Curriculum vitae

Mrs. Ekaterina Gruzdeva
Ph.D. (Linguistics)


Education

1987-1989		Postgraduate Research Fellowship, Russian Academy of Sciences,
			Institute of Linguistic Research, Department of Paleoasiatic and Samoyedic Languages,
			St. Petersburg, Russia

1982-1987		Department of Structural, Applied and Mathematical Linguistics,
			Leningrad State University, Russia

Degrees Awarded

2002			State degree in Finnish language, State Board of Language Examiners, Finland

1995			Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Linguistic Research,
			St. Petersburg, Russia
			Ph.D. in Linguistics

1982-1987		Leningrad State University, Russia
			M.A. in Structural and Applied Linguistics


Professional Background

2008-present		University lecturer
			Department of General Linguistics, University of Helsinki, Finland

2007-2008		Academic research fellow, Academy of Finland

			Extra-staff teacher,
			Department of General Linguistics, Renvall Institute for Area and Cultural Studies,
			University of Helsinki, Finland

2005-2007		Extra-staff teacher,
			Department of General Linguistics, University of Helsinki, Finland

2004-2005		Acting university lecturer,
			Department of General Linguistics, University of Helsinki, Finland

			Extra-staff teacher
			Renvall Institute for Area and Cultural Studies, University of Helsinki, Finland 

2002-2004		Extra-staff teacher
			Department of General Linguistics and Renvall Institute for Area and Cultural Studies,
			University of Helsinki, Finland 

2002-2003		Extra-staff teacher, Laurea Polytechnic, Vantaa, Finland

June–August		Visiting scholar, University of California, Santa-Barbara, USA
2001		

October 1999		Visiting scholar
			Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany

1996-2002		Independent scholar

1989-1995		Research fellow
			Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Linguistic Studies,
			Department of Paleo-Asiatic and Samoyedic Languages, St. Petersburg, Russia
			(in 1992-1995 outside the site of the Institute)

1989-1992		Devisor of scenarios of Russian language computer educational programmes,
			Leningrad State University,  Zlatoust Company, Russia

Research Expeditions
June–August 2000	Sakhalin Island (Russia), the villages of Nogliki, Katangli
			Research grant from Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany

July-August 1991	Sakhalin Island (Russia), the villages of Nogliki, Katangli, Chir-Unvd .
			Sponsored by Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Linguistic Research, St. Petersburg, Russia.

June-July 1989	Sakhalin Island (Russia), the villages of Nogliki, Katangli, Veni
			Sponsored by Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Linguistic Research, 
			St. Petersburg, Russia

Publications
1989-2006		2 books, 26 articles in journals and edited volumes, 12 other publications.
			Work in progress: 'Phonology and morphology of Nivkh'.


Presentations
 
1989-2006		24 presentations on conferences, meetings, seminars		

Memberships
			International Arctic Social Sciences Association


Knowledge of Languages
			Russian (native), English, Finnish, Nivkh


Area of Research Work
			Nivkh language, Paleosiberian languages, verbal categories, syntax, linguistic typology, 
			language contacts, sociolinguistics