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!
Previous Fulbright TAs
2020-23 Fulbright Russian TA
She holds a degree in linguistics from Khakassia State University and has taught ESL in Russia. She came from Khakassia, a region of Russia located in the southwestern part of Eastern Siberia.
2019 Fulbright Language Assistant
I am very grateful that this academic year at Brandeis brought me a lot of new experiences. I was involved in both academic and extracurricular life: I taught Russian language to American students; studied undergraduate subjects; delivered a presentation about Russian youth volunteer movements; organized Russian teas, on-campus Russian cultural events (such as the Russian table at the Global Bazaar and Russian culture week events), Student Talent Show, Russian Crafts Night and Cooking Night.
I also took part in volunteering projects, helping immigrants in Florida and collecting oral histories of Russian-speaking elders at Hebrew Rehabilitation Center in Roslindale, Massachusetts. All these wonderful opportunities helped me learn more both about the U.S. and the American culture, and I am grateful that I had many opportunities to share my own culture with American students.
Rossina Soyan (left) pictured with Matt Kupfer ’12.
2015-2016 Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant
Rossina Soyan now teaches English at Tuva State University.