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

Fall 2024 REEESNe Faculty & Administrator Workshop

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

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The Humanities Quadrangle at Yale University

The 2024-25 Faculty & Administrator Workshop, held in a hybrid format at Yale University on Nov. 1-2, will focusing on diversifying student bodies and outreach, including to high schools, within REEES fields. Funding for travel and accommodations is available for employees with stated need (including graduate students and teaching associates who are in pre-professional positions) from northeast institutions.

Apply here to attend online, or in person covering your own travel/accommodations (applications for sponsored attendance closed on Sept. 29th)

Workshop Schedule

(tentative: daily schedules subject to timing changes and additions to lineup)

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

12:15-1:15 Lunch

1:15-2:45 Session 1 – Engaging Contemporary Refugee Narratives and Historical Holocaust Testimonies: Collaborations between King School History Students and Yale’s Fortunoff 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 (including Ukrainian and Russian), 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 Discussion

6:30 Dinner

 

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

8:00-9:00 Breakfast

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

  • Elizabeth Lee Roby, Teacher of Russian, Friends School of Baltimore (Vice President of the American Council of Teachers of Russian)
  • Irina Dubinina, Professor of Russian, Brandeis University
  • Olga Klimova, Teaching Associate Professor/Director of Russian Program, The University of Pittsburgh, and program director of The STARTALK Russian Summer School
  • Pushkin Summer Institute:
    - Anya Nesterchouk, On-Site Director, Pushkin Summer Institute, The University of Wisconsin
    - David Bethea, Program Director, Pushkin Summer Institute, The University of Wisconsin
     

10:30-10:45 Break

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

  • Bradley Woodworth, Professor of History, The University of New Haven
  • Daria Kirjanov, Practitioner in Residence, Dept. of Modern Languages, The University of New Haven
  • Matthew Schmidt, Associate Professor of National Security/Homeland Security, The University of New Haven
  • Howard Stoffer, Professor of International Affairs, The University of New Haven

12:15-1:15 Lunch

1:15-3:00 Session 5 – Models for Local High School-University Collaborations with a Focus on Languages

  • Glastonbury High School-Connecticut College Partnership:
    - Olga Gotta, World Languages Faculty, Glastonbury High School
    - Andrea Lanoux, Professor of Slavic Studies, Connecticut College
  • Ekaterina Burvikova, Senior Lecturer of Languages, Literatures, & Cultures, The University of New Hampshire
  • Building up a Bosnian/Croatian/Montenegrin/Serbian program through outreach in Pittsburgh: 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 from Yale's World CLASS program, who can speak about the admin side of offering Russian, Ukrainian, etc.
    - Tarana Jafarova, current REEESNe Program Coordinator and former Russian instructor at Yale University's World CLASS program for high school students
  • Jeremi Szaniawski, Graduate Program Director and Amesbury Professor of Polish Language and Culture, UMass Amherst

3-3:30 Coffee break

3:30-4:30 Final discussion

5:00 Dinner