Russian Studies Program

Russian Language Teaching Assistant

Evgeniia Zaretskaia is the 2024-25, Russian Language Teaching Assistant. She holds a degree in history from Higher School of Economics in Saint Petersburg and MA in Social Anthropology from Central European University in Vienna. Although Evgeniia comes from Saint Petersburg, she also lived in Siberia teaching ESL to children and teenagers and studying education and learning design at Higher School of Economics (remotely). 

 

As a Russian Language Teaching Assistant, Evgeniia supports language instruction and serves as a Russian cultural ambassador for Brandeis students. She conducts mandatory language practice sessions for beginning and intermediate classes. Evgeniia also organizes Russian Teas - biweekly meetings for speakers of all levels of the Russian language designed to practice speaking Russian in an informal and fun setting!