{"130191":{"#nid":"130191","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Dina Khapaeva Announced as Chair of Modern Languages","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts has selected Russian scholar Dina Khapaeva to chair its School of Modern Languages. Dr. Khapaeva will assume the position August 1.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EProfessor Khapaeva is an international scholar and administrator with a track record of institution and community building and significant leadership of fundraising and research programs.\u0026nbsp;Currently a researcher at Helsinki Collegium at the University of Helsinki, Khapaeva was the inaugural Director for International Relations and Research at the Smolny College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, a joint program between St. Petersburg State University and Bard College that was Russia\u2019s first \u201cAmerican-style\u201d liberal arts college, and was the founding Director of Smolny Collegium, an institute for advanced studies.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cOur modern languages program is\u0026nbsp;one of\u0026nbsp;the most successful programs\u0026nbsp;in the country,\u0022 said Jacqueline J. Royster, Dean of Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts. \u201cDr. Khapaeva has the administrative and scholarly expertise to continue the pace of\u0026nbsp;innovations in\u0026nbsp;the applied language and intercultural studies that\u0026nbsp;have\u0026nbsp;been\u0026nbsp;the hallmark of this very distinctive program.\u0022\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EKhapaeva received a Ph.D. in History from St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia. She specializes in Russian literature and culture and so will strengthen the school\u0027s study track in Russian - one of the critical languages identified by the U.S. Department of State, as well as other languages. Dr. Khapaeva\u2019s scholarly publications include four books and one translation from French; four chapters in collective volumes; more than 25 peer-reviewed articles with several in top tier peer-reviewed international journals published in Russian, English, and French.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EShe anticipates focusing on further development and expansion of the school\u2019s nine modern language tracks and the internationalization and cultural adaptability of students.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts has selected Russian scholar Dina Khapaeva to chair its School of Modern Languages. The appointment is the result of an international search. Dr. Khapaeva will assume the position August 1.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Khapaeva to assume role as chair of LCC on August 1"}],"uid":"27167","created_gmt":"2012-05-11 17:54:30","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:12:13","author":"Rebecca Keane","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2012-05-11T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2012-05-11T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"130141":{"id":"130141","type":"image","title":"Dina Khapaeva","body":null,"created":"1449178634","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:37:14","changed":"1475894757","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:45:57","alt":"Dina Khapaeva","file":{"fid":"194644","name":"dina_khapaevacolor200x300.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/dina_khapaevacolor200x300_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/dina_khapaevacolor200x300_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":54518,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/dina_khapaevacolor200x300_0.jpg?itok=xK8Oc7XQ"}}},"media_ids":["130141"],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"33421","name":"Dina Khapaeva"},{"id":"3643","name":"Modern Languages"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERebecca Keane \u0026nbsp;404-894-1720\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["rebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}