Sheyla Finkelshteyn is an international student from Uzbekistan. She is currently working on her PhD in Communication at Ohio University.

Sheyla speaks English, Russian and Spanish, and has traveled to 17 countries, leading to a focus in intercultural communication. She is a member of the International and Intercultural Communication Division and Vice Chair Elect at the Peace and Conflict Division of the National Communication Association. Her dissertation focuses on Jewish Community Organizing efforts using theories like Co-cultural Theory and Communication Theory of Identity. She is also an engaged scholar, spending a lot of her time outside of academia helping build communities through fund-raising and event management.
Work for CID:
Sheyla Finkelshteyn translated KC3: Intercultural Competence and KC71: Safe Space into Russian.