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Individual Faculty Research Profile—Erin Collopy, Ph.D.

Literature and Culture Research Interests

Teaching Russian language to English speakers; acquisition of Russian as a second language

 Prizes and Honors

2007: Selected as member of the Texas Tech University Teaching Academy.

2007: President's Excellence in Teaching Award, Texas Tech University

2007, 2002, 1995: Participant in ACTR/ACCELS Summer Teacher Exchange Program at Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia.

2003: Associate of the University of Illinois 2003 Summer Research Laboratory on Russia and Eastern Europe

1998: New Faculty Teaching Award Nominee for the Department of Classical & Modern Languages & Literature

External Funding

2007: Participant in ACTR/ACCELS Summer Teacher Exchange Program at Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia. $8,000 board and housing,        travel, seminar costs, and living stipend.

2003: Associate of the University of Illinois 2003 Summer Research Laboratory on Russia and Eastern Europe, $500 housing grant

2002: Participant in ACTR/ACCELS Summer Teacher Exchange Program at Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia. $7,000 board and housing,        travel, seminar costs, and living stipend.

1995: Participant in ACTR/ACCELS Summer Teacher Exchange Program at Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia. $7,000 board and housing,        travel, seminar costs, and living stipend.