Education
Doctor of Philosophy, St. Petersburg State University, 1987.
Doctor of Philosophy, St. Petersburg State University, 1987.
Assistant professor University Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1990—1994, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, 1994—1995, University Hawaii, EALL, Honolulu, 1995—1997, associate professor, 1997—2003, professor, 2003—2007, interim chair & professor, since 2009, University Bochum, Germany, 2008—2009. Visiting researcher International Center Japanese Studies, Kyoto, 2001—2002, visiting professor, 2007—2008.