Stephanie Latkovski, Ph.D.

Stephanie Latkovski has a doctorate in Linguistics from Indiana University.  Currently an independent consultant, grant writer and dissertation coach, Stephanie has extensive experience in foreign language education and study abroad programs.  As Associate Dean of the College at the University of Chicago, Stephanie recruited, trained and supervised graduate students as faculty assistants in programs abroad. Throughout her career, Stephanie has coached graduate students in humanities and social sciences through various phases of graduate school, from the application and grant-seeking phase to interviewing for tenure-track positions.  She has helped graduate students identify and narrow research topics, clarify the scope of a project, and offer a sounding board for studies to be included in the review of literature. Stephanie has taught French and Spanish on the secondary level, as well as linguistics and writing on the university level.  In 2006-07, she was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship to teach English as a second language and modern American literature in Ukraine.  Stephanie has studied several languages, traveled extensively, and has worked with many students from other countries who need advice navigating the American system. Stephanie also advises post-doc junior faculty needing support for tenure-track advancement.

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