Biography - Irina Gorbunova-Ford

Dr.Gorbunova-Ford is a University of the Far Eastern Academy of Public Service Associate Professor with about 13 years of teaching experience. In July, 1999, she started work at the Far Eastern Academy of Public Service, in Russia, as a professor of the history department. She taught many different courses such as World History, Russian History, Archeology, and other. She holds two Master degrees, one, a Master degree in Public Administration (1999) and the second a Master of Arts degree, in History (1995). She received her Doctor of Philosophy degree in History in December, of 2003 from the Khabarovsk State Pedagogical University, in Khabarovsk, Russia. Her doctorate dissertation was in reference to the History of Social Work in Russia. She wrote a monograph called Social Work and Charity in the Russian Far East in 1884-1917. Dr.Gorbunova-Ford is teaching part-time Russian language classes at the New Mexico Military Institute. She has more then 35 scientific and teaching publications; included is a monograph, articles and a thesis for scientific conferences and textbooks.