Yadviga Semikolenova

Yadviga Semikolenova is a PhD Candidate at the Department of Economics, University of Pittsburgh. She is writing her dissertation on issues of development of the oil sector in the former USSR. Her areas of interest include applied microeconomics, industry studies, economics of information and industrial organization.

Her academic awards and grants include Mellon Fellowship (2003-2004), Thorn Teaching Award (2003), Short-Term Research Grant from Kennan Institute (summer 2004), Teach and Research Grants from Economic Education and Research Consortium (EERC) (Summer 2004 and Summer 2005).

She was a visiting scholar at Kiev-Mohyla Academy (Kiev, Ukraine) in summer 2004 and Summer 2005 as well as at Eurasia Foundation-Azerbaijan (Baku, Azerbaijan) in Spring 2004.

She has been volunteering for Russian Film Symposium since 2000.