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Short Bio: Richard Brecht is currently the Director of the National Foreign Language Center in Washington, D. C, with which he has been associated since its founding in 1986. 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.

NFLC - Who We Are: The expertise of the NFLC resides in its resident staff, its international network of adjunct fellows, and its advisory board.Ê The NFLC staff brings expertise and experience in language policy research, language teaching, program evaluation, and second language acquisition research.Ê The adjunct fellows represent the worldÕs leading scholars in language policy and programming. Ê The National Advisory Board, chaired by Senator Paul Simon, includes distinguished members from the Congress, higher education, business, and the NGO world, who are committed to helping the NFLC address the nationÕs needs for cross-cultural communication in the new world of globalization.