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Olga Yokoyama is a Distinguished Research Professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, specializing in Slavic linguistics. After earning her degree from Harvard, she taught Russian language courses and conducted research in the Department of Linguistics and Slavic Department. Since moving to UCLA in 1995, Yokoyama has taught both undergraduate and graduate courses covering a spectrum of topics including functional grammar, discourse theory, and gender linguistics. She has held her distinguished rank since 2012 and has been recognized with an honorary doctorate from the Russian Federation Ministry of Education and Science in 2013. Yokoyama has over 100 publications and has presented at 130 conferences across 12 countries. Her research interests include functional syntax, semantics, discourse grammar, and translation theory. She has received several prestigious research grants from organizations such as the National Science Foundation and the American Council of Learned Societies. Yokoyama's extensive experience abroad includes a Fulbright Teaching Fellowship in Moscow and a National Endowment for the Humanities Research Fellowship in Siberia.
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