Contact Info

Anya_Ezhevskaya@diu.edu

Curriculum Vitae

Languages:

English – Native
Russian – Native
French – Fluent
Spanish – Beginner

 

Associate Instructor, Area Studies PhD Course : Dallas International University
2022 – present

  • Supporting head instructor, teaching, counseling students
  • Grading papers, background coursework logistics

Interpreter/Translator (ENG:RUS) : TechTrans International (NASA contractor)
2009 – present

  • NASA related work, simultaneous and consecutive interpretation for International Space Station mission critical support, space vehicle launch and landing support, cosmonaut crew training interpretation, document translation, transcription
  • International Space Station, space, science, technology, medicine, legal
  • Additional translation and interpretation for the US Department of Energy, State Department, World Health Organization, US government

Interpreter / Translator / Liaison : Moscow State University
2011 – 2014

  • Establish and organize collaboration between Moscow State University, Monterey Institute of International Studies, and University of Houston
  • Translate and interpret communications between parties

Translator / Proofreader (ENG:RUS) : 350.org (Environment organization)
2008 – 2009

  • Provide translation into Russian of all organization material, including video, press material, internet and website copy
  • Proofreading of documentation already translated, provide feedback and editing

Translator / Proofreader (FR:ENG:FR, RUS:ENG:RUS) : Document Translation
2001 – pres.

  • Medical / scientific / patent and legal / litigation (private and corporate clients)
  • IT / Gaming (Microsoft, Dreamworks, Roboto-Translations, Anakan Localization)
  • Press Releases / Journal Articles (eworldwire.com, private clients)
  • Dissertations / Academic articles (Milken Archive of American Jewish Music, The Futurist on-line magazine, Tribal Arts Magazine)
  • Agencies: 2xl8.com, Roboto-Translations, KITS publishing, TTI, MWS

Translator/Proofreader (FR:ENG, RUS:ENG:RUS) : Literary / Correspondence, 2000 – present

  • Poetry and Plays (private clients)
  • Memoirs/Fiction/Monographs/Correspondences (private clients)

 

Conferences:

  • Dallas International Academic Lens Conference. Presentation: Interreligious Ethnodoxology: An Exploration of Artistic Faith Practices in Zen Buddhism and Sufi Islam (10/20)
  • Austin Graduate Music Conference – New Materialism in Music and Sound. Presentation: Towards a New Understanding of Material Culture: Fortnite’s Astronomical Concert (4/21)
  • Society of Ethnomusicology, Southern Plains Chapter – Annual Conference. Presentation: Russian Bards in America (4/21)
  • Society of Ethnomusicology – Annual Conference. Presentation: Transplanted Bards – Survival, Rebirth, or Reincarnation? (10/21)
  • Society of Ethnomusicology, Southern Plains Chapter – Annual Conference. Presentation: Online Creativity: A Case Study of TAMZA, the Worldwide Club of Authored Song
  • International Council for Traditional Music – Annual Conference. Presentation: It Takes Two to Cumbia: A Study of Enjoyment Derived from Specific Moves in Social, Partnered Dance (7/22)
  • Evangelical Missiological Society Annual Conference. Presentation: Finding the Key: A Cathartic Interactive Art Installation in Houston

 

Papers:

Ezhevskaya, Anya. 2020. “Insights from sociolinguistics and translation studies for maintaining bilingualism in the home.” Missiology: An International Review 48 (4). https://doi.org/10.1177/0091829620910188

Ezhevskaya, Anya. 2020. “The Love that Moves the Sun and Other Stars: Nebula Windows at Webster Presbyterian Church.” The Journal of Stained Glass, Vol. XLIV: 76-88.

Ezhevskaya, Anya. 2020. “Book Review. Eyes of the Heart: Photography as a Christian Contemplative Practice.” Global Forum on Arts and Christian Faith 8.

Arvelo, Juan and Anya Ezhevskaya. 2020. “Creating Local Arts Together 2.0: Building an Online Community through the Global Ethnodoxology Network.”  Global Forum on Arts and Christian Faith 8.

Ezhevskaya, Anya. 2021. “Memories of Songs.” Society for Ethnomusicology Student News 16, no. 2 (2021): 30-34.

Ezhevskaya, Anya. 2021. “Thyx: A Translation.” Alchemy: A Journal of Translation, University of California, San Diego. September 8, 2021.

Ezhevskaya, Anya. 2021. “Plueddemann, James E. 2018. Teaching Across Cultures: Contextualizing Education for Global Mission. Book Review” Global Forum on Arts and Christian Faith 9

Ezhevskaya, Anya and Olya Perevalova. 2023 (forthcoming). “Channeling my Inner Astronaut: Exploring Peer Relationships in Online Doctoral Program.” In Autoethnographies of International Doctoral Students in the United States. Brille/Sense publications.

 

Non-profit service:

Assistant editor, the Ethnodoxology Journal
January 2021 – present

Wycliffe volunteer, Russian translation/interpretation services
2017 – present

Volunteer and event coordinator, Free the Captives (anti-human trafficking)
2015 – 2020

Webster Presbyterian Church elder
2015 – 2018, 2022 – present

 

INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE

Born in St. Petersburg, Russia; Residency over nine years

Study Abroad in Paris, France; one year

 

EDUCATION

BA Linguistics and Study of Religion, double majors, minor in World Literature
University of California, San Diego, 2006

TESOL/TEFL Certificate
Oxford Seminars, San Diego, CA, 2006

MA Translation and Interpretation, Russian
Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, CA, 2009

PhD in World Arts (ABD)
Dallas International University, TX, Present


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