Valentina Zaitseva

Valentina Zaitseva is an Associate Teaching Professor in the Department of Slavic Languages & Literatures at the University of Washington. Her contact information includes the email vaz2@uw.edu and phone number (206) 543-0268. Office hours are by appointment in room PDL A-213.

Her research focuses on language pedagogy and Russian language instruction. She holds a Ph.D. from Harvard University (1992) and teaches courses related to Slavic languages and global literary studies. The department offers programs in Bosnian, Croatian, Montenegrin, Serbian, Bulgarian, Czech-Slovak, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Slovene, and Ukrainian.

Affiliations & Roles:

• Ph.D. in Russian Language Pedagogy from Harvard University
• Teaching Professor at the University of Washington
• Specializes in Slavic language education

Notable Contributions:

• Curriculum development for Slavic language programs
• Resource creation for Russian and related Slavic languages