Vera budykina

VERA BUDYKINA

Molodogvardeytsev St., 70a-30, Chelyabinsk, 454136, Russia e-mail: [e-mail], [e-mail] Date of Birth: 11 July, 1974 Nationality: Russian

EDUCATION
PhD in Linguistics, 2004, Chelyabinsk State University.
Specialist Degree (5-year course) (Teaching English and French as a Foreign Language), 2000, Chelyabinsk State University of Education.
TEACHING AND MANAGERIAL EXPERIENCE
September 2015 – up to present – Associate Professor, Department of International Communications, South-Ural State University (National Research University).
2006 – May, 2015 – Head, Department of Oriental, Romance and Germanic Languages, Chelyabinsk State University. Duties: managerial responsibilities, supervision of students’ dissertations, department staffing (including overseas professors), planning and budgeting; participating in strategic school development, communicating effectively with various constituencies within the University, building and maintaining effective relationships with overseas partner universities, organizations, organization of international visits and events, public relations, advising students and staff about research and studies opportunities, international scholarships, research funding, TEFL, etc.
2005 – May, 2015 – Associate Professor (position). Teaching EFL (English for Academic Purpose, General English, Language of Mass Media, Business English, English Grammar, Preparation for International English Language Exams, Academic Writing), Russian as a Foreign language (A1-C2), Russian Culture, Intercultural communication, Applied Linguistics (Lexicography, Lexicology, Translation), General linguistics, Student research supervision (Russian, English, comparison of languages, and Applied Linguistics), course development (both in Russian and English) and management, use of technological innovations in the teaching process, conducting research and disseminating the results at international conferences and through publications in internationally recognized journals both in Russian and English.

2004-2008 – Director, British Center, Institute of International Education, Chelyabinsk State University. Duties: Maintenance and renewal of collaboration agreement, administration of faculty and staff exchange program, development of new collaborations and existing partnerships, development of international double degree program “BA in International Business-Communications” of University of Westminster (London, UK) and Chelyabinsk State University, development of the joint program “BA in Logistics” of Arnhem Business School, Han University (Arnhem, Netherlands) and Chelyabinsk State University, translation of educational materials, curricular, courses’ outlines, negotiating cooperation between the University and overseas partner universities, public relations, development of strategic plans of international cooperation between the University and educational institutions and organizations from Great Britain, the USA, the Netherlands, Australia, etc.

2004-2006 – Senior Lecturer, School of Eurasian and Oriental Studies, Chelyabinsk State University. Duties: research, supervision students’ research projects, teaching (taught courses: EFL (Language of Mass Media, Business English, English Writing), Theory of Translation, Linguistics, English Stylistics).
2000-2004 – Lecturer, School of Eurasian and Oriental Studies, Chelyabinsk State University. Taught courses: EFL (English Writing, and English Grammar).
RESEARCH INTERESTS

TESOL, Russian as a Foreign Language, Applied Linguistics (Lexicography, Lexicology, and Translation Studies).

HONORS, AWARDS, FELLOWSHIP, AND SCHOLARSHIPS
Research grant of Chelyabinsk State University, personal grant, 2015.

Research grant of Chelyabinsk State University, personal grant, 2014.

Fulbright Visiting Scholar Award – Harvard University (Cambridge, USA), personal grant, September-December, 2013 – $10 750.

Grant of the Russian Fund of Fundamental Research. Title: Fortunes of National Cultures in Globalization Context, Principal Investigator, 2013.

Research Grant of the President of the Russian Federation – University of West Bohemia (Plzen, Czech Republic), personal grant, October-November, 2010.

Associate Professorship – since 2005.

Doctoral Fellowship – 2001-2004.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP
Member of Pennsylvania Educational Research Association (PERA), since 2013.

Member of the European Association for Lexicography (EURALEX), since 2012.

CPD COURSES

Teaching Russian as a Foreign Language, Moscow State University, June 2015.

Cognitive linguistics, Chelyabinsk, 2013.

Current issues of Russian higher education modernization. The use of modern ICT in the humanitarian and social courses design, Russian State Social University, Moscow, 2009.

Life and study in the UK. British Council, Yekaterinburg, 2006.

Development of translation competence (English-Russian, Russian-English), Chelyabinsk, 2006.

Bologna principles and Russian regions, Kazan, 2005.
LANGUAGES

Russian: native

English: proficient

French: intermediate reading and writing abilities

PERSONAL SKILLS

Strong communicative, intercultural, research and organizational skills, ability to work in a team and independently, good level of computer literacy and adaptability.