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Lesia Ukrainka Volyn State University
13, Prospect Voly Lutsk, Ukraine 43025 |
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| Myroslava Mushkevych was a visiting scholar for the 2004-2005 academic year at The George Washington University. Her visit was sponsored by the Junior Faculty Development Program, which is funded by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. Ms. Mushkevych was affiliated with the Department of Psychology. Her mentor at The George Washington University was Dr. Yulia Alechina, Psy.D.
Ms. Mushkevych was from the city of Lutsk in Ukraine. Lutsk is a historical and cultural centre of Ukraine. It is 920 years old. At first this area was inhabited by Slavic tribes. Then it became a part of Kyiv Rus. In the 12th century it became a part of Galitia-Volyn Principality. In the 14th-16th centuries it was part of Lithuania. In the 16th-18th centuries it was part of Poland. In 1797-1921 Lutsk was part of Russia. In the 1920s many Jews lived in Lutsk (about 70% of the population). During 1921-1939 Lutsk was again part of Poland. From 1939 till Ukrainian independence it was in the territory of the USSR (excluding the period of the Nazi occupation). That is why in Lutsk there are German protestant churches, Jewish synagogues and Roman Catholic churches. Ms. Mushkevych is a professor of psychology in Lesia Ukrainka Volyn State University. She teaches courses in Clinical Psychodiagnostics, Psychodiagnostics, Psychological Consulting, Sport Psychology and Psychotherapy. In 2000 Ms. Mushkevych received a PhD from the Rivne Humanitarian University. Her thesis was on the subject, “The Psychological Peculiarities of Parental Family Influence on Youth Marriages.” Her research interests include the peculiarities of youth marriage model forming depending on the parental family, psychological aspects of youth readiness for family life, the influence of sibling position on marriage relations, and psychological analyses of family-role expectations of contemporary youth. The latter includes training of school and out-of-school family consultants; principles, forms and methods of family consultation; theoretical and practical components of family therapy; and family adaptation in young marriages. When choosing to participate in the JFDP she knew that it would enable her to expand her theoretical framework as well as to see its practical application. Ms. Mushkevych strongly believed that her experiences in the US would be applicable back home in the Lesia Ukrainka Volyn State University. Ms. Mushkevych had not visited the United States in the past. She did not have the so-called “cultural shock”. But two things were particularly hard to get used to in the US: food and weather. The food was very distinct and the Washington, D.C., weather is extremely unpredictable, hot and humid. She has been happily married for seventeen years to Mr. Oleg Mushkevych and has a sixteen year old son. She is fond of reading books and traveling. She really enjoyed traveling around the USA. The most interesting for her was to see the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. |
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