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

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
Center Associate
Joshua Rubenstein is the author and editor of a number of books on Soviet and Soviet-Jewish history.
Center Associate
Vanessa Ruget is Professor of Political Science at Salem State University.
Staff
Svetlana Rukhelman is the librarian for Harvard's Davis Center Collection.
Center Associate
Rochelle Ruthchild is Research Scholar at the Women's Studies Research Center at Brandeis University.
Center Associate
Peter Rutland works on nationalism and the political economy of contemporary Russia.