LANGUAGE COMPETENCE (at least of reading knowledge)

EDUCATION

Earned Doctorate in psycholinguistics

Moscow State University philological

1993

Ph.D. in psycholinguistics

Academy of Sciences of the USSR.

Institute of Linguistics.

1985

BA, MA in psychology

Kaluga State Pedagogical University

2000

MA cum laude Qualifications:

Russian language and literature,

BA Interpreter from English into Russian

BA Interpreter from Swahili into Russian

Peoples' Friendship University

Named after Patrice Lumumba

Faculty of History and Philology.

Moscow

Russia

ACADEMIC DEGREES

Full Professor

Moscow State Linguistic University.

Department of Psycholinguistics

1996 Moscow, Russia

Associate professor

Moscow State Linguistic University. Dept of General Psychology and Psycholinguistics.

1991 Moscow,Russia

NON-ACADEMIC DEGREES

Philosophy and Social Psychology

Moscow State University.

Faculty of ongoing education for professors.

Guide and Interpreter

(in Russian and English)

Bureau of International Youth Tourism "Sputnik."

ACADEMIC HONORS

American Biographical Institute

1998

International

Rubakin Foundation. For the book “Introduction to Psychiatric Literary Criticism.”

1998

Russia

Silver medal

National Political University

1997, Taiwan

NON-ACADEMIC HONOURS

Diploma

Moscow State University. Trade union association. Local committee.

1996

Honor

Moscow State University. Administration of the Preparatory faculty for foreign citizens,

1990 Moscow, Russia

Certificate

Peoples' Friendship University. Committee of Young League Organisation. (For strengthening friendship among nations).

Moscow,

Russia

SCHOLARSHIPS AND STUDENTSHIPS

Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship,

Associate

Visited 15 American Universities with the help of the EEF. (UCLA, USC, UCB, UTEP, U of Chicago, Ball State U., Columbia U., George Washington U., Pennsylvania U., Harvard U., et al.).

1998 USA

Doctoral

Scholarship

Russian Academy of Sciences. Institute of Linguistics. Dept. of Psycholinguistics and Theory of Mass Communication.

1991 – 1992

Moscow, Russia

Postgraduate

Studentship

Institute of Linguistics of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR

1980 – 1983

Moscow, Russia

RESEARCH GRANTS AND COMMISSIONED RESEARCH

International Research and Exchange Board (IREX)

Electronic magazine http://www.textology.ru/

(Editor)

1998 – present

Independent Group on Computer Text Analysis

Expert Psycholinguistic Computer Program VAAL http://www.vaal.ru/

1995 – present

Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation. Moscow Public Science Foundation.

Language and Literature. National Report on the Cultural policy of the Russian Federation.

2000

Russian Fund for Humanitarian Research. Regional Competition.

Gender and Language. (in co-authorship).

2000

Russian Fund for Humanitarian Research

Love Novel: Language and Images. (in co-authorship).

2000

Russian Fund for Humanitarian Research.

Sociology of Reading (in co-authorship).

1996 – 1997

Russian Fund for Basic Studies

Publishing the manuscript "Models of the World in Fiction.”

1996 – 2000

Cultural Initiative International fund

Textbook on psycholinguistics. (in co-authorship).

1994 – 1995

Soros foundation. “Cultural Initiative" International Fund.

Publishing of the dictionary "Living Speech" (“Zhivaja Rech' ”) (in co-authorship).

1994

Russian Academy of Sciences. Institute of Linguistics.

"Identification of Personality by Speech.”

1989 – 1990

Moscow State University.

Preparatory faculty for Foreign Citizens.

”Knowledge, Abilities and Skills in Second Language Acquisition”. (Head of the research group)

1989  – 1991

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP (present and past)

University of Toronto,

Centre for Russian and East European Studies,

MUNK Centre for International Studies

Associate

Toronto, Canada

Ontario Multicultural Organization

Internship Director

Toronto, Canada

Academy of Humanities Research

Correspondence Member

Russia, Internat

Reading Foundation

Member of the Steering Committee

Russia, Moscow

Association of Psycholinguists

Member of the Steering Committee

Russia

Russian Psychological Society

Member

Russia

American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies

Member

Cambridge,

MA, USA

International Association of Applied Psycholinguistics

Member

Portugal and

international

International Association of the Teachers of Russian Language and Literature

Member

Russia

Union of Terminologists

Member

Russia

Association of Applied Linguistics

Member

Russia

Canadian Association of Slavists

Member

Canada

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Resident Director

Pittsburgh University – Moscow State Linguistic University, Slavic and East European Summer Language Institute, supervised students’ educational and cultural program in Moscow

July – August 2004, Moscow, Russia

Guest Professor

Pittsburgh University,

Slavic and East European Summer Language Institute,

taught intensive Russian (intermediate and advanced levels)

2002, 2003, 2004, Pittsburgh, PA.

Associate

University of Toronto

Center for Russian and East European Studies

October 2001 – present, Canada

Full Professor

Kaluga State Pedagogical University. Department of General and forensic Psychology.

2000 – present

Full Professor

Moscow State University named after Lomonosov,

Centre for International Education

1997 – 2001

Moscow, Russia

Professor

Moscow State Linguistic University.

Dept. of Psycholinguistics.

1997 – 2001

Moscow, Russia

Guest Professor

New Humanitarian University of Nataly Nesterova

Dept. of foreign languages

1998 – 2001

Moscow, Russia

Guest Professor

Moscow State University, Philological faculty,

Dept. of General, Comparative and Historical Linguistics

1998 – 1999

Moscow, Russia

Full Professor

National Political University. Dept of foreign languages.

Teaching intermediate and advanced Russian

1996 – 1997

Taipei, Taiwan

Full Professor

National Political University. Graduate Institute of Linguistics.

Teaching applied linguistics and psycholinguistics

1997

Taipei, Taiwan

Associate

Professor

Moscow State University named after Lomonosov,

Centre for International Education

1992 – 1996

Moscow, Russia

Guest Associate

Professor

Moscow State Linguistic University.

Dept. of General Psychology and Psycholinguistics

1994 – 1996

Moscow, Russia

Guest Professor

Moscow State University. Faculty for foreign languages.

Dept of Theory and Practice of Speech Communication.

1995 – 1996

Moscow, Russia

Guest Associate

Professor

Moscow State Linguistic University.

Dept. of Psycholinguistics.

1991 – 1994

Moscow, Russia

Guest Associate

Professor

Moscow State University, Philological faculty,

Dept of English Linguistics

1994 – 1995

Guest Leading

Research Fellow

Russian Academy of Education. Institute for the Personality

Development, Laboratory of Phenomenology of Personality

1994

Moscow, Russia

Guest Associate

Professor

Moscow State Institute of International Relations.

Dept of ongoing education

1989

Assistant Professor

Moscow State University named after Lomonosov.

Preparatory faculty for Foreign Citizens.

Moscow, Russia

Full-time Consultant

University of Havana. Preparatory Faculty.

Dept. of Russian Language

Havana, Cuba

Assistant Professor

Moscow State University named after Lomonosov.

Preparatory faculty for Foreign Citizens.

Moscow, Russia

Faculty assistant

Institute of Russian Language named after Pushkin

Russia

Instructor

Oil and Gas Technical College.

Dept of Russian Language

Afghanistan,

Mazar-i-Sharif

Guide and Interpreter

Bureau of International Youth Tourism "Sputnik"

Moscow, Russia

Instructor

University of Lublin

Poland

ADMINISTRATION

Head of Research

Department

Moscow State University named after Lomonosov,

Centre for International Education. Supervising research work and grants, editing education materials, publishing weekly bulletins

1994 – 1996

Moscow, Russia

Head of the section

Moscow State University named after Lomonosov,

Centre for International Education

1990 – 1992

Moscow, Russia

Deputy Chair of the

Department

Moscow State University named after Lomonosov,

Centre for International Education

Moscow, Russia

Member of the

Committee

Local trade union organisation. Moscow State University named after Lomonosov, Centre for International Education

Moscow, Russia

Member of the

Commission

Editing monthly bulletin for students. Moscow State University named after Lomonosov, Centre for International Education

Moscow, Russia

CONSULTING

Senior Expert

Federal Center for Psychological Expertise at the Ministry of Justice of Russian Federation

2004 – 2005

Research projects

International Association for Technical Assistance  (INTAS)

2000 – 2002

Brussels, Belgium

Member of the Senate

Senate for awarding Ph.D. And Dr. of Science degrees,

Peoples’ Friendship University

1995 – 2001

Moscow, Russia

Member of the Senate

Senate of the International Institute of Languages and Cultures

named after Leo Tolstoy

1989 – 1995

Moscow, Russia

External expert

Moscow State U, Moscow State Linguistic U, Kuban State U, Tver State U, Volgograd State U, Inst. of Russian Language, et al.

1987 – 2001

Russia

Consultant

Company “Psychology and Business Online”

1998 – 2003

Company “Managing Success”

1999 – 2002

Co-author

Project in text analysis VAAL http://www.vaal.ru/  

1997 – present

Forensic Psycho-

linguistic Expertise

National Board of Law Psychologists, municipal courts, private persons, different organizations

1998 – present

Russia

RELATED EXPERIENCE

Interpreter

Able Translation (Toronto), Word Exchange (Toronto), TK International (Toronto) − Interpreting (English/Russian) for clients during medical and psychological assessments. (part-time)

2002 – present.