Richard B. Brecht

Executive Director
Center for Advanced Study of Language
University of Maryland, College Park

Expertise

Military and intelligence applications of language study
Foreign language acquisition

Credentials

Dr. Richard Brecht has been the Executive Director of the University of Maryland Center for Advanced Study of Language (CASL) since its founding in 2003. Having received his M.A. and Ph.D. from Harvard University in Slavic Languages and Literatures, he is currently professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University of Maryland at College Park and visiting professor at Bryn Mawr College. Dr. Brecht has been a principal in the founding of a number of national organizations and projects: American Councils for International Education/ACTR-ACCELS (for which he serves as Chair of the Board of Trustees), the National Council of Organizations of Less Commonly Taught Languages, Project EELIAS (Evaluation of Exchange, Language, International and Area Studies), LangNet (the Language Network), and Project ICONS (International Communication and Negotiation Simulations). Dr. Brecht has co-authored "Language and National Security in the 21^st Century" and authored numerous books and articles on language policy, second language acquisition, and Slavic and Russian linguistics, as well as received awards from a number of national and international organizations in the language field.

Phone

301-226-8801

Address

Center for the Advanced Study of Language
University of Maryland
College Park MD 20742

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Faculty Expertise Areas

Critical Infrastructure Protection

Biological and Chemical Countermeasures

Emergency Preparedness & Response

Domestic and Foreign Policy

Borders and Transportation

Standards and State / Local Government

Nuclear and Radiological Countermeasures

Linguistics and Languages

High Explosives Countermeasures

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