Senior Lecturer in English
Phone: 903.566.7458
Email: nmenkina@uttyler.edu
Department: Literature And Languages
Natalia Menkina-Snider
Biography
Natalia Menkina Snider received her Master’s in English Education in 2000 from Nizhny Novgorod Linguistic University, Russia, and her Master’s in English in 2014 from the University of Texas at Tyler. Her primary areas of research and teaching interest include Immigrant Literature, freshman composition, and developmental writing. In her teaching, she emphasizes student-centered and inclusive pedagogy that encourages critical thinking, multimodal learning, and meaningful engagement with language, culture, and identity. She is particularly interested in creating accessible and interactive learning environments that help students develop confidence in their writing and analytical skills.