Fall 2024 REEESNe Faculty & Administrator Workshop
In 2024-25, our workshop has moved up to the fall!
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
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 (for questions about accessing a recording of this session, contact ian.macmillen@yale.edu)
- 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
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
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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
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Bradley Woodworth, Professor of History, University of New Haven
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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
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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
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Jeremi Szaniawski, Graduate Program Director and Amesbury Professor of Polish Language and Culture, UMass Amherst
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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
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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
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Ekaterina Burvikova, Senior Lecturer of Languages, Literatures, & Cultures, The University of New Hampshire
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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)