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

Staff
Dan Epstein is the assistant director of the Scholars Without Borders program at the Davis Center and a lecturer in government at Harvard University.
Visiting Scholar
Ia Eradze is a political economist with a Ph.D. in Economic and Social Sciences, specializing in economic development and the financial history of Georgia.
Alumni
Sean Eriksen is a graduate of the REECA Master's Program.
Alumni
Jackie Erlon-Baurjan is a graduate of the REECA Master's Program.
Faculty Associate
Mark Esposito is a social scientist with affiliations at Harvard Kennedy School's Center for International Development and Harvard's Institute for Quantitative Social Science.
Center Associate
Sarah Failla is the former director of communications and external relations at the Davis Center.
Center Associate
Alumni
Gregory Feifer is a former Moscow correspondent for National Public Radio and spent a decade living in Russia and reporting across the former Soviet Union
Staff
Kate is the Research Programs Coordinator at the Davis Center.
Faculty Associate
Michael Flier is Oleksandr Potebnja Professor of Ukrainian Philology Emeritus at Harvard University.
Alumni
Colin Flood is an active duty Foreign Area Officer in the United States Army specializing in Europe and Eurasia.