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

Local Affiliate
Neil MacFarlane’s current work focuses on Black Sea security, Georgia, international relations of the Caucasian region, and Russian foreign policy.
Advisory Board
Mikki Mahan is a senior communications, marketing, and corporate affairs leader.
Local Affiliate
Independent scholar with over 15 years of public/private sector experience, holding an MA from Johns Hopkins and a PhD from SOAS, specializing in foreign policy.
Faculty Associate
Danilo Mandić's research focuses on war, refugees, social movements, nationalism, ethnic relations, organized crime, and conflict societies.
Advisory Board
Catherine Mannick is an angel investor and former international lawyer with 20 years of experience representing U.S. businesses in the former Soviet Union.
Faculty Associate
Christina Maranci works on issues of cultural heritage, with a focus on at-risk Armenian churches and monasteries in what is now eastern Turkey.
Steering Committee
Faculty Associate
Terry Martin is a historian of the Soviet Union and director of the Ukrainian Research Institute at Harvard University, known as HURI.
Fields
Staff
As associate director, Cris serves as a member of the Davis Center's senior leadership team, advising on a range of strategic areas.
Fields
Graduate Student Associate
Marty Martinage is an M.Div. student at HDS. Their research focuses on Tolstoy and the role of literature and nature in religious separatist movements.
Visiting Scholar
A former diplomat from Kazakhstan, Dana seeks to forge synergies between practice and research to catalyze meaningful cooperation in Central Asia.