Marina Yancey
Atlanta,GA
Summary
Dynamic Russian lecturer with strong background in delivering engaging and comprehensive lessons. Utilizing innovative teaching methods to enhance learning outcomes and foster a positive classroom environment.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
Work History
Russian Lecturer
University Of Georgia, Franklin College of Arts and Sciences
01.2025 - 05.2025
- Taught an intensive eight-week program based on the theme “Intensive Russian for Future Global Professionals” as part of the Russian Flagship Program.
Russian lecturer
Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Modern Languages
08.2021 - 01.2025
- Taught Intermediate and Advanced Russian courses;
- Offered an asynchronous online course "Russian contributions to the world of science";
- Taught Advanced Russian courses as part of the Intensive summer program LBAT (Language for Business and Technology);
- Promoted the Russian program on social media.
Russian lecturer
Middlebury College
06.2021 - 07.2021
- Taught Advanced Russian classes at the Middlebury Language School of Russian for the Russian Immersion Program;
- Ran a weekly Russian discussion club.
Russian lecturer
Boston College, Eastern, Slavic, and German Studies
08.2019 - 05.2021
- Taught Intermediate Russian courses and Elementary Russian Practicum;
- Organized weekly Russian tea meetings and occasional field trips;
- Contributed Russian language expertise and cultural authenticity to the department.
Russian lecturer
Brandeis University, GRALL (Department of German, Russian and Asian Languages and Literature)
08.2018 - 05.2020
- Taught RUSS10 and RUSS30;
- Facilitated Russian cultural events for students and the department.
Interpreter
Bolshoi Ballet Academy Summer Intensive Program
06.2019 - 08.2019
- Interpreted during ballet classes from Russian to English.
Translator of the American Success App
American Success Institute
12.2018 - 01.2019
- Provided the Russian translation for the American Success App.
Visiting scholar; Russian language teaching assistant
Wellesley College, Russian Department
08.2016 - 12.2019
- Assisted in the development of a listening comprehension/conversation course for second-year students using Play Posit's interface and edX – an online course provider;
- Conducted a course on conversation practice for first-year students;
- Delivered individualized tutoring;
- Facilitated Russian cultural activities for students and the department.
- Created extra-curricular activities and materials to engage Russian language learners;
- Participated in creating an educational movie for second-year students (working on the script, playing the leading role in the film, developing listening comprehension exercises).
Instructor of the English language
Tyumen State University, Department of Philology and Journalism
01.2013 - 2016
- Taught courses on developing speaking and listening proficiency for juniors and seniors majoring in English;
- Supervised junior and senior theses.
Russian language tutor
Tyumen State University
01.2015 - 01.2016
- Mentored a Fulbright TA from the USA;
- Created a syllabus for an intensive Russian course including grammar, speaking, reading and listening comprehension material.
Head of the translation team for the Tyumen University website
Tyumen State University
01.2014 - 01.2016
- Edited articles and other content for the university website;
- Translated the website content from Russian into English.
Fulbright teaching assistant
Brandeis University, Russian Department
01.2013 - 01.2014
- Conducted recitation hours for grammar and conversation practice for first and second-year students;
- Assisted with classroom activities in first-year Russian;
- Graded homework for first-year Russian courses;
- Lead Russian Teas, Brandeis informal conversation group;
- Delivered individualized tutoring for five advanced students;
- Organized cultural events on campus promoting the Russian culture;
- Created extra-curricular activities and materials to engage Russian language learners.
Trainer in ESL Pedagogy and Teaching Supervisor
Summer English Language School “Sunrise”
06.2012 - 08.2013
- Trained Tyumen University seniors majoring in English to teach English as a second language to high school students;
- Oversaw lesson plan development and assessment practices;
- Mentored practice teachers;
- Organized cultural events at the school.
Instructor of the English language
Tyumen State University, Department of Mathematics, Natural Science and Information Technology
01.2010 - 01.2013
- Taught courses on grammar and specialized professional vocabulary for first and second-year students with low proficiency in the English language majoring in sciences;
- Supervised junior and senior theses.
Education
Kandidataskaya (an equivalent of a PhD in linguistics) - Comparative-Historical, Typological, and Contrastive Linguistics
Tyumen State University
12.2017
Specialist’s Degree - Methodology of Teaching Foreign Languages and Cultures
Tyumen State University
01.2010
Skills
- Classroom management
- Student engagement
- Curriculum development
- Performance assessment
- Effective communication
- Problem-solving abilities
- Academic research
- Online content delivery
- Program promotion via social media engagement
Timeline
Russian Lecturer
University Of Georgia, Franklin College of Arts and Sciences
01.2025 - 05.2025
Russian lecturer
Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Modern Languages
08.2021 - 01.2025
Russian lecturer
Middlebury College
06.2021 - 07.2021
Russian lecturer
Boston College, Eastern, Slavic, and German Studies
08.2019 - 05.2021
Interpreter
Bolshoi Ballet Academy Summer Intensive Program
06.2019 - 08.2019
Translator of the American Success App
American Success Institute
12.2018 - 01.2019
Russian lecturer
Brandeis University, GRALL (Department of German, Russian and Asian Languages and Literature)
08.2018 - 05.2020
Visiting scholar; Russian language teaching assistant
Wellesley College, Russian Department
08.2016 - 12.2019
Russian language tutor
Tyumen State University
01.2015 - 01.2016
Head of the translation team for the Tyumen University website
Tyumen State University
01.2014 - 01.2016
Instructor of the English language
Tyumen State University, Department of Philology and Journalism
01.2013 - 2016
Fulbright teaching assistant
Brandeis University, Russian Department
01.2013 - 01.2014
Trainer in ESL Pedagogy and Teaching Supervisor
Summer English Language School “Sunrise”
06.2012 - 08.2013
Instructor of the English language
Tyumen State University, Department of Mathematics, Natural Science and Information Technology
01.2010 - 01.2013
Kandidataskaya (an equivalent of a PhD in linguistics) - Comparative-Historical, Typological, and Contrastive Linguistics
Tyumen State University
Specialist’s Degree - Methodology of Teaching Foreign Languages and Cultures
Tyumen State University
Publications
- «The emotion concept DELIGHT/BOCTOPГ in the essays of J.B. Priestley and K.G. Paustovskij»//Norwegian Journal of Development of the International Science. Norway, 2017. 9. P. 67-69.
- «The comparative analysis of the semantic fields of emotion concepts BOCTOPГ/DELIGHT in the essays of K.G. Paustovskij and J.B. Priestley»//Cognitive studies of a language. Tambov, 2016. P. 208-212.
- «The peculiarities of the genre of fictional essay (based on the essays of K.G. Paustovskij and J.B. Priestley)»//Tambov University «Vestnik». Tambov, 2015. P. 63-67.
- «The comparative analysis of emotion concepts BOCTOPГ/DELIGHT in the Russian and English languages»//Tyumen State University «Vestnik». Tyumen, 2015. P. 79-88.
- «The metaphorical expression of emotion concepts BOCTOPГ/DELIGHT in the essays of K.G. Paustovskij and J.B. Priestley»//Chelyabinsk University «Vestnik». Chelyabinsk, 2015. P. 36-40.
- «The etymological analysis of emotion concepts BOCTOPГ/DELIGHT»//A collection of scientific articles. Nizhnij Novgorod, 2013. P. 237-241.
- «The emotion concepts BOCTOPГ/DELIGHT in the essays of K.G. Paustovskij and J.B. Priestley»//Theoretical and applied aspects of speech study//A collection of scientific articles. Nizhnij Novgorod, 2012. P. 77-83.
Selected lectures and conferences
- May 15, 2020: New England Russian Pedagogy Roundtable;
- May 20-22, 2019: Course Design Institute workshop, Brandeis University;
- Oct. 27-30, 2019: New England Russian workshop, College of the Holy Cross;
- Jan. 2018: ACTFL OPI workshop, Harvard University;
- Apr. 6-7, 2018: Gave a presentation on «Creating video materials to expand cultural competence» at the convention «Shifting the Boundaries: Blended Learning, Digital Humanities, and the Liberal Arts», Wellesley College;
- Nov. 17, 2015: Gave a presentation «The conceptualization of emotion concept of delight in the essays of J.B. Priestley» at the annual convention «Ecology of Language at the Crossroads of Sciences», Tyumen University;
- March 26-29, 2014: Attended the International Convention and English Language Expo, Portland, Oregon;
- Sep. 5-12, 2012: Gave a talk «The conceptualization of emotion concepts through language devices. The methodology of analyzing emotion concepts», Tambov University.
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