EDUCATION

Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia; Department of Russian Language
Master of Arts, 1992 (Advisor: Prof. Elena Bryzgunova; Thesis: Russian as a Foreign Language: Methods of Teaching Phonetics for Francophones)

Master of Arts, 1989 (Advisor: Prof. Vera Belousova: Thesis: Some aspects of Carl Jung’s psychoanalytic concept in Kosztolany Dezso’s works)

 

RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS

Language teaching methodology, Cultural Studies, Literature and Translation, Sociolinguistics.

PhD dissertation topic at Hebrew University of Jerusalem: "The language of power/authoritarian discourse of modern Russia: current methods and practices of influencing mass consciousness";
Advisors: Doctor Valentina Brio and Professor Leona Toker.