Dr. Eleonora Karypkulova is an Assistant Professor of the non-degree General Education program at the American University of Central Asia. She holds a Ph.D. in Philology from the National Academy of Sciences of the Kyrgyz Republic (2001, Kyrgyzstan), a postgraduate diploma (1993) and a specialized degree (1984) in Philology both from Kyrgyz State University (Kyrgyzstan). 

Dr. Karypkulova joined AUCA in 1996. She attended the Critical Language Scholarship  Intensive Language Program through American Councils for International Education (2022), the Methods of Teaching Russian as a Foreign Language course at the Center for Additional Professional Education of the Philological Faculty of the People’s Friendship University of Russia (2021), and  the Writing to Learn course at AUCA and Bard College (2016). She is a co-author of the book “Культура русской речи в вопросах и ответах. Справочник” (The culture of Russian speech in questions and answers. Directory) published in 2022 as part of the Presidential Research and Education Fund project.