons• Assisting administration with curriculum planning• Ensuring student language proficiency improvement • Supervising and leading language-learning and cultural excursions