EDUCATION

                   Ph.D., Spanish, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California

                                 Dissertation: “Empires of the Habanera: Cuba in the Cultural Imaginary of Catalonia”

                                 Advisors: Professors Roberto Ignacio Díaz and María Teresa Zubiaurre, outside reader professor

                                 Moshe   Lazar

                   Master of Arts, Spanish, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California

                   Certified Simultaneous Interpreter of Spanish, Moscow Linguistic University, Moscow, Russia

                   Master of Arts, Foreign Languages, Moscow Linguistic University, Moscow, Russia

                   Bachelor of Arts, Moscow Linguistic University, Moscow, Russia

Professional development: Conferences and workshops attended

2007                 Meeting between Spanish Educational Institutions and American Universities,
                                     Madrid, December 8-16, 2007

2007                 Colloquium The Secret Life of Salvador Dalí, Instituto Cervantes, New York, January
                                     11-12, 2007

2006                 The Congress on the Spanish Civil War, Madrid, Spain, November 27-30,  2006

2006                The ACTFL Oral Proficiency Interviewer Workshop, Middlebury College,
                                     Middlebury, Vermont, July 13-16, 2006

2006                 ACTFL Writing Proficiency Guidelines Familiarization Workshop, Central
                                     Connecticut State University, New Britain, Connecticut, May 6, 2006

2006                 Transitions to Modernity Colloquium at Yale Center for International and Area
                                     Studies. Henry Camen, “Spain and its Empire: The Evolution of a Cultural
                                     Myth,” April 11, 2006, Yale University, New Haven,  Connecticut

2006                Latin American Studies Association Convention, March 2006, San Juan,
                                      Puerto Rico

2001                 Graduate student workshop on integration of technology in foreign language teaching
                                      at Center for Educational Technology, Middlebury College, Vermont

1998                 Intensive summer course of Catalan, University of Barcelona, Spain

                          Intensive summer course of German, University of Freiburg, Germany

1998, 1997       Intensive summer course of French, University of Burgundy, Dijon, France

1997                 Intensive summer course of Italian, Verona, Italy