I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of English at the American University of the Middle East (AUM) in Kuwait, where I teach English courses to undergraduate students. I specialise in transnational teacher identity, language policy, postcolonialism, and glocalisation.
I have 30 years of international teaching experience across many countries, including the United Kingdom and Kuwait. I hold a Doctor of Education degree from the University of Glasgow, a Master of Arts in Language Education with honours from the University of Chichester, in the UK and a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Teaching of English and German from Mari State Pedagogical Institute, Russia. I am a British Council-trained teacher trainer.
I am a novice researcher, a glocademic. My research challenges native-speakerism and linguistic hierarchies, centring the voices and expertise of non-native English teachers and educators from the Global South. I am the author of multiple peer-reviewed journal articles published in prestigious outlets, several chapters in edited volumes with Springer Nature, and a monograph on transnational language educator identity and two edited volumes on glocalising approaches to English language teaching and English as a glocal language. In 2026, I was awarded the Michael Berman Award by ATEFL’s Teacher Development Special Interest Group in recognition of my contributions to teacher development.
I also serve as Publication Coordinator for IATEFL’s Teacher Development Special Interest Group (2025–2028) and sit on the Editorial Board of the CHAPTERS in Education book series with Springer Nature. I am also a Guest Co-Editor (with Daniel Xerri) of a special issue for the International Journal of Language and Culture. Beyond my academic work, I am a published poet and member of the Russian Poetry Society, having received the “Poet of the Year” award in 2011 and 2015.