People

We are a community of students, scholars, and staff who share a dedication to understanding the region more deeply.

 

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

Alumni
Mike Smeltzer is a senior research analyst at Freedom House and a graduate of the Davis Center's REECA Program.
Alumni
Alisa Sopova is an anthropologist and a journalist studying the war in Ukraine.
Faculty Associate
Center Associate
Center Associate
Regine Spector is Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
Center Associate
Valerie Sperling teaches a variety of courses in comparative politics.
Alumni
Kimberly St. Julian-Varnon is a historian and an alumna of the Davis Center's REECA program.
Alumni
Bernadette Stadler is a graduate of the REECA Master's Program.
Center Associate
Russian constitutional scholar, diaspora and human rights activist and expert on country conditions in U.S. asylum cases.
Alumni
Angela Stent is a senior non-resident fellow at the Brookings Institution and author of the book "Putin’s World: Russia Against the West and With the Rest."
Center Associate
Dr. Gwendolyn Stewart is Director & Managing Editor and Chief Photographer at Picture Politics.