She is interested in addressing local community needs through non- formal education programs and in recruiting and training volunteers to leverage the impact that these programs can have in the community. Abel graduated from Macalester College with a BA in Russian, French, and International Studies, and from Penn State University with an MA in extension education. Julia Antonova. Julia Antonova is a lawyer and a program director at the Samara Gender Studies Center and the free legal aid service coordinator for the news agency Caucasian Knot. An expert in both gender and law, she has worked closely with the American Bar Association and has collaborated on projects with UNDP, UNIFEM, UNFPA, USAID, Soros Foundation, Ford Foundation, IREX and others. Antonova graduated with an MA in history from Samara State University, and from the Law department at Moscow State University. Featured Initiatives: Minnesota Sea Grant. Subscribe to the podcast or listen to past shows here. Join PA Sea Grant and the Erie Community Resiliency Workgroup on October 12th at 7 PM at the Erie Art Museum for a screening of 'Time to Choose'. Anna Baydakova. Anna Baydakova is a staff correspondent for The Moscow News. Baydakova graduated from the Journalism Faculty at Saint Petersburg State University and has a Masters degree from the Faculty of Media Communications at the Higher School of Economics. Sarah Chao. Sarah Chao is a Russian language instructor at Concordia Language Villages. Chao graduated from St. Olaf College with a BA in Russian language and area studies. Ashley Cleek. Ashley Cleek is a freelance journalist who focuses on migration, linguistics, and urban planning. She has written for websites including Global. Post, The Atlantic, and PBS, and has reported radio stories for shows including The World, Marketplace, and Deutsche Welle. Cleek graduated from Columbia University with a BA in Russian Language and Literature and has studied linguistics in southern India. Rebecca Dalton. Rebecca Dalton recently completed graduate studies at Columbia University and is interested in issues pertaining to migration, minority groups, and civil society in Eurasia.
Take a look at some of the photos taken from around the Mid-South! She lived in Moscow for six years, where she taught English and conducted independent field research. Dalton graduated from Rice University with a BA in Political Science and Slavic Studies and has studied at Moscow State Institute of International Relations as a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar. Paitsar Danielyan. Paitsar Danielyan is a senior lecturer at the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration. She co- founded the Armenian National Society in Orel and currently serves as the head of its Sunday school and women’s group. Danielyan completed graduate studies at Orel State University in the Faculty of Political, Government, and Municipal Service. Pavel Dimens. Pavel Dimens most recently worked at the Dauphin Island Sea Lab, studying oysters, economically important reef fish, and shark ecology. He has worked as a wildlife technician for the US Department of Agriculture and as an educational park ranger for the New York Parks Department. Dimens graduated with a BA in Environmental Sciences and Forestry from State University of New York at Syracuse and in 2. M. A. She focuses on child welfare and has made significant contributions in identifying and addressing the systemic barriers to providing services to immigrant families, children and youth. Earner holds a Ph. D from Columbia University and graduated with a MA in Social Work from California State University. Vadim Gershteyn. Vadim Gershteyn is a researcher at the Institute for Health Research and Policy (IHRP), where he monitors and evaluates a state- wide health improvement initiative affecting 2. Illinois residents. He is also a co- founder and co- facilitator of Radical Public Health (RPH), a University of Illinois at Chicago- based organization that seeks to address the systemic causes of public health challenges through academic events and community activism. Gershteyn graduated with a BA in Economics and Political Science from De. Paul University and an MPH from University of Illinois- Chicago. Sergey Golubev. Sergey Golubev is an independent expert in social entrepreneurship and impact investment who has worked throughout Russia with state authorities, universities, businesses, and nonprofit organizations. He lectures at the Faculty of Public Administration of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and the Public Administration and is the scientific director and a member of the supervisory board of the School of Social Entrepreneurship. He holds a Ph. D in Sociology and graduated from Manchester University with a MA in Cultural Management. She is interested in migrant rights, civil society development, and international exchange, and has worked with American Councils for International Education in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. She graduated with a BA in International Studies and Human Rights from the University of Kentucky. Eleonora Ignatovich. Eleonora Ignatovich is a project director at City Development Foundation and a deputy director of the Tomsk City Administration’s communications department. She is a local community activist experienced in entrepreneurship support, community development, and media relations. Ignatovich graduated with a BA in English and German from Tomsk State Pedagogical University. Alexandra Kohut. Alexandra Kohut recently worked as a participant recruiter for the American Councils for International Education Future Leaders Exchange (FLEX) Program in Moscow. Prior to that, she completed the Overseas Russian Flagship Program at Saint Petersburg State University. Kohut graduated from Bryn Mawr College with a BA in Russian Language. Natalie Komrovsky. Natalie Komrovsky is a program manager for the Russian Orphan Opportunity Fund outside of the city of Pskov. She studied abroad in Siberia and is interested in helping children and graduates from orphanages create healthy independent lives for themselves. Komrovsky graduated with a BA double major in Russian and History from Middlebury College. Ingrid Korsgard. Ingrid Korsgard recently graduated with a BA in Russian Studies and Community and Global Health from Macalester College. Previously, she has worked in Paraguay as the director of Amigos de las Americas, a youth and leadership community health program. Korsgard is interested in the role of capacity building and multimedia education tools in promoting better public health. She currently volunteers with the Health and Development Foundation in Moscow. Taisa Kropotova. Taisa Kropotova is a chief lawyer for Euroasian Leasing Company CJSC. She has participated in international law competitions including the Jean- Pictet Competition in International Humanitarian Law in France and the Brown and Mosten International Client Consultation Competition in Ireland. Kropotova is currently working towards a Ph. D in International and European Law at Kazan Federal University. Vyacheslav Kudashov. Vyacheslav Kudashov is the head of the Philosophy Department in the Institute for the Humanities of the Siberian Federal University in Krasnoyarsk. He is very active in nonprofit organizations and is a member of the Public Council in the Krasnoyarsk Territory Ministry of Culture and the chairman of the Professional Assembly of the Siberian Federal University. Kudashov holds a Ph. D in Philosophy from Irkutsk State University. Marina Leksina. Marina Leksina works at the Civic Assistance Committee, an organization that offers support for refugees and forced migrants. Originally from Izhevsk, she is interested in issues surrounding various types of migration, including labor, forced, or voluntary, as well as questions about how to improve humanitarian initiatives and national laws. Leksina holds a graduate degree in social anthropology from Russian State University for Humanities. Natalia Melekhova. Natalia Melekhova is an editor of the Yaroslavl Region Business News magazine and broadcasts on the Yaroslavl TV channel. She is interested in the socio- cultural impact of mass media on audience perceptions and worked on different media projects as well as lectured at the university level. Melekhova holds a Ph. D in the Theory of Language from the Yaroslavl Teacher’s Training University. Olga Mironova. Olga Mironova is a corporate social responsibility senior manager for the company Severtal and coordinates the Road Home program, which works with orphaned and neglected children. She has worked as a psychiatrist and psychotherapist in Nizhniy Novgorod, as well as with British, Austrian, and French charitable organizations. Mironova graduated with a MA in Counseling from the University of Manchester and from Nizhniy Novgorod State Medical Institute. Erika Nauman. Erika Nauman is a strategic search specialist for the information retrieval company H5 and is currently pursuing a MA in Russian Studies from Middlebury College. She has a strong interest in coordinating joint degree programs and international education more broadly. Nauman graduated with a BA in Linguistics and Slavic Studies from University of California, Santa Barbara. Mariya Oborina. Mariya Oborina is an expert for the Perm NGO “Society for Development of Business Initiatives.” She previously served as the chief manager of the research and information department at the Office of the Human Rights Commissioner in the Perm region. Oborina graduated with a MA in Political Analysis and Public Politics from the National Research University Higher School of Economics and has a Specialist degree in legal and social support from Perm State University. Aryuna Radnaeva. Aryuna Radnaeva is the coordinator of the Center for Development of Ecological and Social Projects in Moscow, as well as the coordinator for the “Save Baikal” project. Originally from the Republic of Buryatia, she has organized environmental cleanup initiatives around Lake Baikal and annual outreach projects for regional orphanages. Radnaeva graduated with a Specialist degree in international law from Kutafin Moscow State Law University. Antonina Semivolos. Antonina Semivolos is completing a MA at the Russian and East European Institute at Indiana University and will begin a Ph.
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