CSEEES Director Angela Brintlinger, Assistant Director Emma Pratt and affiliates Andrei Cretu, Helen Myers and Larysa Stepanova have published an article in a special edition of the Russian Language Journal devoted to career readiness in Russian and Slavic Studies. The article entitled "Russian for the Professions: Creating an M.A. Program in the Context of Holistic Foreign Language Instruction" presents the design, implementation, and some preliminary outcomes of measures aiming at integrating career readiness into the Russian language program at The Ohio State University through the creation of a “Russian for the Professions” (RFP) stand-alone M.A. degree. Russian Language Journal is the official refereed journal of the American Council of Teachers of Russian (ACTR).