KRISTIN PETERSON-BIDOSHI
Union College
E-mail: bidoshik@union.edu
EDUCATION Ph.D., Department of Slavic and East European Languages and Literatures,
The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, December 2000
Dissertation: "The Stranger in the City: Genre and Place in the Works of Nikolai Gogol and
Liudmila Petrushevskaia"
Advisers: Angela Brintlinger (Slavic) and Sabra Webber (Comparative Studies)
Master of Arts (Literature and Linguistics), Department of Slavic and
East European Languages and Literatures, The Ohio State University, June 1995
Thesis: "The Crimson Flower: A Tale Revisited"
Bachelor of Arts (German and Russian),
Department of Modern Languages and
Literatures, Beloit College, Beloit, Wisconsin, May 1991
Exchange Program, Kuban State University, Krasnodar, Russia, Autumn 1989
Computer Assisted Language Learning: An International Journal (CALLIJ). Forthcoming 2008, 16 pp.
“Liudmila Petrushevskaia: Voicing Marginalized Histories, Writing Women, Simulating Realities." Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture. Forthcoming 2008, 44 pp.
“Asynchronous Computer-Assisted Classroom Discussion in the Beginning Level Russian Language Classroom” (with Natasha Anthony). Inventio: Creative Thinking About Learning and Teaching. George Mason University. Forthcoming 2007, 42 pp.
“The Stranger in the Fictional Works of Nikolai Gogol's Arabesques.” New Zealand Slavonic Journal (NZSJ) 39: 1-36. Victoria University Press, Dec 2006.
“’Veronica’s Dream’: A Contemporary Albanian Fairytale.” Folklorica: Journal of the Slavic and E. European Folklore Association (Translation from Albanian with Introduction and Notes.) Vol. XI, No. 1. Edmonton: Priority Printing (Autumn 2006): 78-116.
"U nego bylo takoe zhe angel'skoe litso, iasnoe i dobroe" (Simvolika podteksta rasskaza 'Chernyi monakh')" [‘He had the same angelic face, kind and clear’: Underlying Symbols in the “Black Monk”] in Molodye issledovateli Chekhova. Moscow, Russia III (1998): 74-77.
Sally Dalton-Brown. Voices from the Void: The Genres of Liudmila Petrushevskaia. Canadian Slavonic Papers. (Book Review) Vol. XLIII, No. 4. Edmonton: Priority Printing (Dec. 2001): 570-572.
Edited Journals Associate Editor, Symposium. Syracuse University Press, April 2007-present.
Co-Editor, The Middle East and South Asia Folklore Bulletin. The Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, Vol. 16, No. 2-3, Eds. Sabra J. Webber, Kristin Peterson and Ipek Celik, Spring 2000.
Edited Book Fantasy or Ethnography? Irony and Collusion in Subaltern Representation. Papers in Comparative Studies, Vol. 8, Eds. Sabra J. Webber and Margaret R. Lynd with Kristin A. Peterson, 1996: 3-254.
Other Golosa. Book 1, Third Edition. Internet Video Interviews and Web based Exercises
Textbook & CD (www.gwu.edu/~slavic/golosa/) Richard Robin and Kristin Peterson. Prentice Hall, September, 2002.
"Tochki zreniia". Ohio 5 Viewpoints Series, Russian Video CD-Rom Project "Crossing Cultures and Platforms" (with Arlene Forman). August 1999.
"Forum on Teaching with Technology: Molodets!" American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages Conference, Washington DC, December 2005.
"Teaching Strategies in a Multimedia Classroom". Midwest Slavic Conference, Bowling Green University, Ohio, March 2002.
"Ramki iskusstva i zla: Rasskazy N.V. Gogolia ‘Portret’ i A.P Chekhova ‘Dom s mezoninom’" in Molodye issledovateli Chekhova. Crimean Ministry of Culture Chekhov Conference, Yalta, Ukraine, April 2002.
"Writing From the Margins: Liudmila Petrushevskaia's Construction of Genre and Place". Kentucky Foreign Language Conference, Lexington, KY, April 2002.
“Teaching Strategies in a Multimedia Classroom”. Union College Learning and Teaching with Technology Curricular Support Lunch Talk. Schenectady, NY, October 2001.
"Mediation of Place: The Stranger in Gogol's 'Portrait'". American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages Conference, Washington, D.C., December 2000.
"The Meaning and Function of Myth in Petrushevskaia's 'Medea'". American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies Conference, Denver, CO, November 2000.
"The Crowded Circle": Liudmila Petrushevskaia's "Svoi krug". Conference on Literary Translation: Priorities, Theory, Practice, Hoboken, NJ, November 2000.
"Negotiating Boundaries: The Mediation of Place in Gogol's 'Portrait'". National Conference of the American Folklore Society, Columbus, OH, October 2000.
"Viewpoints: Using Computer Technology to Bring a Variety of Native Speakers into the Classroom". Kentucky Foreign Language Conference, Lexington, KY, April 2000.
"Of Beauties and Circles: The Function of Myth in Petrushevskaia's 'Svoi krug'". American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages Conference, Chicago, IL, December 1999.
"Circles and Crowds: 'Svoi krug' Liudmily Petrushevskoi v angliiskikh perevodakh". Russian State Humanities University Conference, Moscow, Russia, April 1999.
"The Meaning and Function of Myth in Petrushevskaia's 'Svoi krug'". University of Michigan - Ohio State University Slavic Colloquium, Ann Arbor, MI, March 1999.
"An Evening with Yevgeny Yevtushenko". Conference on Literary Translation: Priorities, Theory, Practice, Hoboken, NJ, November 1998.
"Borderline Poetics: Identity and Difference in Vasko Popa's Earth Erect". National Conference of the American Folklore Society, Portland, OR, October 1998.
"'U nego bylo takoe zhe angel'skoe litso, iasnoe i dobroe' (Simvolika podteksta rasskaza 'Chernyi monakh')". Chekhovskie chteniia v Ialte: Chekhov i Krym: k 100-letiiu pereezda pisatelia v Ialtu. Yalta, Ukraine, April 1998.
"Pushkin i Literaturnaia Gazeta: Iconographic Representation of Pushkin in the Twentieth Century". Midwest Regional Conference of the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, Columbus, OH, April 1997.
"Beauty and the Beast:
A Tale Revisited". National Conference of the American Folklore Society,
Pittsburgh, PA, October 1996.
TEACHING Associate Professor, Dept. of Modern Languages and Literatures, Union College
EXPERIENCE Russian 100 Elementary Russian 1 Autumn 2005, 2003, 2002, 2001
Russian 101 Elementary Russian 2 Winter 2008, 2006, 2004, 2002
Russian 102 Elementary Russian 3 Spring 2007, 2006, 2005, 2003, 2002
Russian 200 Intermediate Russian 1 Autumn 2005, 2002, 2001
Russian 201 Intermediate Russian 2 Winter 2007, 2006
Russian 202 Advanced Russian 1 Spring 2006
Russian Literature Courses – Union College
Russian 133 The Russian Short Story (in Russian), Winter 2003
Modern Literature and Culture in Translation Courses – Union College
Modern Literature in Translation 66 The Vampire as Other in East European and American
Culture, Spring 2007, 2005, 2002
Modern Literature in Translation 69 Magnificence, Mayhem and Mafia, Spring 2003
Modern Literature in Translation 264 Illness and Its Representation, Spring 2006
General Education Courses – Union College
Freshman Preceptorial The Other: A Stranger Among Us? Winter 2008, 2007, 2004, 2003; Autumn 2005
Visiting Assistant Professor, Dept. of Modern Foreign Languages, Ohio Wesleyan U
Russian 111 Elementary Russian 2, Winter, Spring 2001
Russian 490 Intermediate Russian 2, Winter, Spring 2001
Graduate Teaching Associate, Slavic & East European Languages and Literatures, OSU
Russian 101 Elementary Russian 1, Autumn 1998
Russian 102 Elementary Russian 2, Winter 1998
Russian 103 Intermediate Russian 1, Spring 1998
Russian 135 Introduction to Russian Culture, Winter 1999, 2000
Russian 250 19th and 20th Century Masterpieces of Russian Literature in Translation,
Summer 1997, 1998; Autumn 1997, 1999; Spring 2000
Russian 407 Advanced Russian 3, Spring 1999
Slavic 130 The Vampire in Eastern European and American Culture, Autumn 2000
Lecturer, Department of Modern Foreign Languages, Ohio Wesleyan University
Russian 111 Elementary Russian 2, Winter, Spring 1999
Russian 490 Intermediate Russian 2, Winter, Spring 1999
Russian Language Instructor, OSU Continuing Education Program, Autumn 1998
German Language Instructor, World Language Institute, Adult Program, Autumn 1998
Group Leader
and English Teacher, Refugee Camp, Hvar, Croatia, Summer 1994
English Teacher, Russian language school (forms six through twelve), Latvian Ministry of
Education, Riga, Latvia, 1991-93
AWARDS/ External Grants/Awards
HONORS Co-Recipient, Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant Program Grant (to host Russian Teaching Assistant at Union College 2007-08), Institute of International Education, June 2007
Co-Recipient, Department of Education Grant ($250,000): A Dynamic Grammar Trainer for Russian Verbs, April 2006
Co-Recipient, Mellon Foundation Grant ($30,000): A Dynamic Applicant for Producing Language Exercises, December 2003
Recipient, Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers Award, November 2003
Co-recipient, Mellon Foundation Grant: Ohio 5, "Crossing Cultures and Platforms", Jan 1999
Union College Grants
Union College Humanities Faculty Development Research Grant, Project: Birth Rites in Modern Albania, May 2008
Union College Humanities Faculty Development Research Grant, Project: Celebrating Contemporary Albanian Rituals, October 2007
Union College Humanities Faculty Development Research Grant, Project: Refashioning the Contemporary Albanian Literary Fairy Tale: A Quest for Cultural Identity, March 2005
Union College Humanities Faculty Development Research Grant, Project: Research in Albania on The Dordolec: Albanian House Dolls, May 2002
Union College New Course Development and Enrichment Grant for Nationalism and Empire: Russian Music and Art of the Nineteenth Century, November, 2001
Ohio State University Grants/Awards
Recipient, Ohio State University's Outstanding Teaching Award, May 1998
Recipient, Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship, Serbo-Croatian, 1996-97
Recipient, Ohio State University's Outstanding Graduate Student Award, 1996-97
Member, Dobro Slovo,
The National Slavic Honor Society, Spring 1993-present
Member, Phi Sigma Iota, The National Modern Languages Honor Society,
1990-present
Member, Mortar Board National Honor Society, 1990-present
Member, Golden Key National Honor Society, 1990-present
SERVICE National
Vice President, Slavic and East European Folklore Association
AATSEEL Program Committee, Slavic and East European Section
Reader, Journal Folklorica
Reader, Journal Symposium
Union College
Russian Program Section Leader, 2001-present
Member, Committee on Advising, 2006-2007
Member, Modern Languages and Literatures Search Committee, German Position, 2005-06
Member, General Education Board, 2003-04
Member, Committee on Teaching, 2003-04
Member, Modern Languages and Literatures Curriculum Committee, 2004, 2006
Member, Intellectual Enrichment Fund Committee, 2002-03
Faculty Advisor, Russian and East European Culture Club, 2001-present
Ohio State University
Graduate Student Representative, Slavic Department Chair Search Committee,
1999-2000
Graduate Student Representative, University Electronic Dissertation Task Force,
1998-2000
Graduate Student
Representative, Humanities Computing Advisory Board, 1994-2000
Graduate Student Representative, College of Humanities Curriculum Committee,
1996-98
Graduate Student Representative, Slavic Department Faculty Meetings, 1996-98
Slavic Representative, Council of Graduate Students, 1995-96
Volunteer Interpreter, Ohio State University Hospitals, 1994-present
Ohio Wesleyan University
Faculty Advisor, ACM Study Abroad Program, Winter, Spring 1999; Winter 2001
Faculty Advisor, Central and East European Language and Culture Club, Winter, Spring 1999; Winter 2001
RELATED Resident Director, American Council of Teachers of Russian (ACTR) University and College Professors of Russian
PROFESSIONAL Exchange Program, Moscow State University, SU 2001
Languages and Cultures, OSU, AU - WI, 1999-2000
Graduate Research Associate, Comparative Studies in the Humanities, OSU, SU 1996
Graduate Research Associate, Slavic Languages & Literatures, OSU, SU 1999
Web Master, OSU Slavic Department's and Slavic Center's first web pages, AU 1996
Russian Language
Interpreter, North Central Mental Health Center, Columbus, 1995-96
Graduate
Administrative Assistant, Comparative Studies in the Humanities, OSU,
1993-96
Translator
(German-English), Desktop Publisher, Eppendorf, Madison, WI, Summer 1991
Computer Soft/Hardware Administrator, Beloit College, Beloit, WI, 1988-91
PROFESSIONAL American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages
MEMBERSHIPS American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies
American Folklore Society
Association for the Studies of Nationalities of Eastern Europe and Ex-USSR
Canadian Association of Slavists
Modern Languages Association
Slavic and East European Folklore Association
LANGUAGES Russian - fluent in reading, writing, speaking
Albanian - superior in reading, writing, speaking
Serbo-Croatian - fair to good in reading, writing, speaking
German - fair to good in reading, writing, speaking
Latvian - fair in reading, writing, speaking
French - reading knowledge
REFERENCES Angela Brintlinger, Associate Professor, Department of Slavic and East European Languages and Literatures, The Ohio State University, (614) 292-6733.
Daniel Collins, Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Slavic and East European Languages and Literatures, The Ohio State University, (614) 292-6733.
Arlene Forman, Associate Professor, Russian and East European Studies Program, Oberlin College, (440) 775-8650.
William Garcia, Associate Professor, Department of Modern Languages, Union College, (518) 388-6500.
Donald Lenfest, Professor and Chair, Department of Modern Languages, Ohio Wesleyan University, (740) 368-3665.
Sabra Webber, Professor, Division of Comparative Studies, The Ohio State University, (614) 292-2559.