Polina Vinogradova is a native of St. Petersburg, Russia where she obtained her dual undergraduate degree in Teaching Chemistry and English, taught a variety of EFL courses, worked as an interpreter, and developed educational software at Herzen Stat
...MorePolina Vinogradova is a native of St. Petersburg, Russia where she obtained her dual undergraduate degree in Teaching Chemistry and English, taught a variety of EFL courses, worked as an interpreter, and developed educational software at Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia. Polina also has an MA Degree in TESOL from the University of Northern Iowa and an MA Degree in Intercultural Communication from University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC). Currently she is a PhD student in Language, Literacy and Culture Program at UMBC.
Polina’s research interests are in identity and discourse analysis in a multicultural context. She conducted several studies on identity realization in narrative plots of non-US-born women and on symbolism and identity negotiation in digital storytelling. Currently she is researching identity negotiation in digital stories produced by international/ESL students.
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