Project Alumni

2022-2024 Professors of Practice in Russian Studies

With funding from Carnegie Corporation of New York, the US Russia Foundation, and International Division at UW-Maidson, professors of practice in Russian studies were in residence during the 2022-23 and 2023-24 academic years. The professors taught courses in their area of expertise and conducted research.

Mikhail Troitskiy

Position title: Professor of Practice in Russian Studies, Department of Political Science

Email: mtroitskiy@wisc.edu

2021-2022 Pre-Doctoral Research Fellows

With funding from the Carnegie Corporation of New York, four pre-doctoral research fellows were in residence at UW-Madison during the 2021-2022 academic year. Awardees worked on research projects related to Russia with current UW-Madison faculty.

Venera Albaeva

Position title: Pre-doctoral Research Fellow 2021-2022

Email: albaeva@wisc.edu

Alina Kontareva

Position title: Pre-doctoral Research Fellow 2021-2022

Email: kontareva@wisc.edu

Alfiya Lyapina

Position title: Pre-doctoral Research Fellow 2021-2022

Email: lyapina@wisc.edu

Arseny Verkeev

Position title: Pre-doctoral Research Fellow 2021-2022

Email: verkeev@wisc.edu

2021-2022 Post-Doctoral Research Fellows

With funding from the Carnegie Corporation of New York, three post-doctoral research fellows were in residence at UW-Madison during the 2021-2022 academic year. Awardees worked on research projects related to Russia with current UW-Madison faculty.

Marat Iliyasov

Position title: Postdoctoral Research Fellow 2021-2022

Email: iliyasov@wisc.edu

Address:
Department of Political Science
North Hall, Room 406

Yulia Khalikova

Position title: Postdoctoral Research Fellow 2021-2022

Email: ykhalikova@wisc.edu

Address:
Room 6109, Law School

Iana Nakhimova

Position title: Postdoctoral Research Fellow 2021-2022

Email: nakhimova@wisc.edu

Address:
Department of Sociology
Sewell Social Sciences Building

2021-2022 Graduate Research Assistants

The Wisconsin Russia Project provided funding for research assistantships to students completing their doctoral programs in the social sciences at UW-Madison. Awardees worked on research projects related to Russia with current UW-Madison faculty.

Erik Katovich

Position title: Research Assistant - Agricultural & Applied Economics

Email: ekatovich@wisc.edu

Address:
Faculty Advisor: Paul Castañeda Dower

Evgeniia Mitrokhina

Position title: Project Assistant - Law School

Email: mitrokhina@wisc.edu

Address:
Faculty Advisor: Katherine Hendley

Anton Shirikov

Position title: Research Assistant - Political Science

Email: shirikov@wisc.edu

Address:
Faculty Advisor: Yoshiko Herrera

Michael Zaslavsky

Position title: Research Assistant - Sociology

Email: mzaslavsky@wisc.edu

Address:
Faculty Advisor: Theodore P. Gerber

2019-2020 Pre-Doctoral Research Fellows

With funding from the Carnegie Corporation of New York, eight pre-doctoral research fellows were in residence at UW-Madison during the 2019-2020 academic year. Awardees worked on research projects related to Russia with current UW-Madison faculty.

2019-2020 Postdoctoral Research Fellows

With funding from the Carnegie Corporation of New York, five postdoctoral research fellows were in residence at UW-Madison during the 2019-2020 academic year. They worked under the guidance of UW-Madison social science faculty members and connected to extensive networks of scholars in their fields of research.

2019-2020 Graduate Research Assistants

The Wisconsin Russia Project provided funding for research assistantships to students completing their doctoral programs in the social sciences at UW-Madison. Awardees worked on research projects related to Russia with current UW-Madison faculty.

Dmitri Kofanov

Position title: Graduate Research Assistant 2016-2017, 2018-2019

Khasan Redjaboev

Position title: Graduate Research Assistant 2018-2019

Valeriia Umanets

Position title: Graduate Research Assistant 2018-2019

2017-2018 Pre-Doctoral Research Fellows

With funding from the Carnegie Corporation of New York, four pre-doctoral research fellows were in residence at UW-Madison during the 2017-2018 academic year. Awardees worked on research projects related to Russia with current UW-Madison faculty.

Kristina Butaeva

Position title: Visiting Graduate Student Fellow 2017-2018

Aldar Chirninov

Position title: Visiting Graduate Student Fellow 2017-2018

Dmitri Trifonov

Position title: Visiting Graduate Student Fellow 2017-2018

Mariia Ukhvatova

Position title: Visiting Graduate Student Fellow 2017-2018

2017-2018 Postdoctoral Research Fellows

With funding from the Carnegie Corporation of New York, four postdoctoral research fellows were in residence at UW-Madison during the 2017-2018 academic year. They worked under the guidance of UW-Madison social science faculty members and connected to extensive networks of scholars in their fields of research.

Alexander Kondakov

Position title: Postdoctoral Fellow 2017-2018

Aleksandra Lukina

Position title: Postdoctoral Fellow 2017-2018

Megan Metzger

Position title: Postdoctoral Fellow 2017-2018

Dmitriy Vorobyev

Position title: Postdoctoral Fellow 2017-2018

2017-2018 Graduate Research Assistants

The Wisconsin Russia Project provided funding for research assistantships to students completing their doctoral programs in the social sciences at UW-Madison. Awardees worked on research projects related to Russia with current UW-Madison faculty.

Hannah Chapman

Position title: Graduate Research Assistant 2017-2018

Dmitri Kofanov

Position title: Graduate Research Assistant 2016-2017, 2018-2019

Email: kofanov@wisc.edu

Alex Straka

Position title: Graduate Research Assistant 2017-2018

Michael van Landingham

Position title: Graduate Research Assistant 2017-2018

Chelsea Zielke

Position title: Graduate Research Assistant 2017-2018