People

We are a community of students, scholars, and staff who share a dedication to understanding the region more deeply.

People

Center Associate
Alexander Abashkin is the coordinator of the Scholars Without Borders project initiated by the Davis Center in 2022.
Executive Committee
Advisory Board
Faculty Associate
Rawi Abdelal is the Herbert F. Johnson Professor of International Management at Harvard Business School.
Alumni
Zulfiyya Abdurahimova-Carberry is a graduate of the REECA Master's Program.
Center Associate
Alumni
Former Senior Fellow
Yevgenia M. Albats is a Russian investigative journalist, political scientist, author, and radio host.
Staff
Maria Altamore is the Director of Administration and Finance at the Davis Center.
Center Associate
I am a historian of the Soviet Union, communist Eastern Europe, and the global Cold War.
Fields
Advisory Board
Alumni
Fredo Arias-King (Harvard MBA 1997, MA REECA 1998) is president of the Prague-based think tank CASLA Institute, focused on cross-pollenizing reforms in Latin America and post-communist Europe.
Center Associate
Feruza Aripova’s research primarily focuses on gender and sexual politics in the late Soviet era.
Center Associate
Marat Atnashev is a scholar and practitioner of negotiations and conflict resolution.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Dr. Lyudmila Austin is a Soviet and post-Soviet historian whose research focuses on migration, nation-building, and national identity.
Fields