Member Spotlight

ASEEES boasts over 3,000 members throughout the world.  This section will spotlight different members in varying stages in their careers and with diverse fields of interest. The spotlight will rotate regularly.

James Allen Nealy, Jr., Postdoctoral Fellow at the Weatherhead Initiative on Global History at Harvard University (2023-24) 

Voices of Ukrainian Scholars, a member spotlight mini-series, features the work of Ukrainian scholars in the field of Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies.

Lee Gurdial Kaur SinghTitle VIII Research Scholar, Keenan Institute, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

Sharifa Djurabaeva, English Teacher at Dennis-Yarmouth Regional High School and Independent Scholar

Malte RolfProfessor of Central and Eastern European History, Carl von-Ossietzky University of Oldenburg

Nariman Shelekpaev, Assistant Professor at the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, Yale University

Jessica Zychowicz, Director of Fulbright Ukraine and IIE: International Institute of Education Kyiv Office

Maria Taroutina, Associate Professor of Humanities, Yale-NUS College, Singapore 

Katalin Fábián, Janet Elise Johnson, and Mara Lazda, The Routledge Handbook of Gender in Central-Eastern Europe and Eurasia (2021)

Susan Layton, Research Associate, Centre d’études des mondes russe, caucasien et centre-européen (CERCEC)

Tricia Starks, Professor of History and Director of Arkansas Humanities Center, University of Arkansas

Natalya Khokholova, Associate Professor of Humanities, Yeoju Technical Institute in Tashkent

Yvonne Howell, Professor of Russian and Global Studies, University of Richmond

Christina Novakov-Ritchey, PhD Candidate, Culture and Performance, UCLA

Russell MartinProfessor of History, Westminster College

Siobhán Hearne, Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at Durham University (UK)

Karl D. Qualls, Professor of History, Dickinson College

Nina MurrayAuthor, Poet, Translator

Emily ElliottManaging Editor, East Lansing Info

Elise Thorsen, Open Source Analyst at Novetta Advanced Analytics

Imani Crawford, Founder, Black Bread

Jeff Eden, Assistant Professor of History, St. Mary's College of Maryland

Andrew Demshuk, Associate Professor of History, American University

William E. Butler, John Edward Fowler Distinguished Professor of Law, Dickinson Law, Pennsylvania State University

Steven Stoltenberg, Foreign Affairs Analyst, U.S. Department of State (retired)

Louis Howard Porter, Assistant Professor of History, Texas State University

Marina Alexandrova, Senior Lecturer in Russian Studies, Department of Slavic and Eurasian Studies, University of Texas at Austin

Brendan J. Nieubuurt, Librarian for Slavic, East European & Eurasian Studies, University of Michigan

Sean McDaniel, Adjunct History Instructor, Schoolcraft College

Slobodanka Millicent Vladiv-Glover, Adjunct Associate Professor at the School of Languages, Literature, Cultures and Linguistics, Monash University

Trevor Erlacher, Academic Advisor for REEES at the University of Pittsburgh and Program Coordinator and Editor for ASEEES

Sunnie Rucker-ChangAssistant Professor of Slavic and Eastern European Studies, University of Cincinnati

Angelo de Oliveira SegrilloProfessor of Contemporary History, University of São Paulo 

Angelina Lucento, Assistant Professor of History and Art History, National Research University-Higher School of Economics

Yelena FurmanLecturer at UCLA and Olga ZilberbourgRussian-American bilingual writer

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