Gulnara A. Minnigaleeva

2555 Bryant Ave S.,Minneapolis, 55405 MN.

gminnigaleeva at gmail.com

University of Minnesota, Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, Master in Public Policy Candidate, Concentration in Non-Profit Management and Social Policy. 2005-present Moscow State Pedagogical University, Department of Psychology and Pedagogy, Ph.D. 2001-2004Dissertation “Social and pedagogical work with aging people” was successfully defended on November 17, 2004

Moscow State Pedagogical University, Department of Psychology and Pedagogy, Specialist (equal to MA). Graduated summa cum laude. 1996-2001
 Specialization: Social pedagogy, English teaching, Psychological consultation  

WORK EXPERIENCE

Internship, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland (currently)
Responsibilities:  research, coordination of the Age-Friednly Cities in Russia

Human Resource Management, LLC “Olimp” (advertising in Moscow Underground),  Moscow, 2004-2005
Responsibilities and accomplishments: development and implementation of new internal Human Resource policies in cooperation with top company managers, recruitment and new employees orientation, maintaining the data base on current, former and prospective employees.

English teaching, English Language School “Mr. English”, Moscow, 2001-2003
Responsibilities: organizing the whole process of English learning for 4 groups of students (age 6-17), creating friendly learning environment.

Individual counseling and group support, optional activities management, 1998-2003 Voikovsky Social Service Center for Pensioners and People with Disabilities in
Moscow:
Responsibilities:  Researched for information and materials for organizing training and workshops for elderly people on social and psychological issues. Facilitated group work. Developed and implemented the program of social, psychological and pedagogical help to elderly people in Social Service Centers. Provided individual psychological consultations.

English-Russian and Russian-English translating for the participants of the project “Small business in the North of Russia” in Canada and studying of social help to the elderly and opportunities for elderly people’s employment in small enterprises, University of Calgary Gorbachev Foundation, 2002.
Responsibilities: Oral and Written English-Russian and Russian-English translating, coordinating activities and interactions between participants.

English – Russian translating of psychological books, Moscow Publishing House “Eksmo”, 1999-2001

Moscow Secondary School №223: English teacher, 1998-2000Responsibilities: organizing the whole process of English learning for 3 groups of secondary school students (age 11-17)

HONORS AND ACHIEVMENTS

Fulbright Fellowship for Master in Public Policy Program at Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, 2005
A.F.Losev Fellowship from the Ministry of Education of Russia, 2003
Medal from the Ministry of Education “For the Best Student Research” won in the open competition for the best student research on natural, technical and humanitarian sciences in the universities of the Russian Federation, 2002
Rewarded with the first level diploma from the Moscow State Pedagogical University for the best student research “Organization of  Psychological and Pedagogical Help to  Elderly People”, 2001 COMPUTER SKILLS: Word for Windows, Excel, Internet Explorer, Outlook Express, the Bat, Power Point, SPSS
LANGUAGES: Russian – mother tongue, English – advanced, French – pre-intermediate