She is an active ACTFL-certified OPI Tester and Trainer and is currently involved in a number of national assessment initiatives for academia, as well as private and government sectors. Dr. Martin's interests include second language acquisition, second language assessment (both theory and practice), heritage learners, materials and curriculum development, and Soviet and contemporary Russian culture and art. She is the co-author (with Irina Dolgova) of multiple publications, including an intermediate-level Russian textbook Welcome Back! designed for the college curriculum (as part of the Russian in Stages series published by ACTR/Kendall Hunt). About