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REEESNe Faculty & Administrator Workshop
November 1 - November 2
The 2024-25 Faculty & Administrator Workshop, held in a hybrid format at the University of New Haven and Yale University on Nov. 1-2, focuses on diversifying outreach, including to high schools. Employees of northeast institutions, as well as graduate students and teaching associates in pre-professional positions, are encouraged to attend in person. All are welcome online.
Co-sponsored by Ukraine, Russia, & Eurasia Studies at the University of New Haven and the Center for Russian, East European, & Eurasian Studies at the University of Pittsburgh
Apply here to attend online, or in person covering your own travel/accommodations (applications for sponsored attendance closed on Sept. 29th)
Workshop Schedule
(all times given in the Eastern U.S. time zone)
Friday, Nov. 1:
1:15-2:45 Session 1 – Engaging Historical Holocaust Testimonies and Contemporary Ukrainian and Syrian Refugee Narratives: Collaborations between King School History Students and Yale’s Fortunoff Video Archive
- Aya Marczyk, Curriculum Development Fellow, The Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University
- Lindsey Rossler, History Faculty, Director of Talent Development, King School
2:45-3:00 Break
3:00-4:45 Session 2 – Motivations for (Dis)continuing Language Study beyond High School: Reports on High School Russian Programs, the Seal of Biliteracy, and REEESNe’s New Survey of Language Student Retention
- Svetlana Abramova, Affiliate Instructor of Russian, University of Washington, and Lead Instructor, STARTALK
- Jessica Haxhi, Supervisor of World Languages (including Ukrainian and Russian), New Haven Public Schools (2021 President of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages)
- Spencer Small, Lecturer in Slavic Languages & Literatures, Yale University
5:00-6:00 Invited Responses and General Discussion
- Tim Harte, Provost and Professor of Russian, Bryn Mawr College
- Doug Rogers, Professor of Anthropology, Yale University
- Irina Dubinina, Professor of Russian, Brandeis University
Saturday, Nov. 2:
9:00-10:30 Session 3 – Institutional Strategies and Guidance on Bridging High Schoolers to University Russian Language Classes
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- Elizabeth Lee Roby, Teacher of Russian, Friends School of Baltimore, and Vice President of the American Council of Teachers of Russian
- Irina Dubinina, Professor of Russian, Brandeis University
- Olga Klimova, Teaching Associate Professor/Director of Russian Program, The University of Pittsburgh, and program director of The STARTALK Russian Summer School
- Pushkin Summer Institute:
– Anya Nesterchouk, On-Site Director, Pushkin Summer Institute, The University of Wisconsin
– David Bethea, Program Director, Pushkin Summer Institute, The University of Wisconsin
10:30-10:45 Break
10:45-12:15 Session 4 – Diversification and Recruitment Practices in History, International Affairs, and Related Social Studies/Social Sciences
- Daria Kirjanov, Practitioner in Residence, Modern Languages Faculty, University of New Haven
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- Matthew Schmidt, Associate Professor of National Security/Homeland Security, University of New Haven
- Howard Stoffer, Professor of International Affairs, University of New Haven
- Bradley Woodworth, Professor of History, University of New Haven
1:15-3:00 Session 5 – Models for Local High School-University Collaborations with a Focus on Languages
- Jeremi Szaniawski, Graduate Program Director and Amesbury Professor of Polish Language and Culture, UMass Amherst
- Building up a Bosnian/Croatian/Montenegrin/Serbian program through outreach in Pittsburgh: Ljiljana Đurašković, Teaching Professor/Director of Undergraduate Studies and Advisor for Bosnian/Croatian/Montenegrin/Serbian and Assistant Dean of Undergraduate Studies, The University of Pittsburgh
- Offering Ukrainian and Russian to New Haven high school students through Yale’s World CLASS program:
– Adam Stein, Program Manager, Yale University Center for Language Study
– Nataliya Danchenko, Ukrainian and Russian Instructor at Yale University’s World CLASS program for high school students
– Tarana Jafarova, current REEESNe Program Coordinator and former Russian instructor at Yale University’s World CLASS program for high school students
- Ekaterina Burvikova, Senior Lecturer of Languages, Literatures, & Cultures, The University of New Hampshire
- Glastonbury High School-Connecticut College Russian language partnership:
– Olga Gotta, World Languages Faculty, Glastonbury High School
– Andrea Lanoux, Professor of Slavic Studies, Connecticut College
3-3:30 Break
3:30-4:30 Final discussion
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