Postdoc at the University of Kentucky
o Beginning November 2009, I have a three year postdoc appointment with the College of Communications and Information Studies at the University of Kentucky as the College IT coordinator. I focus on knowledge management, institutional repositories, and data analysis. You can track my progress on my blog.

Postdoc at the University of Oklahoma
o I defended my dissertation in December 2008. From October 2008 till October 2009 I had a postdoctorate fellowship with the Center for Risk and Crisis Management at the University of Oklahoma. My main job for CRCM was knowledge management - online bibliographies, CMS, online survey tools, and so on. I have also conducted a university wide study of the knowledge management initiatives (data collection completed, processing data now).

Translation and Interpreting studies
o Epitemology and rhetoric of database-driven translation - 2008-2009
o PhD dissertation: Invisibility and personal inolvement of community interpreters - 2006-2008 - PDF Preview - Full text on Dissertation Abstracts International
o Power of Interpretation: Translators as cultural bridges - 2003

Intercultural Communication
o Interaction between international students and international office employees - 2004-2005
o Communication patterns of international students and adult residents - 2003-2006
o Communication and adaptation: The experience of Japanese students in an American university - 2002-2003
o Power of Interpretation: Translators as cultural bridges - 2003
o Levels of attitude change in interethnic relationships: Social groups, personal networks, and small groups - 2003
o MA Exit Project: People in glass houses: Cultural biases in intercultural communication competence research - 2002

Rhetorical Criticism
o Word Choices in descriptions of terrorism: A content analysis of the Russian presidential website - 2004
o Hegemony as negotiation: Elaborating Gramsci’s theory to study message influence - 2002
o The rise of Vladimir Putin: Rhetorical ingredients of success - 2000

Communication in Extreme Conditions
o Doumala 05: Eco tourism in Bezengi - in progress
o Leadership in climbing teams - 2001

Linguistics / Country Study
o Cliches and intercultural communication - 1999-2001
o Learner's dictionary of paremiological cliches - 1998
o Place Names of the Teberda National Park - 1996
o Place Names and British Traditions: British Food - 1995

Complexity Theory
o Complexity as a metaphor: Applications for communication theory - 2003

o Call for Papers: IASR 2005 - submit at your own risk [browse the call]

Sincere thanks to my advisors and mentors:
Oleg A. Leonovich, Pyatigorsk State Linguistic University, Russia; Steven Beebe, Roseann Mandziuk, Philip Salem, and Mary Hoffman, Texas State University; Eric Kramer, David Corbly, Young Kim and Bill Pierro, University of Oklahoma; Dan O'Hair, University of Kentucky.