SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Edited volume:
Pastushenkov, D., & Zalaltdinova, L. (Eds.). (2025). Assessment of Russian as a Foreign Language: Unlocking proficiency. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003476122
Refereed journal articles:
Kisselev, O., Dubinina, I., Pastushenkov, D., & Merrill, J. (2025). The academic landscape for Russian heritage learning in U.S. colleges: Understanding institutional practices and identifying opportunities. Foreign Language Annals, 58(3), 604–625. https://doi.org/10.1111/flan.70002
Pastushenkov, D., Pavlenko, O., & Clancy, S. J. (2025). Re-envisioning vocabulary learning and testing in L2 Russian classes using Kahoot!: From choosing words to playing games. Language Learning & Technology, 29(2), 35–43. https://doi.org/10125/73610
Kisselev, O., Soyan, R., Pastushenkov, D., & Merrill, J. (2022). Measuring writing development and proficiency gains using indices of lexical and syntactic complexity: Evidence from longitudinal Russian learner corpus data. The Modern Language Journal, 106(4), 798–817. https://doi.org/10.1111/modl.12808
Sato, M., Loewen, S., & Pastushenkov, D. (2021). ‘Who is my research for?’: Researcher perceptions of the research–practice relationship. Applied Linguistics, 43(4), 625–652. https://doi.org/10.1093/applin/amab079
Merrill, J., Dengub, E., & Pastushenkov, D. (2021). Language gains in intensive synchronous online and face-to-face Russian immersion programs: A comparison. Russian Language Journal, 71(2), 1–34. https://doi.org/10.70163/0036-0252.1006
Pastushenkov, D., Camp, C., Zhuchenko, I., & Pavlenko, O. (2021). Shared and different L1 background, L1 use, and peer familiarity as factors in ESL pair interaction. TESOL Journal, 12(2), Article e538. https://doi.org/10.1002/tesj.538
Book chapters:
Pastushenkov, D., & Zalaltdinova, L. (2025). Assessment in Russian as a foreign language: Current approaches, emerging trends, and future directions. In D. Pastushenkov & L. Zalaltdinova (Eds.), Assessment of Russian as a foreign language: Unlocking proficiency (pp. 3–18). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003476122-2
Pavlenko, O., & Pastushenkov, D. (2023). Game-based learning in L2 Russian classes: Interaction, multimodality, and practical suggestions. In S. Nuss & V. Kogan (Eds.), Dynamic teaching of Russian: Gamification of learning (pp. 138–151). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003369721-10
Pastushenkov, D. (2022). Cultures and Languages across the Curriculum program as a window to Russian-speaking communities: An autoethnography. In I. C. Plough & W. Tamboura (Eds.), Cultures and Languages across the Curriculum in higher education: Harnessing the transformative potentials of CLAC across disciplines (pp. 160–176). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003217190-13
Pastushenkov, D. (2022). Task-based peer interaction in Russian as a foreign language classes. In S. Nuss & W. Martel (Eds.), Task-based instruction for teaching Russian as a foreign language (pp. 152–170). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003146346-10
Pastushenkov, D., Green-Eneix, C., & Pavlenko, O. (2021). L1 use and translanguaging in ELL peer interaction: A problem or a useful tool? In C. Palmer & M. Devereaux (Eds.), Teaching English language variation in the global classroom (pp. 52–60). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003124665-7