Dr. Irina Valentyinovna Golubeva
Professor · Tenured
Department of Modern Languages, Linguistics & Intercultural Communication Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Public Health
College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
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About
Dr. Irina Golubeva is a Professor of Intercultural Communication and Linguistics in the Department of Modern Languages, Linguistics, and Intercultural Communication at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (USA). Her main research interests include the internationalization of higher education and the development of multilingual awareness, empathy, and intercultural citizenship. She is co-editor of From Principles to Practice in Education for Intercultural Citizenship and Intercultural Learning in Language Education and Beyond: Evolving Concepts, Perspectives and Practices, and co-author of Intercultural Competence for College and University Students: A Global Guide for Employability and Social Change. She also co-hosts the webinar series, Decentering Intercultural Research and Practice, which brings together international scholars and practitioners to critically reimagine the field. She is deeply committed to non-profit work and served for seven years as Vice-President of the European Association of Teachers. In 2020, she received the title of “UMBC Innovation Fellow” for her contribution to fostering intercultural dialogue on campus and enhancing students’ engagement in Internationalization at Home. Most recently, she was elected a Fellow of the International Academy for Intercultural Research.Research interests
Development of Multilingual Awareness and Intercultural CompetenceInternationalization of Higher Education
Intercultural Training and Coaching
Intercultural Citizenship Education
Teaching interests
Intercultural and Cross-Cultural CommunicationAdvanced Methods in Intercultural Training
The Field of Intercultural Communication
Intercultural Pragmatics
World Language Communities
Education
- MA, E-government manager — University of Pannonia (2010)
- Graduate Certificate, Executive Program at Kennedy School of Government — Harvard University (2010)
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Ph D, Language Studies
— University of Pecs (2009) The potential of FL coursebooks for promoting the acquisition of intercultural communicative competence at the beginner to elementary levels (Based on the analysis of English, Russian and Spanish language coursebooks currently in use by adult language learners in Hungary)
- MA, Teaching Spanish and English Language and Literature — Herzen State Pedagogical University of St. Petersburg (1992)