Ivan Savvine is an experienced Russian language instructor currently teaching at Oklahoma City University and Concordia Language Villages since November and September 2023, respectively. Ivan also serves as a private tutor and will be joining The Ohio State University as a Russian Instructor from January to June 2024. Previous teaching roles include an adjunct position at Lewis University during the Summer 2023 Project GO Intensive Russian Program and a tenure at Fluent City from March 2014 to December 2019. Ivan's educational background includes a Post-graduate certification in Russian Language and Literature from Saint Petersburg State University (2024), a Master of Arts in Russian Philology/Education from Pushkin State Russian Language Institute (2022), and additional degrees in Teaching Russian as a Foreign/Non-Native Language, Art History, and Liberal Arts.