Education
Ph.D., Dept. of Education Policy and Organizational Leadership, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2011)
Concentration: Global Studies in Education / Specialization: Program Evaluation
M.A., Dept. of Linguistics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2007)
B.A., Depts. of English Literature and Linguistics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1999)
Professional Experience
Founding Director, International Projects Office, University of Wisconsin-Madison (Madison, WI) (2017-present)
Consultant and Partnership Manger, University of Wisconsin-Madison Partnership with Nazarbayev University (Madison, WI) (2016-2017)
Lecturer, Educational Policy Studies Department, University of Wisconsin-Madison (Madison, WI) (2021-present)
Lecturer and Dissertation Writing Coach, Doctor of Education program, Edgewood College (Madison, WI) (2016-2021)
Visiting Lecturer, College of Humanities and Education, KIMEP University (Almaty, Kazakhstan) (2021)
Teaching Tutor, University of Melbourne Center for Programme Evaluation (2016-2018)
Visiting Honorary Fellow, Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia, University of Wisconsin-Madison (Madison, WI) (Fall, 2015)
Assistant Professor, Language Center, KIMEP University (Almaty, Kazakhstan) (2011-2016)
Awards/ Honors
Staff Excellence Award (University of Wisconsin-Madison, International Division) (2021)
Invited Junior Faculty Workshop (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Russian Eastern European Eurasian Center) (2012)
U.S. Department of Education Title VI Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowships (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, EU Center) (2006-09)
Fulbright-Schuman Fellowship to the European Union (Tilburg, The Netherlands) (2006-07)