Svitlana Ramer moved to the US in 2008 to pursue graduate education after having completed her undergraduate degree at the Kyiv National University, majoring in international tourism. She received her MS from East Carolina University and her PhD from Penn State, focusing her dissertation on acculturation of Ukrainian immigrants in the US. Svitlana has taught at Georgia Southern University and at Texas A&M, where she delivered a TED Talk on immigrant acculturation. Currently, Svitlana is the Vice President of Development and External Affairs at The International Center and the co-founder and President of Ukrainian Society of Indiana. ​
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