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.
Sarah Jane Nelson is an author and musician currently at work on a biography of émigré balalaika player Sasha Polinoff and his greater musical community.
Edward (Ed) Nicholson has been involved in Russian financial markets since 1996 when he managed the first sale of Gazprom GDR’s to European investors for Kleinwort Benson.
Holly Nielsen sits on the board of directors to private equity funds of the Baring Private Equity Group in Europe and to Plata Group, a fintech business in Mexico, and is international legal counsel for Kaspi.kz, a Kazakh fintech company listed on NASDAQ.
Olena Nikolayenko’s research interests include comparative democratization, social movements, and protest behavior, with a regional focus on Eastern Europe.
