ACTR Excellence in Teaching Russian Award for Graduate Student Instructors


Recipient of the 2025 ACTR Excellence in Teaching Russian Award for Graduate Student Instructors: Mollie Messick

Mollie Messick is the recipient of the 2025 Excellence in Teaching Russian Award for Graduate Student Instructors. She teaches at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks.

Click here to learn more about Mollie.

The nomination period for 2024-2025 is now closed. Nominations for 2025-2026 will open in the fall.

This award offers national recognition to a graduate teaching assistant who demonstrates effective and innovative teaching practices and the ability to serve as an influential advocate for teaching Russian on a regional and/or national basis.

To apply

 The 2025-2026 Selection Committee

 Alexandra Shapiro, University of Georgia (Chair) 
 Olesya Kisselev, University of South Carolina
 Kit Pribble, Wake Forest University 
 Izolda (Iza) Savenkova, University of Maryland and Mercyhurst University

 Wendy Whitehead Martelle, University of Alaska, Fairbanks

For questions, email Alexandra Shapiro at ashapiro at uga.edu.

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