Staff/Administration

Faculty

Cori Anderson
Ph.D., Princeton University

Sandugash Sansyzbayeva
Ph.D., al-Farabi Kazakh National University

Jane Shaw
Ph.D., ½ñÈÕ³Ô¹Ï

Irina Walsh
Ph.D., ½ñÈÕ³Ô¹Ï

RLI Administration 

Billie Jo Ember, M.A.

  • Co-Director, Russian Language Institute
  • Assistant Director, ½ñÈÕ³Ô¹Ï Russian Domestic Flagship
  • Coordinator, Department of Russian, ½ñÈÕ³Ô¹Ï
  • Grants Associate, Office of Sponsored Research, ½ñÈÕ³Ô¹Ï

Irina Walsh, Ph.D.

  • Co-Director, Russian Language Institute
  • Lecturer in Russian, ½ñÈÕ³Ô¹Ï
  • Co-Director, Russian Language Flagship, ½ñÈÕ³Ô¹Ï

Dan E. Davidson, Ph.D.

  • Director Emeritus, Russian Language Institute
  • Professor Emeritus of Russian and Second Language Acquisition, ½ñÈÕ³Ô¹Ï
  • President Emeritus, American Councils for International Education
  • Director, American Councils Research Center (ARC)

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