People

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

 

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

Graduate Student Associate
Lana Neufeld is a Ph.D. candidate in Comparative Literature at Harvard University, focusing on identity construction in the context of exile, diaspora, and displacement in Latin American Jewish and Israeli Jewish literature.
Advisory Board
Edward (Ed) Nicholson has been involved in Russian financial markets since 1996 when he managed the first sale of Gazprom GDR’s to European investors for Kleinwort Benson.
Center Associate
Olena Nikolayenko's current project is "The Role of Trade Unions in the Struggle for Democratic Change in Belarus."
Center Associate
Boriana Nikolova's current project is "What is Democracy: The Gap Between Popular and Academic Definitions."
Center Associate
David Nordlander studies the economic and political history of Siberia.
Fields
Center Associate
Gayane Novikova's current project is "Eurasia's Ethno-political and Political-military Conflicts as a Tool in Russia's Interaction with its Immediate Neighbors."
Graduate Student Associate
Kateryna Olkhovyk is a student in the REECA Master's program with research interests in energy security in the Eurasian region and Ukrainian politics.
Center Associate
Former Asst Professor of Russian, Cornell University, SUC Cortland
Staff
Scholar-Entrepreneur
Kelly O’Neill is a historian of the Russian Empire and an advocate of spatial history.