Doctor of Philology and Professor at the Faculty of Foreign Languages and Area Studies of the Lomonosov Moscow State University, specializing in the Theory and Methodology of Foreign Language Teaching. She is also a Professor at the Department of Linguistics and Intercultural Communication of the Far Eastern Federal University. During 2011–2012, she served as President of the International Association for World Englishes and during 1995–1998 as President of the Far Eastern English Language Teachers’ Association.

Fields of research: World Englishes, Intercultural Communication, Translation Studies, English Linguistics.