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

Advisory Board
Valentina Izmirlieva is director of the Harriman Institute and professor of Slavic languages and literatures at Columbia University.
Graduate Student Associate
Ph.D. student in history interested in Soviet nationalisms and internationalisms, the Comintern, and the Black East.
Fields
Graduate Student Associate
Early career scholar of contemporary Polish culture and translator
Executive Committee
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.
Staff
Faculty 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.
Alumni
Nicole Kagan is a graduate of the REECA Master's Program.