Steven Nafziger is the Fairleigh S. Dickinson Jr., '41 Professor of Economics at Williams College and a Faculty Affiliate in History at Williams. An economic historian of the Russian Empire and early Soviet Union, Professor Nafziger has published papers in The Review of Economics and Statistics, The Economic Journal, the American Political Science Review, and in numerous economic history journals on topics related to the political and economic development of the region, including serfdom, the structure of local government, industrialization, financial development, and rural unrest. He is currently a co-PI on the NSF-funded Cliometrics Conference grant and is Co-Editor of the European Review of Economic History.