# People [### Veronika Egorova ](/people/veronika-egorova-0) Program Director Senior Preceptor in Slavic Languages and Literatures at Harvard University Dr. Egorova holds her Ph.D. in Slavic Linguistics from the University of Washington. In addition to her Ph.D. she earned Graduate Certificate in Second and Foreign Teaching. A Russian native speaker, she is an experienced teacher who has taught Russian in... ![veronika_0_0.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum2156/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/startalk/files/veronika_0_0.jpg?itok=tRusVoTl) [### Svetlana Abramova ](/people/svetlana-abramova-0)Lead Instructor A native speaker of Russian Svetlana Abramova received her Ph.D. in Russian Language and Methodology from the Moscow State Pedagogical University. She is an experienced teacher, whohas taught Russian to both native and non-native Russian students in... person [### Steven Clancy ](/people/steven-clancy)Senior Lecturer on Slavic Languages and Literatures and Director of the Language Program in the Department of Slavic Languages & Literatures at Harvard Principal Investigator, Professional Development Consultant for STARTALK: Bridges to Russia Steven Clancy, Senior Lecturer on Slavic Languages and Literatures and Director of the Language Program in the Department of Slavic Languages & Literatures Dr. Clancy came to Harvard in 2012 from the University of Chicago where he was a Senior Lecturer in... ![Steven Clancy](/sites/g/files/omnuum2156/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/startalk/files/clancyphoto2016.jpg?itok=2iVdW2fF) [### Darya Denisova ](/people/darya-denisova)Instructor Actress at Arlekin Players Theater company Darya is a Russian native speaker and professional actress. She studied at Nizhny Novgorod State Linguistics University and majored in International Relations with a minor in Russian as a second language. After moving to Moscow, she graduated from the... ![Darya Denisova](/sites/g/files/omnuum2156/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/startalk/files/img_1391.jpg?itok=ud1DuSdK) [### Ghilyana Dordzhieva ](/people/jenya-mironava) Instructor A native speaker of Russian Ghilyana Dordzhieva received her Ph.D. in Ethnomusicology from the Saint Petersburg Conservatory. In 2000 – 2006 she worked as an associate professor at the Saint Petersburg State University for the Art and Culture, and at the... ![Gilyana Dorjieva](/sites/g/files/omnuum2156/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/startalk/files/web_dsc6942.jpg?itok=fXPtwvqv) [### Irina Dubinina ](/people/irina-dubinina) Consultant Dr. Irina Dubinina holds a PhD in Russian (with specialization in Second Language Acquisition) from Bryn Mawr College. She has been the director of the Russian language program at Brandeis University since 2007. Dr. Dubinina has 17 years of experience... ![irina.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum2156/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/startalk/files/irina.jpg?itok=OH8Pz6ly) [### Igor Golyak ](/people/igor-golyak)Instructor Golyak has taught the art of theater for over a decade, and is the founder of the Igor Golyak Acting Studio and artistic director of Arlekin Players Theatre, which has won numerous awards in the United States and internationally—most recently an Elliot... ![Igor Golyak](/sites/g/files/omnuum2156/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/startalk/files/headshot_golyak.jpg?itok=cK5ObyL2) [### Valeriya Kozlovskaya ](/people/valeriya-kozlovskaya)Instructor Russian Language Instructor at "Star Academy" Dr. Kozlovskaya, a native speaker of Russian, received an M.A. in German Studies and Education from St. Petersburg State Pedagogical University in Russia and a Ph.D. in Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology from Bryn Mawr College, USA. Currently working... ![Lera Kozlovskaya](/sites/g/files/omnuum2156/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/startalk/files/valeriya_kozlovskaya_0.jpg?itok=zW-NaTq1)