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

Faculty Associate
Alison Frank Johnson is Professor of History at Harvard University.
Fields
Center Associate
Stephen Jones is an expert on post-communist societies in the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe.
Local Affiliate
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.
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.
Graduate Student Associate
Jake Kalodner is a Ph.D. student in archaeology studying mobility, diet, and trade in the Central Asian steppes using biomolecular methods.
Faculty Associate
Lauren Kaminsky is Harvard's inaugural assistant dean for arts and humanities education and has long been a lecturer in history and literature at the university.
Local Affiliate
Sergei Kan's current project is "Closing the Arctic Circle."