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

Graduate Student Associate
Aziza Izamova is a Ph.D. student at the Department of History of Art and Architecture at Harvard.
Graduate Student Associate
Ph.D. student in history interested in Soviet nationalisms and internationalisms, the Comintern, and the Black East.
Fields
Fellow
Sahib Jafarov is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Toronto studying elite defection, authoritarian durability, and subversion in Eurasia.
Graduate Student Associate
Early career scholar of contemporary Polish culture and translator
Faculty Associate
Alison Frank Johnson is Professor of History at Harvard University.
Fields
Center Associate
Pauline Jones works on institutional origin and change; identity and conflict; political economy of market reform; politics of extremism in the former Soviet Union, especially Central Asia.
Center Associate
Stephen Jones is an expert on post-communist societies in the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe.
Advisory Board
Alexander Jorov is a Senior Partner & Managing Director at Delta Partners Group in NYC. 
Alumni
Jan Jucha is a graduate of the REECA Master's Program.
Graduate Student Associate
Natasha Kadlec is a Ph.D. student in Harvard’s Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures specializing in Russian literature and historiography.