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
Ana Cwietniewicz is a REECA master’s student interested in social movements, contested histories, and state-building in Central Asia.
Alumni
Nora Cyra is a graduate of the REECA master's program with research interests in conflict resolution opportunities in the former Soviet Union.
Graduate Student Associate
Noah is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Government, studying political geography and identity across Europe and Eurasia.
Graduate Student Associate
Genevieve Dally-Watkins is a Ph.D. student in the History of Science department. She works between medical and environmental history.
Alumni
Amy Dayton is a graduate of the REECA Master's Program.
Center Associate
George Deak is a translator of Hungarian literature and a historian of Hungarian anti-Semitism.
Fields
Alumni
Isabelle DeSisto, a Davis Center alumna, is a Ph.D. candidate in politics at Princeton University.
Center Associate
Volodymyr Dibrova is a media content specialist/research reporter at the Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute (HURI).
Graduate Student Associate
Vladyslav is a master’s student in the REECA program, where he is focusing on Ukraine’s political and economic development.
Center Associate
Dr. Tom Dolack's research interests include translation studies, theories of imitation, poetry, and cognitive approaches to literature.