People

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

Find scholars with specific areas of geographic or historical focus by using the “Location” and “Time Period” pull-downs below — these refer to the places and eras our affiliates study, not the ones in which they live.

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

Alumni
Fredo Arias-King is president of the Prague-based think tank CASLA Institute, focused on cross-pollinating 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.
Graduate Student Associate
Natalie Ayers is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Government interested in applying computational methods to study conflict and security.
Graduate Student Associate
Bes Bajraktarevic is a PhD student in Comparative Literature at Harvard University.
Alumni
Michael Baker is a graduate of the REECA Master's Program.
Center Associate
Margarita M. Balmaceda is a political scientist with a special expertise in energy politics.
Center Associate
Susan Barba is a poet, translator, and senior editor at New York Review Books.
Center Associate
Arvid Bell is a scholar and entrepreneur who specializes in negotiation strategy, crisis leadership, and international security.
Center Associate
Paul-André Bempéchat is a Visiting Researcher with the Department of Physics at Harvard University