Cullan Bendig
Master's candidate
cbendig@utexas.edu |
BUR 584
Education: B.A. in History and Political Science, University of Vermont
Interests: 19th and 20th century Central European history | Czech history | National identity | Persistence of cultural and economic institutions across regime changes | Imperialism | Public History
Jacob Bennett
Graduate student
Interests: Russian history, Great Power politics, Russia-China relations
Stephen Detty
Graduate Student
Education: B.A. in History - Boise State University, Master of Defense and Strategic Studies - University of Texas at El Paso
Interests: -Security and Strategic Studies -Information Operations -Modern Large Scale Combat Operations -Political and Security Arrangements in Eurasia -Armed Forces of the Russian Federation -Slavic Identity and Nationalism -Russian Strategic Interests and Actions in Africa
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Nicole Farrell
Master's Candidate
Education: B.A. in History, The University of Texas at Austin
Interests: WWII-era Poland, Jewish identity in Poland (historical and contemporary), urban and museum studies in Warsaw, far-right/nationalist politics in Poland
Sergio Glajar
Graduate student
Education: B.A. in Philosophy, St. Edward's University; J.D., Emory University School of Law
Taylor Ham
Graduate student
brittanytham@utexas.edu |
214-538-8350
Education: Master of Arts - Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies, University of Texas - Austin
Interests: Russian Foreign Policy, Military History, Intelligence, and Counterterrorism
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Adam Hanzel
Master's Candidate
adam_hanzel@utexas.edu |
9723584505
Education: B.A. in Russian, E European & Eurasian Studies; B.A. in Linguistics, The University of Texas at Austin
Interests: Russian Far Right Ideation | Russian Orthodox Church Socio-Political Ideology | Propaganda Analysis | Russian Orthodox Church and Russian Federation Symphonia | Russian Orthodox Church Missions | Old Believers | Computational Linguistics | Sentiment Analysis | Deep Learning and Neural Networks | natural language processing | discourse and pragmatics | NLP in social contexts.
Taylor Helmcamp
Graduate student
Education: B.A. in Global Affairs, University of Texas at San Antonio
Interests: Russian Foreign Policy, Weaponization, Energy Politics, U.S.-EU-Russia relations, U.S.-Russia-China relations, Great Power Politics, Diplomacy and Business, Energy Law
Lindsay Hodge
Master's Candidate
Education: B.A. International Studies and Russian Language; Minor: Economics, University of South Alabama
Interests: International Trade and Finance, US-Russia Relations
Zachary Johnson
Graduate student
zjohnson@utexas.edu |
9492901053
Interests: Russian Language, Russian Geopolitics, Soviet History, Khrushchev Era/de-Stalinization , US-Russia Relations & Diplomacy in the Age of Putin , American Business interests in Eastern Europe
Alexandra Jovanovic
Master's candidate
Education: B.A. in International Security Studies, University of Oklahoma
Interests: International Security, Nuclear Policy, Energy & Security, U.S.-Russia Relations
Michael Kiel
Master's Candidate
Education: B.A. in German and Geography, Vassar College
Interests: Russian; German; Geography; Central Asia; Balkans; Caucuses; International Development; Democracy Promotion; Cities
Terry Orr
Master's Candidate
terry.orr@utexas.edu |
512 304 0909
Education: BA Classical Archaeology, University of Texas at Austin
Interests: Romanian culture, language, and political transformation since overthrow of Communist regime. Romanian Orthodox Church iconography.
Rachel Quiles
Graduate student
Education: B.A. in Russian Language and Slavic and East European Studies, Baylor University, UT Austin
Interests: Early Slavic History and Folklore, 19th Century Russian literature, Russian Orthodoxy
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Mykhaylo (Misha) Simanovskyy
Graduate student
Education: B.S. Political Science, with emphasis in the Middle East Studies. Minors: History, Geography, Texas Christian University
Interests: Russian foreign policy, Russian history, Soviet history, U.S. foreign policy, US-Russia relations, Ukrainian politics, Ukrainian history, Russian language in Ukraine, Russian geopolitics in Central Asia and the Caucuses, Soviet cinematography, Polish language, Arabic language
Generra Strankschreier
Graduate Student
Education: Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies, University of Texas at Austin
Interests: multilingualism, language usage
Lera Toropin
Master's Candidate
Education: B.A. in Japanese, minor in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages, Penn State University
Interests: Post-Soviet Russia, Putinism, grassroots cultural exchange programs, U.S.-Russia relations, foreign diplomacy, national security, relationship between Russia's government and its citizens, Russian political protests
Theodore Warner
Master's candidate
Education: B.A. in Political Science, Texas State University
Interests: Diplomacy, National Security, Russia-United States Relations, Russian Political Culture
