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

Graduate Student Associate
Oliver Song is an MPP Candidate at Harvard Kennedy School.
Alumni
Alisa Sopova is an anthropologist and a journalist studying the war in Ukraine.
Faculty Associate
Center Associate
George Soroka's primary research interests focus on democratization in the post-communist world and the uses and abuses of historical politics in foreign policy.
Center Associate
Valerie Sperling research interests lie at the intersection of Russian politics and gender studies.
Alumni
Kimberly St. Julian-Varnon is a historian and an alumna of the Davis Center's REECA program.
Alumni
Bernadette Stadler is a graduate of the REECA Master's Program.
Center Associate
Russian constitutional scholar, diaspora and human rights activist and expert on country conditions in U.S. asylum cases.
Alumni
Angela Stent is a senior non-resident fellow at the Brookings Institution and author of the book "Putin’s World: Russia Against the West and With the Rest."
Center Associate
Dr. Gwendolyn Stewart is Director & Managing Editor and Chief Photographer at Picture Politics.
Center Associate
David R. Stone is the author of several dozen articles and book chapters on Russian and Soviet military history and foreign policy.