With over 20 years of experience in program management and partnership development, Evans has successfully overseen grant and contract development for national and international academic programs across multiple institutions, including Indiana University, Arizona State University, and Ohio University. Previously, she directed the Critical Languages Institute at Arizona State University’s Melikian Center and held leadership roles at the Middlebury College Russian School and Ohio University’s Institute for Applied and Professional Ethics.

Professionally proficient in Russian and German, Evans also has a working knowledge of several other languages, such as Finnish, Indonesian, and Uzbek. Her extensive background includes seven years abroad in Germany and Russia, experiences that inform her leadership in language education. At Indiana University, Evans aims to enhance access to intensive language programs and raise the Language Workshop’s national and international profile as the “gold standard” for summer language training.