MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies at Yale
European Studies Council

Fall 2024 REEESNe Faculty & Administrator Workshop

Diversifying Outreach, Diversifying Enrollments
Nov
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In 2024-25, our workshop has moved up to the fall!

Flier for the Fall 2024 REEESNe Workshop

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

To attend online, please follow the Zoom link for each individual day of the workshop on the schedule below

Workshop Schedule

Friday, Nov. 1: All Panel Sessions at the University of New Haven (in Maxcy Hall, room 103, unless otherwise marked)

Join all Nov. 1 sessions and discussions from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: https://yale.zoom.us/j/94001899596

   Or Telephone：203-432-9666 (2-ZOOM if on-campus) or 646 568 7788
   Meeting ID: 940 0189 9596
 

12:15-1:15 Lunch: Marketplace Dining Hall (inside the Bartels Campus Center) at the University of New Haven

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 Coffee 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, 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

6:30 Dinner: Turkish Kebab House (1157 Campbell Ave, West Haven, CT)

 

Saturday, Nov. 2: All Panel Sessions at Yale University (in Luce Hall, room 203, unless otherwise marked)

Join all Nov. 2 sessions and discussions from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: https://yale.zoom.us/j/99951255814

   Or Telephone：203-432-9666 (2-ZOOM if on-campus) or 646 568 7788
   Meeting ID: 999 5125 5814
 

8:00-9:00 Breakfast (Luce Hall 2nd-Floor Common Room)

9:00-10:30 Session 3 – Institutional Strategies and Guidance on Bridging High Schoolers to University Russian Language Classes

  • 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
  • Pushkin Summer Institute:
    - Anya Nesterchouk, Director of Operations, Pushkin Summer Institute, The University of Wisconsin
    - David Bethea, Program Director, Pushkin Summer Institute, The University of Wisconsin
  • Olga Klimova, Teaching Associate Professor/Director of Russian Program, The University of Pittsburgh, program director of The STARTALK Russian Summer School, and President of the American Council of Teachers of Russian

10:30-10:45 Break

10:45-12:15 Session 4 – Diversification and Recruitment Practices in History, National Security, and Related Social Studies/Social Sciences

  • Bradley Woodworth, Professor of History, University of New Haven
  • Daria Kirjanov, Practitioner in Residence, Modern Languages Faculty, University of New Haven
  • Matthew Schmidt, Professor of National Security and Political Science, University of New Haven
  • Howard Stoffer, Professor of National Security, University of New Haven

12:15-1:15 Lunch (Luce Hall 2nd-Floor Common Room)

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
  • 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 Coffee break (Luce Hall 2nd-Floor Common Room)

3:30-4:30 Final discussion

5:00 Dinner: Sherkaan (65 Broadway, New Haven, CT 06511)