LTC Matthew Ellett Assistant Professor DEWL Director - Cadet Operations matthew.ellett [at] westpoint.edu About Education Matt Ellett is originally from Sandy, Utah, and joined the army as a cryptologic linguist Russian in 1995. He has five children and enjoys traveling the world speaking Russian and spending time with his wife Mandy and kids. Ph.D., Slavic Languages and Literature - University of Washington M.A., Russian East European and Eurasian Studies - University of Texas-Austin M.A., Leadership Studies - University of Texas-El Paso B.A., Russian - Brigham Young University Research Interests Surzhyk and Ukrainian Sociolinguistics Language regard Current Research Surzhyk and Ukrainian Sociolinguistics Language regard