Molly Adler
Master's Candidate | Teaching Assistant | Brumley Fellow
mollyadler@utexas.edu |
BUR 582
Education: BA International Business and Russian with a minor in Peace and Conflict Studies, Juniata College
Interests: Russian | National Security | Emergence of Technologies and Nation Building | Russian Political History | Olympics and International Sporting Events
Guadalupe Barrientos
Graduate student
Education: B.A. in Linguistics and Languages, Swarthmore College
Interests: Translation and Interpretation Studies, Foreign and Second Language Acquisition, Russian and Mexican Cultural Overlap, Russian Folk Culture and Traditions
Ellery Cushman
Graduate student
Interests: Ethnic violence and Genocide Studies, Humanitarian Interventions, National Security, Rise of Populism in Eastern Europe, Sources of Instability
Aleksej Demjanski
Master's Candidate
Education: B.A. in International Affairs and Political Science, The George Washington University
Interests: Social movements, democratization, corruption, rule of law, and contemporary politics in Central and Eastern Europe, particularly the Western Balkans
Olga Dorman
Graduate student
Education: MA in Russian, Eastern European, and Eurasian Studies, UT Austin
Interests: The development of Belarussian culture, literature, and language under the influence of Polish culture and literature; Belarussian folklore
Tracy Heim
Graduate student
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
Nicolas Hemlock
Graduate student
Education: BA in International Relations, Government, and Russian, Eastern European and Eurasian Studies, The University of Texas at Austin
Interests: Russian foreign policy, Russian interaction with Western governing and security institutions, Russian civil society
Morgan Henson
Graduate student
Education: B.A. in History, Fordham University
Interests: Soviet History, Russian/Ukrainian/Soviet Culture, Ethnic Studies, Anthropology, Sociology
Nikidrea Rey
Graduate student
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
Rebekah Switala
Master's Candidate
Interests: Russian, Polish, and Romanian languages and culture; women and gender; popular culture
Patrick Thomas
Graduate student
patrickthomas@utexas.edu |
BUR 584
Education: MA in Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies, University of Texas at Austin
Interests: Conflict | World War II | Holocaust | Poland | Cold War | Geopolitics | Development and Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
James Wenninger
Graduate student
Education: M.A. in Diplomacy, Norwich University
Interests: Russian language, employment of Russian statecraft in the post-Soviet sphere
