Jill Neuendorf earned a PhD from Bryn Mawr College in second language acquisition and Russian, two MA degrees from the Monterey Institute of International Studies in teaching Russian as a second language and Georgetown University in teaching English as a second language, and a BA from the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay in German and humanistic studies. Prior to her appointment as Associate Teaching Professor in the Slavic Languages Department, Jill taught first- through third-year Russian language and culture courses at the University of Maryland, Bryn Mawr College, Swarthmore College, and Beloit College. She lived abroad for eight years in Moscow, Vladimir, Tver' and Izhevsk, Russia, Kharkov, Ukraine, and Kishinev, Moldova where she studied Russian, taught English in various schools and universities, led seminars for teachers of English, and worked with American students on study abroad programs. In order to further improve her Russian language proficiency and learn more about Russia and post-Soviet space, she has taken additional Russian language courses in Riga, Latvia, Petrozavodsk, Russia, and both Minsk and Grodno, Belarus, and spent time researching and receiving advanced pedagogical training in Estonia, Lithuania, Georgia, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan. She is also very involved in testing and assessment projects with American learners of Russian. Jill is currently working toward earning an MA degree in Russian to English translation from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee where she studies in the Translation & Interpreting Studies program. She extremely enjoys providing English subtitles for Russian films and won first place in the third annual International Film Translation Contest “Babylon V,” which took place in May 2022 in St. Petersburg, Russia. Her research interests include identity and second language acquisition, Russian heritage speakers, and study abroad and language gain.
Academic Appointment(s)
- Primary
- Associate Teaching Professor, College - Department of Slavic Languages