Anna Karpusheva, PhD
- 5th-Year Professional Russian
University of Pittsburgh
Anna Karpusheva is a Teaching Assistant Professor of Russian at the University of Pittsburgh. She has taught all levels of Russian language and culture in various programs, including the University of Kansas, Colby College, and the Defense Language Institute in Monterey. This summer, she is happy to join the SLI program at the University of Pittsburgh. Her academic and teaching interests center on instructed second language acquisition, and also include Slavic folklore, 19th-century Romantic prose, and Soviet and Post-Soviet literature and film. In addition to her academic career, Anna is a certified yoga instructor and enjoys teaching yoga, especially meditation, breath work, and chanting mantra.