Professor Cieply, who is an alumnus of the program, encouraged me to apply and helped with the application,” Kline said. Kline credits Student Fellowships Coordinator Ginny Dosch for her help and support throughout the application process, and said Russian Professors John Bartle and Jason Cieply “nurtured my love for the language and assisted me with all of my language learning troubles. Kline said every weekday, she will engage in synchronous intensive grammar/language classes, cultural activities, and individual conversation with a Russian language partner. It will take place in June and July, and includes a commitment of 20-25 hours a week. The program originally was to be in-person in Russia but was adapted for virtual learning due to COVID-19. She completed her residency in internal medicine at Brigham and Womans. Since coming to Hamilton, I read more Russian literature and just fell in love - the language component came naturally,” said Kline, a literature and Russian studies double major. Gooding is Medical Director of Adolescent Medicine at Childrens Healthcare of Atlanta. Klines (2000) paper on the Escuela Nueva model reports that the model did not. “My favorite teacher lent me his copy of Dostoevsky’s White Nights and it changed my life. Littles (1994) review of the teacher education and curriculum literature.

Kline’s interest in Russian began in high school. During law school, Cline served as a research editor on the Tennessee Law Review. In 2015, she received her J.D., with a concentration in advocacy and dispute resolution, from the University of Tennessee College of Law. Department of State for intensive language study in 15 critical languages. in Communications ( magna cum laude) from the University of Tennessee in 2011.

The Critical Language Scholarship is a program run by the U.S. Lucille Kline ’22 has been awarded a Critical Language Scholarship to study Russian through a virtual program hosted by Lobachevsky University in Nizhny Novgorod.

Curriculum by Holly Kline