Natalia Boykova

Natalia Boykova is a Teaching Associate Professor and Foreign Language Coordinator at Virginia Commonwealth University's School of World Studies, specializing in Russian language pedagogy. With a career spanning multiple institutions, she has taught all levels of Russian language courses since joining VCU in 2006.

Her academic focus includes:

• Russian language teaching methodology
• Intercultural communication
• Psychological approaches to language acquisition
• USA-Russia relations

Notably, she developed the curriculum for INTL/WRLD 203: Window onto Russia, a course integrating Russian geography, history, and culture with language instruction.