Professional involvenment and elected offices

2008- Board Member, Russian, Central Eurasian and Eastern European (RCEEE) Specialty Group of the Association of American Geographers

2008– Board Member and AAG-CAG Liaison, Canadian Studies Specialty Group of the AAG
2007-2009 Organizer and chair (Arctic sessions), 103-105th AAG Meetings (San Francisco, Boston, Las Vegas)
2005-2008 Student Representative on the Board of the Russian, Central Eurasian and Eastern European (RCEEE) Specialty Group of the AAG
2005 Coordinator, Global Challenges section at the 12th Russian Geographic Society Meeting, Kronshtagt, Russia

Professional Memberships

Association of American Geographers, Canadian Association of Geographers, Canadian Population Society, Canadian Regional Science Association, Russian Geographic Society, Regional Science Association International, Arctic Institute of North America

University, college, department service

2009- Geography Research Grants Coordinator
2009- UNI College of Soc. & Behav. Sci. Computer Comittee
2008- UNI Geography Curriculum Committee, Chair (2009-)
2005-2008 UofT Conference Funding Committee, Department of Geography/Graduate Geography and Planning Student Society; 
2006-2007 UofT of Departmental Computer Committee
1998-2000 President of the Student Scientific Society of the Faculty of Geography, Herzen University; Mmeber of the Faculty Council

Editorial Boards

  • Journal of Geography and Geospatial Information Science
  • Canadian Journal of Regional Science