Graduated from Far Eastern National University in 2007, majoring in Linguistics. She is currently working on her dissertation on Russian identity in translingual literature under the supervision of Prof. Zoya Proshina, a recognized expert on World Englishes. She has taught at Lomonosov Moscow State University since 2009. She has authored 10 papers on translingual and transcultural experience of Russian English-speaking writers. Ekaterina Lebedeva has substantial experience as a translator for Delo Publishing House at Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration and chief translator for the Faculty of Foreign Languages and Area Studies at Lomonosov Moscow State University