Liberal Studies, Humanities
Education
Ph.D., Duke University, 2002
Russian Literature — Graduate certificates in Women’s Studies & Slavic, Eurasian and East European Studies
B.A., Bates College, 1994
Russian
Academic Experience:
Lecturer, Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Studies Program, 2010–Present
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Lecturer, Department of German and Russian, 2004–2010
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Adjunct Instructor, English Department, 2004–2005
Durham Technical Community College
Visiting Assistant Professor of Russian Language and Literature, 2003–2004
Duke University
Awards and Honors:
Ernestine Friedl Research Award, Women’s Studies Program
Duke University, 2002
Graduate Award for International Research;
Dissertation Research (Zagreb, Croatia)
Duke University, 2001
Graduate Award for Research and Training;
Dissertation Research (Prague, Czech Republic)
Duke University, 2000
James B. Duke Fellowhship
Duke University, 1996–2000
Summer Foreign Language Area Studies Fellowship
(Prague, Czech Republic)
Duke University, 1999
Foreign Language Area Studies Fellowship;
Russian Language Study
Duke University, 1997–1998
Summer Foreign Language Area Studies Fellowship
(St. Petersburg, Russia)
Duke University, 1997
Phi Beta Kappa (ΦΒΚ)
Bates College, 1995
Alfred J. Wright Prize
Bates College, 1995
