Council of Graduate Students
at The Ohio State University

Vice President

Anna Zaitseva (Zaitseva.1)

Bio:

Anna Zaitseva (she/her) is a fourth-year doctoral candidate in the Multilingual Language Education program at the Department of Teaching and Learning. Anna is a graduate instructor for World Language and Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages teacher preparation programs in her department. She has served as the President of the Foreign Language Research and Teaching (FLRT) student organization, organizing professional development workshops and fostering the academic community. As a consultant at the Qualitative Research Center, she has supported graduate students in their research and grant-writing endeavors. Anna's research explores how graduate instructors are socialized to critical pedagogies and the role of policy, sociopolitical, and educational contexts in shaping their understanding and practice. Anna loves exploring the outdoors and cultivating her urban garden outside of research and service. 

Roles & Responsibilities:

As laid out in the CGS Constitution (Section 8.4) the Vice President's duties are as follows...

  • The Vice President is responsible for overseeing and maintaining records of appointments to all University committees, Senate committees, and shared governance committees on which the Council has representation, as well as to all internal CGS committees.
  • The Vice President will coordinate the Edward F. Hayes Advanced Research Forum, which showcases the innovative and exemplary research being conducted by Ohio State graduate students and postdoctoral scholars across graduate degree programs and research topics.
  • The Vice President will recruit delegate candidates, review delegate eligibility, oversee delegate elections, and maintain records of all delegate seats. During recruitment, Vice President must contact staff members in every program to ensure that all graduate students are aware of membership opportunities within the Council.
  • The Vice President will oversee and serve as Chair during all elections.
  • In the absence of the President, the Vice President will preside over meetings of the Council.
  • The Vice President will fulfill other duties necessary for operation of the Council as directed by the consensus of the Council and the Executive Committee.
  • *** This officership is a .5 FTE GAship through the Office of Student Life
  • *** This officership is eligible to use a CGS-owned parking pass for CGS business