People

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

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The views expressed by people affiliated with the Davis Center are as different as the people themselves and do not necessarily reflect institutional positions held by the center.

People

Sarah Hummel

Sarah Hummel

Faculty Associate
Sarah Hummel is Visiting Assistant Professor at Harvard University.
Fields
Political Science/Government
Priscilla Hunt

Priscilla Hunt

Center Associate
Priscilla Hunt is Research Associate at University of Massachussetts, Five Colleges Inc.
Fields
Slavic Languages and Literatures
Religion
History
Erin Hutchinson

Erin Hutchinson

Center Associate
Alumni
Former Postdoctoral Fellow
Erin Hutchinson (REECA A.M., ’13, Ph.D. ’20) is an assistant professor at the University of Colorado–Boulder.
Fields
History
Anna Ivanov

Anna Ivanov

Graduate Student Associate
Anna (she/her/hers) is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, where she studies Russian poetry and poetic networks.
Fields
Computer Science
Linguistics
Slavic Languages and Literatures
Anna Ivanova

Anna Ivanova

Alumni
Anna Ivanova studies history of the Soviet Union with a focus on the social history and history of consumption.
Fields
History
Aziza Izamova

Aziza Izamova

Graduate Student Associate
Aziza Izamova is a Ph.D. student at the Department of History of Art and Architecture at Harvard.
Fields
Art & Architecture
Fine Arts
History

Valentina Izmirlieva

Advisory Board
Valentina Izmirlieva is director of the Harriman Institute and professor of Slavic languages and literatures at Columbia University.
Alex Jackson

Alex Jackson

Graduate Student Associate
Ph.D. student in history interested in Soviet nationalisms and internationalisms, the Comintern, and the Black East.
Fields
History
Jess Jensen Miller

Jess Jensen Mitchell

Graduate Student Associate
Early career scholar of contemporary Polish culture and translator
Fields
History
Jewish Studies
Slavic Languages and Literatures
Alison Frank Johnson

Alison Frank Johnson

Executive Committee
Faculty Associate
Alison Frank Johnson is Professor of History at Harvard University.
Fields
History