University of Virginia
Ph.D., Slavic Languages and Literatures (August 2016)
Dissertation: The Mathematical Genius of F.M. Dostoevsky: Imaginary Numbers, Non-Euclidean Geometry, and Infinity
Advisor: Julian Connolly
Primary areas of concentration: nineteenth-century Russian literature and culture, linguistics, translation, and intellectual history in the sciences.
Secondary fields: film, instructional technology, and international relations
TESOL Certificate (2013) with 150+ hours of ESL teaching experience
M.A., Slavic Languages and Literatures (2011)
Bashkir State Pedagogical University
Studied abroad throughout the summer of 2011 via the U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarship Program in Ufa, Russia.
Indiana University, SWSEEL 2010
Summer Workshop in Slavic and East European Languages (SWSEEL)
Northwestern University
B.A., History and Slavic Studies (2009), Honors in Interdisciplinary Studies
Related Field: BIP (Business Institutions Program)
Honors Thesis: Interactions along the Fault Lines of Civilizations: Investigating Literary Transitions and Legacies in Russian Accounts of the Caucasian Conquest, 1817-1864
Advisors: John Bushnell and Gary Saul Morson
Herzen Pedagogical Institute
Fall 2007 ACTR Advanced Area Studies Program in St. Petersburg, Russia