Educational Psychology
Faculty 05

Educational Qualifications

• Doctorate (Dr. phil.) at Rostov State University (Russia)
• 1995-1998: Doctoral studies at Rostov State University (Russia) Doctoral thesis on "Communication styles and characteristics of empathy reaction in conflict situations".
• 1990-1995: Studies of psychology at Rostov State University (Russia)

Training

• 1995-1999: Training psychodrama assistant at the Moreno Institute for Psychodrama, Sociometry and Group Psychotherapy Edenkoben/Überlingen

Employment History

• Since 08/2015: Research assistant at the Interdisciplinary College of Higher Education Didactics (IHK), Chair of Psychology of Teaching and Learning in Adulthood, Goethe- University Frankfurt am Main
• 12/2011 - 07/2015: Scientific Coordinator of the Methodological Center Social Sciences, BL-Project "Strong Start into Studies", Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main
• 09/2009 - 11/2011: Lecturer for special tasks at the Institute of Psychology (Department of Psychological Methodology, Diagnostics and Evaluation), FernUniversität in Hagen, Germany
• 03/2003 - 08/2009: Research Assistant at the Chair of Educational Psychology, Institute of Psychology, Dortmund University of Technology
• 01/2002 - 02/2003: Lecturer at the Institute of Psychology, Dortmund University of Technology
• 09/2000 - 09/2001: Research Assistant at the Chair of Social Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, Rostov State University (Russia)
• 09/1998 - 08/2000: Research Assistant at the Department of Political Science and Sociology, Institute of Continuing Education, Rostov State University (Russia)

Memberships in Committees, Organizations, etc.

• International Association of Cross-Cultural Psychology
• German Society for Psychology
• European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI)
• Russian Society for Psychology

Research interests

• Emotional display rules in teaching/learning processes
• Continuing education in higher education
• Promotion of cultural awareness in teacher education
• Digitalized teaching/learning formats in the higher education context
• Individual differences in empathy skills (comparative cultural perspective)
• Academic success and satisfaction