Paul Adams
Master's candidate
paul.dow.adams@utexas.edu |
5125087708
Education: MFA in Literature and Creative Writing, Texas State University
Interests: Literature and Culture of Southeastern Europe, (Mis)use of Ancient and Medieval History in Constructing Modern Ethnic Identities, Ethnic and Group Identity in Hellenistic, Byzantine, and Ottoman Southeastern Europe, Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian language(s)
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
Samantha Farmer
Master's Candidate
Education: B.A., History and Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies, minors in Comparative Literature and Women's/Gender Studies, University of Texas at Austin
Interests: Balkans, Central/Eastern Europe, Serbo-Croatian, 20th/21st century literature, literary theory, translation studies, queer studies, postsocialism
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Nicole Farrell
Master's Candidate
Interests: WWII-era Poland, Jewish identity in Poland (historical and contemporary), urban and museum studies in Warsaw, far-right/nationalist politics in Poland
Alexandra Ni Guerrero
Master's candidate
Education: B.A. in Psychology and Russian Studies, UCLA
Interests: National Security | U.S. - Russia politics | Central Asia
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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.
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
ztj411@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 Jurkovic
Master's candidate
Education: BA, History and Language Studies, UC Santa Cruz
Interests: Yugoslavia, Croatia, Bosnian Croatian Serbian languages, Russia, Russian language, Russian and Soviet History, ethnic identity, nationalism, Cold War, Eastern European film
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
Nicholas Laznovsky
Masters Candidate
Education: B.A. in Modern Language Studies, University of Texas at San Antonio
Interests: The North Caucasus Region and History, Russia's relationship with Post-Colonial Regions, Cultural and Ethnic Identity in Chechnya, Chechen Identity formation in the digital space.
Matthew Orr
Master's candidate
Education: B.A. in Russian Language and Literature, The George Washington University
Interests: Civic Education in Russia, Democratization in the Post-Soviet Space, Contemporary Russian Literature, US-Russian Relations
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.
Thomas Rehnquist
Master's candidate
Education: B.A. History, Bowdoin College
Interests: Russian and Soviet History, Soviet Politics, U.S. Foreign Policy, Film, Basketball
Kaitlin Scott
Graduate student
Education: B.A. International Relations and Global Studies, University of Texas at Austin
Interests: Russian Language, Art & Literature, Culture, History, Diplomacy/Relations, Democracy, Cuisine | American-Russian Relations | American Diplomacy | International Security | Cyberterrorism | Counterterrorism
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
Sarah Van Hoose
Graduate student
Education: B.A. History, The University of Texas at Austin
Interests: Czech language, Military History, First World War, Russian Revolution, Czechoslovak Legion, Memory Studies
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Neal Vogel
Master’s Candidate
Neal.vogel@utexas.edu |
5122271378
Education: BA History, Baylor University
Interests: Russian Cultural History, History of Identities, Slavic Literature
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
Lucia Winkeler
Master's candidate
Education: B.A. of International Studies (Politics and Diplomacy focus) and Modern Languages (Russian), Texas A&M University
Interests: U.S. foreign policy; U.S.-Russian relations; Russian relations to its near abroad; South Caucasus region; international security
Kathryn Yegorov-Crate
Master's Candidate
Education: B.A. International Studies, B.A. Slavic Languages & Literatures with a focus in Russian, minor in Anthropology, Indiana University Bloomington
Interests: Indigeneity, Indigenous peoples of the Circumpolar North, ethnic minorities in Russia, non-Slavic Russians, decolonization, climate change, environmental racism
