Staff
Luba Hodges, Ph.D.
About the founder and instructor:
Education:
Ph.D. in Education (Moscow State Linguistic University), 1998
Master’s degree in English & French (Lipetsk State Pedagogical University), 1995
Experience:
Full-time lecturer at USC 2010 – current
Professor of English as a Second Language in UCLA 1998 – 2015
Teacher of Russian in Micheltorena Russian school 2011-2014
Teacher of Russian in Beverly Hills Lingual Institute 1999-2002
Founder & director of English language immersion summer camp
“English Club” in Moscow 1994-1998
Hobbies:
Being around children, literature, classical music, gourmet cooking, learning new things, discovering new landscapes.
Anna Ksendz
Education:
M.A. in Russian and Literature (Kiev State Pedagogical University, 1987)
Experience:
Teacher of Russian, Literature, Theory of Fine Arts in RUSAC, LA, CA (2016 - current)
Teacher of Russian and Literature in Micheltorena Russian School, LA, CA (2007-2014)
Hobbies:
Reading, ballroom and historical dances, gardening, travel, cooking, history of fine arts.
Yelena Briksina
Education:
Basic and Advanced Core Certificate Program in ECE, UCLA (2005)
Master’s degree in Engineering, Samara State Technical University (1980)
Experience:
Teacher of Russian in RUSAC (2017 – current)
Teacher of Russian in Argyle Russian school (2015 – 2017)
Assistant Teacher in WJCC school (2001 – 2014)
Hobbies:
Practicing yoga, traveling with close friends and discovering new places, listening to classical music and jazz, reading good books.