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Richard D. Brecht
Executive Director
Area: CASL Administration
Education: - B.A., Summa Cum Laude, Pennsylvania State University, 1965
Phi Beta Kappa- A.M., Harvard University, 1969
- Ph.D., Harvard University, 1972
Research Interests:
Dr. Richard Brecht has been the Executive Director of the University of Maryland Center for Advanced Study of Language (CASL) since its founding in 2003. Having received his M.A. and Ph.D. from Harvard University in Slavic Languages and Literatures, he is currently professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University of Maryland at College Park and visiting professor at Bryn Mawr College. Dr. Brecht has been a principal in the founding of a number of national organizations and projects: American Councils for International Education/ACTR-ACCELS (for which he serves as Chair of the Board of Trustees), the National Council of Organizations of Less Commonly Taught Languages, Project EELIAS (Evaluation of Exchange, Language, International and Area Studies), LangNet (the Language Network), and Project ICONS (International Communication and Negotiation Simulations). Dr. Brecht has authored numerous books and articles on language policy, second language acquisition, and Slavic and Russian linguistics; and he has received awards from a number of national and international organizations in the language field.
CASL Research Projects:
Selected Publications:
National language educational policy in the nation's best interest: Why? How? Who is responsible for what?
National Strategic-Planning in the Less Commonly Taught Languages
National Language Needs and Capacities: A Recommendation for Action
The Foreign Language Perspective
Speaking Foreign Languages in the United States: Correlates, trends, and possible consequences
Demographic and Sociopolitical Predictors of American Attitudes towards Foreign Policy
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