Tessa Conrardy is a REECA concurrent Master's student interested in Russian mass media, language, and authoritarianism. During her time at Harvard College, Tessa has served as a director for Harvard Model UN, the vice-president of the Harvard College Russian-Speaking Students Association, and the president of the Lowell House Society of Russian Bell Ringers. In her time with the Davis Center, Tessa has staffed the 2023 Red Horizons conference and is serving as the 2023-2024 REECA Innovation Fellow for the Program in Georgian Studies. She is currently writing a thesis project about Russian independent journalism in exile.