Olga Muranova
About
Olga Muranova teaches courses connected with different aspects of English, ESL/EFL, linguistics, TESOL, and rhetoric. Her primary research and teaching interests include discourse/genre analysis (especially the linguistic and rhetorical features of popular science articles), socio- and interlinguistics, stylistics, intercultural pragmatics, contrastive/intercultural rhetoric, teaching English for Specific/Academic Purposes, and teaching ESL writing.
Education
- Ph.D. English, Oklahoma State University
- Candidate of Sciences – English Philology, Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia
- Specialist in Teaching English and German as Foreign Languages (with Honors), Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia
- B.A.– Humanities and Social Studies (with Honors), Open University of Israel
- Diploma – Icelandic as a Second Language, for Practical Purposes, University of Iceland
Research Interests
- Discourse & Genre Analysis
- Intercultural Pragmatics
- Sociolinguistics & Interlinguistics Stylistics
- Contrastive/Intercultural Rhetoric
- Teaching English for Specific/Academic Purpose
- Teaching ESL Writing
Courses Taught
- ENGL 1100 Foundations of College Writing
- LING 2740 Language in the USA
Selected Publications and Presentations
- Muranova, O. S., Koltovskaia, S. A., & Miller, M. (2023). A case study on the uptake of suggestions in online synchronous writing center sessions. TESL-EJ, 4 (26), 1-20. https://doi.org/10.55593/ej.26104a2
- Muranova, O. S. (2019). On the linguistic forms of introducing scientific terms into the captions
and text of popular science articles. Vestnik of Kurgan State University, 2, 8-21. - Muranova, O. S. (2017). New media and perennial problems in foreign language learning
and teaching [Review of the book New media and perennial problems in foreign language learning and teaching, by L. Piasecka, M. Adams-Tukiendorf & P. Wilk]. Calico Journal, 3. https://doi.org/10.1558/cj.32173 - Muranova, O. S. (2009). Ways of expressing the author’s attitude in the text of popular
science articles. Izvestia: Herzen University Journal of Humanities and Science, 40,
238-244. - Muranova, O. S. (2008). About the peculiarities of representing emotional concepts in the
text of popular science articles. Izvestia: Herzen University Journal of Humanities and
Science, 24, 194-201.
Awards
- Course Hero — Stipend for participating in the research study aimed at testing Course Hero’s LMS-integrated tool helping students engage more deeply with course material and receive guidance
while preparing for their classes and assignments ($500) 2025 - Modern Classrooms Project Scholarship for completing the Modern Classrooms Project’s Virtual Mentorship Program ($500) 2022
- Online Learning Platform “Gnowbe” Microlearning Instructional Design (MID) Scholarship awarded for completing Gnowbe MID certification and for working on a paid Gnowbe MID project ($450) 2022
- Doel Reed Center (New Mexico, USA) Scholarship for participation in the summer course “Writing Our Way to a Water Ethic” organized by Oklahoma State University in Taos, New Mexico (USA) ($1,200) 2016
- TESOL International Association (USA) Grant for participation in TESOL’s Leadership Development Certificate Program (online) ($600)
- 2015 Fáilte Ireland (Dublin, Ireland) Ireland Scholarship for English Language Teachers for studying in the language school at Dublin City University (Dublin, Ireland) ($6,000)
- Government of Iceland and Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies (Reykjavik, Iceland) Scholarship for studying the Icelandic language at the University of Iceland ($20,000)
- British Council Summer School for Teacher Trainers (Moscow region, Russia) Grant for participation in the British Council Summer School for Teacher Trainers ($2,000)