PhD Candidate in Educational Sciences, TSU Faculty of Humanities.  He holds a Master’s degree in Education from Kent State University (USA). He has received several awards for his academic, practical and research activities in the field of education and was a Edmund Muskie Graduate Fellow.  He received the Phi Beta Kappa International Scholars Award in 2006. For his work in the field of bilingual and minority education, he was inducted into Kent State University’s Hall of Fame and received Kent State’s Diversity Alumni Award in 2011. He received an International Award from the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) for Distinguished Service in Educational Reform in 2013 and has participated in more than 40 international research and education projects. He is an author of four books, five monographs and more than 20 scientific articles. He is an editor of more than 10 books and co-founder of the scientific journal International Journal of Multilingual Education.