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.

And please remember: 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

Dr. Masha Hedberg is a political scientist whose scholarship has focused on Russia, the former Soviet Union, and comparative politics.
Alumni
Fiona Hill is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and was formerly a U.S. presidential advisor on security.
Local Affiliate
Steedman Hinckley formerly served on the White House national security staff, the secretary of state’s policy planning staff, and the national intelligence council.
Graduate Student Associate
Julia Hintlian takes a comparative approach to late ancient Christian traditions in the religiously diverse context of the Silk Road.
Fields
Graduate Student Associate
Percy Hei Chun Ho is a graduate student at the Department of Anthropology at Harvard University. His research focuses on the Archaeology of Central Asia.
Local Affiliate
Thomas Hodge specializes in nineteenth-century Russian literature and its connections to the natural environment and to Russian music.
Alumni
Austin Holdridge is a graduate of the REECA Master's Program.
Fields
Graduate Student Associate
Zachary is pursing his master's in the Davis Center's REECA program, focusing on soft power, religion, language, and identity in Central Asia.
Graduate Student Associate
Ph.D. candidate studying informing to the political police in the USSR, 1927-1965.
Fields
Graduate Student Associate
Josh Hughes is a REECA master's student studying the sociology of nationalism in post-Soviet Central Asia with a focus on Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan.