She also directed Emory’s program in Russian and East European Studies, formerly a Title VI-Undergraduate National Resource Center (with FLAS). Her experience includes projects funded by the Academy of Korean Studies and Chinese Hanban; and initiatives with Kansai University (Japan), CNN, High Museum, Carter Center, and Martin Luther King Center. She has been a board member of the Georgia Fulbright Association, field reader for diverse grants and journals, and an officer of AATSEEL. Her publications include Mayakovsky’s Cubo-Futurist Vision, a Freedley Award book nominee. Support from Fulbright-Hays, IREX, and NEH facilitated her scholarship.