Education
Andijan State University, Andijan, Uzbekistan
Doctorantura, Department of Uzbek Philology (02.2005 – 12.2007)
Filologiya fanlari doctori (Post-Doctorate in Philology)
Council of the National University of Uzbekistan, Tashkent, Uzbekistan (11.02.2011)

Institute of Literature in the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Department of Uzbek Literature (1992-1994)
Filologiya fanlari nomzodi (Ph.D)
Council of the Institute of Literature in the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan
(20.04.1994)

Andijan State Pedagogical Institute of Languages, Andijan, Uzbekistan
Department of Russian Language and Literature (1984-1988)
Diploma (with honor)

Advanced Studies in Progress
International TEFL and TESOL training’s 50 - hours course in Teaching Business English
Certificate in Teaching Business English (January - February, 2015)

International TEFL and TESOL training’s 120 - hours course in TEFL
Certificate in Teaching English as a Foreign Language (fall - winter 2014)

American English Institute, University of Oregon, USA
Critical Thinking in English Language Teaching and Learning e-Course (23.06.2014 - 29.08.2015)

Junior Fellowship Development Program, Kentucky State University (UK) (09.01.2013-19.05.20013)
10 weeks fellowship as a research scholar

British Council Teaching English
41 hours teacher training on-line course in Learning Technologies (07.03.2012 – 09.05.2012)

APTECH LTD, New Delhi, India
Certificate of Proficiency in Web Designing (09.06.2011 – 19.08.2011)

Andijan Development Center, a branch of CAFÉ, Andijan, Uzbekistan
Certificates (02.2003 – 07.2005)

Employment
Russian and English teacher
Andijon Taraqqiyot Center (08.2013 – up to now)

Teacher of Russian Literature
Andijan State University, Andijan Uzbekistan, Department of Philology (09.2010 – 01.2013)

Methodist in work with gifted students (half of load)
Andijan State University, Andijan Uzbekistan,
Department of Science, Administration (08.2009-09.2010)

Teacher of Russian Literature (half of load)
Andijan State Pedagogical Institute of Languages, Andijan, Uzbekistan
Department of Russian Language and Literature (09.2009 – 09.2010)

Russian teacher
Sichuan University of Arts and Science, Da Zhou, Sichuan province, China
English Department (08.2007- 07.2009)

English teacher
Andijan Development Center, branch of CAFÉ, Andijan, Uzbekistan
English Department (03.2005 – 07.2006 (Part – time job - Center was closed))

Teacher of Russian Literature
Andijan State Pedagogical Institute of Languages, Andijan, Uzbekistan
Department of Russian Language and Literature (full load: 08.1988 – up to 06.2006(went to study))

Academic Leadership
Member of Specialized Council - K 067.02.10 - of the National University named after Mirzo Ulugbek in Tashkent
(03.2012 – 06.2012)

Professional experience
PC and Internet Project - the Project of the British Council in Uzbekistan and UzTEA
Instructor on teaching English teacher to use computers, Internet and British Council’s web sites
(02.2012 – 03.2012)

Volunteer English teacher in the Language Center “Edelweiss Progress Center”,
Andijan, Uzbekistan
(04.2011 – 08.2013)

The English Access Microscholarship Program – the project of US Embassy in Uzbekistan
Teaching students from families with less income
(01.2010- 01.2013)

Promoting Reading in Central Asia – the Project of the British Council in Uzbekistan
Facilitator of the Elite Readers’ Club in the Andijan Development Center
(03.2005 – 05.2007); (06.2008 – 08.2008); (12.2009-09.2010)

Professional membership and affiliation
UzTEA (Uzbekistan Teachers of English Association) – a member (2010 – up to now)

Professional conferences
17th Annual UzTEA Conference “ICT in English Language Teaching, Learning and Assessment”
Presenter; Speech title: “The Blackboard and its Role in Teaching and Assessment (on the basis of Blackboard in the University of Kentucky)”
Tashkent, November 29-30, 2013.

16th Annual UzTEA Conference “Questions of Assessment in Learning and Teaching English”
Presenter; Speech title: “Assessment Experience on the Literature and Writing Courses in the University of Kentucky (Spring Term 2013)”
Tashkent, June 7- 8, 2013

English Graduate Organization Conference “Living by the Code: An Exploration of Morality and Ethics”
Presenter; Speech title: “Changing Turkestani Codes of Behavior from the 19th to the 20th Century Reflected in Two Classic Uzbek Novels, The Days of Old and The Night and The Day”
Indiana University of Pennsylvania, USA, March 8-10, 2013.

Annual UzTEA Conference “Successful Implications in Teaching and Learning”
Participant
Tashkent, June 8-9, 2012

15th Annual UzTEA Conference “Teaching English for Expanding International Understanding”
Participant
Tashkent, December 8-12, 2011

Annual UzTEA Conference “Expanding horizons beyond the classroom”
Presenter; Speech title: “Understanding the World and a Person through Reading Literature”
Tashkent, November 26-27, 2010.

Research
Doctorate (post-doctorate) research: “The conception of the World and the Person in the Light of Traditions in the national and the World Literature” – completed and defended in 11.02.2011 in the meeting of the Specialized Council - K 067.02.10 - of the National University named after Mirzo Ulugbek in Tashkent.

Candidate (PhD) research: “The process of mastering some forms of Oriental classic poetry by the Russian Literature” – completed and defended in 20.04.1994 in the meeting of the Specialized Council – D 015.04.21 – in the Academy of Sciences Institute of Literature named after Alisher Navoi in Tashkent.

Publications
Book
Касымова З.А. Концепция мира и человека в призме традиций национальной и мировой литературы. Т.: Фан, 2008. – 228 с.

Publications
Zamira Kasymova. The Problem of Confrontation between God and the Devil and its Treatment in A.Fitrat’s play The Devil’s Revolt at God // Consenquentiality, Volume 2. Mythology, Theology, Ontology. Edited by Dena Hurst, PhD. EHC Expanding Human Consciousness. – Talahasee, Florida (USA), 2006. – P. 327-338.

Zamira Kasymova. The Devil is in the Details: Problems in the Translation of Abdulla Kadiry’s Uzbek National Classic The Days of Old. Metamorphoses. The journal of five college faculty seminar on literary translation. Spring 2009. Volume 17. Issue 1. Edited by Thalia Pandiri. Amherst/Northampton Massachusetts. P. 175-189 (USA)

Except of them there are around 30 works in Russian published in Uzbekistan and other countries’ journals and conference books. The full list of publications is attached to the application.

Professional Awards
The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs’ Office of English Language Programs
Embassy of the United States of America
Certificate of Appreciation
For outstanding contributions in launching The English Access Microscholarship Program
In the city of Andijan in 2010 (04.2012)

Andijan State University, Andijan, Uzbekistan, 2011
Certificate of Honor
For contribution in developing teaching and science of the Andijan State University (03.2011)

Educational Department of Sichuan Province P. R. China, Chengdu, China, 2008
Certificate of Honor
The 2008 Excellent Foreign Guest Teacher Prize (12.2008)