Julia Mikhailova

Julia Mikhailova is an Associate Professor at the University of Toronto, based at the Downtown Toronto (St. George) campus. She specializes in Russian language studies, with a focus on pedagogy, sociolinguistics, and formal syntax. Her work includes developing language assessment tools and discourse analysis frameworks.

• Education:
• PhD in Slavic Languages, The Ohio State University (2005)
• MA in Slavic Languages, Syracuse University (1999)
• BA in Pedagogy, Krasnoyarsk State Pedagogical University (1997)
• Certified Oral Proficiency Tester in Russian, ACTFL (2004)

Her research interests span Russian language acquisition, sociolinguistic dynamics, and the integration of formal syntactic analysis with historical linguistics. She has authored Animation for Russian Conversation (2009), a pedagogical resource for language learners.