Dmitri Trifonov
Position title: Visiting Graduate Student Fellow 2017-2018
Trifonov, then a PhD student at the Higher School of Economics in Moscow, was in residence in Madison for the spring 2018 semester working under the guidance of Professor Scott Gehlbach. His dissertation research focused on the politicization of the Russian business environment.
Aside from his academic interests, Dmitri is extremely interested in American culture and lifestyle, views and life values, the affairs of German Americans, and other facets of American society.