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
Aljosa Milenkovic specializes in phonetics, phonological theory, and historical linguistics.
Graduate Student Associate
Lucy Minicozzi-Wheeland is a student in the REECA Master's Program.
Faculty Associate
Preceptor, Department of Slavic Languages and Literature
Center Associate
Vera Mironova is a Russian-American academic, scholar, award-winning writer, producer, and policy consultant specializing in armed conflict.
Graduate Student Associate
Olivia Mitchell is a student in the REECA Master's program.
Graduate Student Associate
Luise Mörke is a writer, critic, and Ph.D. student in Harvard's Department of Art, Film, and Visual Studies.
Graduate Student Associate
Yevhenii (Zhenia) Monastyrskyi is a Ph.D. student in history at Harvard University, in residence at the Davis Center in 2023-2025.
Graduate Student Associate
María Matilde Morales is a Ph.D. student in Comparative Literature.
Center Associate
Ainsley Morse's current project is "The Last and the First: Poets and Poetry in the Russian 1990s."
Center Associate
Steven Nafziger's current project is "The Black Repartition: Serfdom, Reform, and Economic Development in the Russian Empire, 1850 - 1914."