Dr. Elisabeth Elliott

Biography

Elisabeth Elliott received her Ph.D. in Slavic Linguistics from the University of Toronto and serves as the Coordinator of Slavic languages at Northwestern University. Her teaching encompasses language and linguistics courses, primarily within the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures and the Department of Linguistics. Elliott's research interests are diverse, focusing on Slavic linguistics pedagogy, dialectology, and the interplay of language with identity and nationalism in cultures that speak Russian, Macedonian, Bulgarian, Turkish, and other languages within the Balkan Sprachbund. She is significantly involved in several digital humanities projects aimed at enhancing language teaching methodologies, such as 'Flipped Russian', which develops a hybrid curriculum for first-year Russian, and the Northwestern Dictionary Project, which aims at innovative lexicography. She is known for her contributions to the field through various publications, including articles examining Russian language acquisition and the sociolinguistic landscape surrounding Russian as a foreign language in the United States. Additionally, Elliott collaborates on creating resources like the Macedonian Verb Book to support learners in mastering the Macedonian language.

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