Natalya Eduardovna Gronskaya
Position:
Deputy Director for Research and International cooperation, Professor of Department of Applied Linguistics and Intercultural Communication,
National Research University “Higher School of Economics” - Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
Education:
2010: Professor (Full Professor)
2005: Doctor’s Degree, Political Science,Nizhny Novgorod State Lobachevsky University
2005: Post-doctoral training (doctorantura), Department of Political Studies, Nizhny
NovgorodStateLobachevskyUniversity
1995: Ph.D., Russian Language, Nizhny NovgorodStateLobachevskyUniversity
1992: Post graduate work; Department of Russian Language, Nizhny Novgorod
Teacher's University
1982: Bachelor’s Degree cum laude; Nizhny NovgorodStateLobachevskyUniversity
Professional:
June 2010 – current: Deputy Director for Research; Higher School of Economics, Nizhny Novgorod branch, Professor
2011(summer semester): Visiting Professor, Faculty of Foreign Languages, Portland State University (Oregon, USA)
2006 (fall semester) – June 2010: Professor, Chair of the Department of International Affairs and Political Studies, Nizhny Novgorod State Linguistic University
2007(summer semester): Visiting Professor, Faculty of Foreign Languages, PortlandStateUniversity (Oregon, USA)
2006 (spring semester): Visiting Professor and Scholar, Faculty of Arts, Memorial University of Newfoundland (NF, Canada)
2005 – 2006: Associate professor, Department of International Affairs and Political Studies, Nizhny NovgorodStateLinguisticUniversity
2004 (spring semester): Visiting Professor and Scholar, Faculty of Arts, Memorial University of Newfoundland (NF, Canada)
2002 – 2004: Post-doctoral scholar (doctorant), Department of Political Studies, Nizhny NovgorodStateLobachevskyUniversity
2001/2 (academic year): Visiting Professor and Scholar, Department of Modern
European Languages and Literature, University of
Richmond (Virginia,USA)
2001: Associate professor, Department of Russian Language, Nizhny Novgorod
State Linguistic University
2000 (October - December): Raised qualifications (scholarship), Department of
Russian Language, Nizhny NovgorodState Lobachevsky
University
1998 (May): Raised qualifications on the program “Linguodidactic testing,”
RussianUniversity (Universitet Druzhby Narodov), Moscow
1997/8 (academic year): Visiting Professor, Department of Modern European
Languages and Literature, University of Richmond
(Virginia, USA)
1995 – 1997: Senior lecturer, Department of Russian Language, Nizhny NovgorodState
Linguistic University
1994 – 1999: Associate Dean, Philological Deptartment, Nizhny NovgorodState
Linguistic University
1989 – 1992: Graduate student (aspirant), Department of Russian Language,
Nizhny Novgorod Teacher's training College (Pedagogical Institute)
1985 – 1989: Assistant lecturer, Department of Russian Language, Nizhny Novgorod
State Linguistic University
1982 – 1985: Assistant lecturer, Department of Russian Language, KyzylState
Teacher’s Institute (Kyzyl, Tuva, Russia)
Administrative work:
2010-currentDeputy Director for Research and International cooperation, National Research University Higher School of Economics - Nizhny Novgorod
2005-2006:Associate Dean of the International Affaires, Economy and Management Department, LUNN
1994 – 1999: Associate Dean of the Philological Department
Committee work:
2008- 2010: Member of the Academic Committee of LUNN
2005 – 2010: Member of the International Affairs Department committee LUNN
1999 – 2001: Member of the Academic Committee of LUNN
1995 – 2001: Member of the Philological Department committee LUNN
Summerschools:
2008, 2011 – Portland State University, Visiting Professor
2006-2007 – Director of the studentexchangeprogram (LUNN–MUN (NF, Canada)); Semester Program
2006– Coordinatorofthestudentexchangeprogram (LUNN–MUN (NF, Canada)) andProfessor of Russian as foreign language; Summer School for Canadian students
1998 –Coordinatorofthestudentexchangeprogram (LUNN–UR(Virginia, USA))
1992, 1993, 1994, 1995– Professor of Russian as foreign language; Summer School for American students – winners of Russian as Foreign Language Olympiad in the USA
Professional experience in the projects, connected with Bologna process:
2000-2003 – Participation in the program “Tempus- Tasis” (NGLU- University of Roskilde, Denmark) as an expert
2005-2006: as Associate Dean of the International Affaires, Economy and Management Department prepared materials for two-cycle system and worked as a coordinator of the Bologna process in NGLU
2006 – Participation in the Seminar “Bologna process: the two-cycle system (bachelor-master),ECTS, Diploma Supplement”, Nizhny Novgorod, Nizhny Novgorod State University
2007 - Participation in the Federal Discussion of the Situation in Russian Higher Education (academic and governmental experts). Topic: “Bologna Process and Russian Higher Education ” – Jaroslavl, MUBINT
2008 - Raised qualifications (scholarship), Department of Philosophy, University of St. Petersburg. Topic: “Innovations in the social-humanitarian education: Double Degree Programs, Two-cycle educational system; Master Programs”
2009 – Participation in the Session of UMO (Pedagogical-Methodological Association), Major “International Relations”. Topic: “Third generation of educational standards”.
Selected Publications:
Monograph:
- “Language and Politics: communication, discourse, manipulation” (Nizhny Novgorod: 2005).
- The Lexicon of Power. The Thesaurus of the political associations. N. Novgorod, 2008. (coauthored with Rusova N.)
Articles:
- Independent Research and Analytical Centers: Their Role in Academia and Civil Society (coauthored with Radina N.) // Civil Societies and NGOs in Europe and Russia: Responding to New Challenges and Opportunities, St. Petersburg: St. Petersburg State University, 2010.
- Liberalism in language usage (coauthored with Gritzenko E.) // Vestnik MGLU, Philology, 2009. № №3 (40).
- Contemporary Russian Language Extremism through the prism of Globalization // Papers of V Scientific Conference, Nizhny Novgorod, 2009.
- Linguistic Games and Russian Discourse of Security; from new to newest // Euro-Atlantic space of security: conceptual and regional diversity. Nizhny Novgorod, 2008.
- Linguistic Tolerance as a communicative problem. MaterialsofTheConference. N. Novgorod, 2008. P. 99-103.
- “The Instabilityofthe LinguisticSituationasaThreatforState Security”,Vestnik Academia of Military Studies (Moscow, 2005).
- “‘Linguistic dress’ of Political Speeches,” Actual Problems of American Studies:Materials of the 10th International Seminar: “Russia, NATO and the USA in an Antiterrorist Coalition ”, edited by O. Kolobov(Nizhny Novgorod, 2004).
- “VirtualDimensionsof Language Policy: Conflict-Bearing Character of Linguistic Coexistence”, Polis, № 6,(Moscow, 2004).
- “The SociolinguisticSituationintheWesternRegionsofRF: asymmetriesandstereotypes”, Russia and West: the problems of cooperation. Materials of the 6th International Conference, edited by S. Golunov (Volgograd, 2003).
- “The Linguistic Mechanisms of Manipulation of Mass Political Consciousness”, Vestnik NNGU. Issue: History, PoliticalStudies, InternationalRelations. № 1. (NizhnyNovgorod, 2003).
- “Basic Strategies of Linguistic Manipulation (formation of the USA image in Russian Mass Media during War in Kosovo),” Actual problems of American Studies. Materials of the 6th International Seminar “Russian-American relations: historical issues and perspectives” (Nizhny Novgorod, 2001).
Conferences:
Attended in Russia:
1)International Conference “Civil Society and NGOs in Europe and Russia: Responding to New Challenges and Opportunities” St. Petersburg, Russia, 2010.
2)VI Convent of Russian Association of International Researches "Russia and World after crises: new challenges,new opportunities". Moscow, MGIMO, Russia, 2010.
3)International scientific conference “Language, Culture, Society“. Moscow, Russia, 2008.
4)International Conference “Image of the state / region in contemporary informatics space”. Nizhny Novgorod - St. Petersburg, Russia, 2008.
5)International scientific seminar - conference “Post – as a phenomena, style, brand, communication and pleasure”. Petrozavodsk, RF, 2004.
6)IV Russian Congress on the problems of Political Region Studies. Bolshoe Boldino, RF, 2004.
7)IX International scientific seminar “Changing role of State and International Organizations in modern world”, Nizhny Novgorod, RF, 2003.
8)3rd International conference“Language. Culture. Activity: West – East”. Naberezhnye Chelny, RF, 2002.
9)8th International seminar “Russian-American relations: a year after September 11th”, Nizhny Novgorod, RF, 2002.
10)International conference “Russia – East: problems of cooperation”, Volgograd, RF, 2002.
11)International conference “Homo Belli – a war-man in Microhistory and Macrohistory”, Nizhny Novgorod, RF, 2000.
12)Seminar “International Relations in the 21st Century: Regional in Global, Global in Regional”, Nizhny Novgorod, 2000
13)International conference “Language. Culture. Activity: West – East”. Naberezhnye Chelny, 1999.
14)International academic conference to the 100th birthday anniversary of Y.L. Weisgerber. Moscow, 1999.
15)International conference “Language. Culture. Activity: West – East”. Naberezhnye Chelny, RF, 1999.
16)International conference “Functional linguistics: Language in modern society”. Yalta, 1998.
Attended abroad:
1)OSCE conference in Kazakhstan. Astana, Kazakhstan, 2010.
2)II Linguistic Congress, Crimea, Ukraine, 2010.
3)International scientific conference on functional linguistics. Yalta, Ukraine, 2010.
4)CIBER (Center for International Business in Education and Research) Conference of Global Interdependence and Language, Culture, and Business, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA, 2002.
5)XX Congress of International Federation of the Teaches of Alive Languages, Paris, France, 2000.
6)IREX Policy Forum “Heeding the Call: Efforts in Curricular and Governance Reform in Russian Education”, Washington DC, USA, 1997.