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
Jacquelyn Andrea Chorush
Master's candidate
Interests: Russian | Transnational Organized Crime and Globalization in Southeastern Eastern Europe | Impact of Cooperative Enterprises on Enfranchisement of Marginalized Communities | Cryptocurrency | Anonymous and Hacktivism | Research and Advocacy relating to the Prevention of Sexual and Domestic Violence
Ellery Cushman
Master's Candidate
Education: B.A. in History and Anthropology, The University of Texas at Austin
Interests: Information Influence Operations, Disinformation Campaigns, Gendered Narratives in Propaganda, Media, & Civil Society
Michelle Daniel
Master's candidate
michelle.daniel@utexas.edu |
BUR 582
Education: Bachelor of Music in Composition, The University of Texas at Austin
Interests: Radio Broadcasting to the Soviet Union in the 20th century | Russian Geopolitics | 19th and 20th century Russian composers and writers | Modern Russian-Middle East relations | Counterterrorism in the Russian sphere of influence | Russia-China relations and the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation | Post-Soviet defense and intelligence | Russian political ideology and history
Aleksej Demjanski
Master's Candidate
demjanskia@utexas.edu |
BUR 582
Education: B.A. in International Affairs and Political Science, The George Washington University
Interests: Balkans, democracy promotion, media freedom, civil society
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 translation, women's/gender studies, postcolonial/decolonial theory
Alexandra Ni Guerrero
Master's candidate
Education: B.A. in Psychology and Russian Studies, UCLA
Interests: National Security | U.S. - Russia politics | Central Asia
Tracy Heim
Master's candidate
Education: Bachelor of Arts in Music with a minor in Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies, The University of Texas at Austin
Interests: Czech, Russian, music, brass instruments, economics, global policy, geopolitics, business development
Morgan Henson
Master's candidate
Education: B.A. in History, Fordham University
Interests: Soviet History, Russian/Ukrainian/Soviet Culture, Ethnic Studies, Anthropology, Sociology
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
Nicholas Laznovsky
Masters Candidate
Interests: The North Caucasus Region and History, Russia's relationship with Post-Colonial Regions, Cultural and Ethnic Identity in the North Caucasus.
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
Nikidrea Rey
Master's candidate
Education: B.A. International Studies - International Relations with a focus on Global Political Economies, Chaminade University of Honolulu
Interests: Soviet history | U.S.- Russia Defense Cooperation | Russian culture and sphere of influence | Security and stability in post-Soviet States
Audrius Rickus
Master's candidate
Education: Master in Economic Law, Sciences Po Paris - Paris Institute of Political Studies
Interests: Diplomatic History of the Cold War, East-West Relations, the Soviet Union, European Communities, the Eastern Bloc, the Baltic States, Détente
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
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
Katherina Wierschke
Master's candidate
kwierschke@utexas.edu |
BUR 584
Education: B.A. in English Literature and Creative Writing, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Interests: Ethnic Conflict in the Post-Communist Space, Migration Studies, Postcolonial Studies, Russian Foreign Policy, and Relations between Russia and Latin America
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
