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

Center Associate
Nicholas Racheotes has taught courses on topics including the history of Russia since the age of Peter the Great and the history of the Balkans.
Advisory Board
Pavel Raifeld has served as chief executive officer of Innoviva (Nasdaq: INVA) since 2020.
Graduate Student Associate
Lucinda Ray is a student in the REECA Master's Program.
Center Associate
Rebecca Reich’s current book project is a study of journalism and justice from the 1950s to the 1980s.
Center Associate
Thomas F. Remington is the Goodrich C. White Professor of Political Science (Emeritus) at Emory University.
Alumni
Lucas Risinger is a graduate of the REECA Master's Program.
Center Associate
Thomas Roberts's research examines Russian literature and Eastern Orthodoxy, particularly the aesthetics of transcendence in 19th-century Russian literary realism.
Center Associate
Magda Romanska is an award-winning theatre and performance scholar, playwright, dramaturg, and translator.
Center Associate
Sarah Blout Rosenberg is a Research Assistant with the Imperiia Project.
Fields
Center Associate
William Rosenberg is Professor of History Emeritus at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor.
Fields