About me
Natalia Rud works as an Associate Faculty at the English Language Acquisition program (Basic Education for Adults) at Skagit Valley College (Mount Vernon, WA). Natalia has been a language educator since 2005, internationally and in the USA. She received her Doctorate in Language, Literacy, and Sociocultural Studies (Bilingual Education and TESOL focus) from the University of New Mexico in 2019. Natalia’s academic interests have been centered on Vygotsky’s sociocultural theory, trauma-informed education, community of practice, and third-space construction in classrooms with adult multilingual/cultural students, teachers, and teaching assistants.