170 KOCHEL CENTER
ERIE, PA 16563
Research Interests
comparative politics, political behavior, European politics, politics of the European Union, politics of the post-Soviet space, democratization, nationalism and ethnic conflict, Russian politics, Ukrainian politics
Publications
What’s on the agenda when Ukraine president meets Biden?, The Conversation - September 1, 2021
How Vladimir Putin uses natural gas to exert Russian influence and punish his enemies, The Conversation - June 23, 2021
‘The US is falling apart’: How Russian media is portraying the US Capitol siege, The Conversation - January 22, 2021
President Trump’s use of the authoritarian playbook will have lasting consequences, The Conversation - December 17, 2020
Collaborator: Luis Jimenez
Effects of EU’s norm promotion on changes in cultural values of non-member states: case of Ukraine, Ukrainian Professional Education - 2019
Ukraine is taking a beating at the impeachment hearings- here's what's at stake, The Conversation - November 20, 2019
New Generation Political Activism in Ukraine by Christine Emeran, Harvard Ukrainian Studies Journal - November, 2019
Ukraine’s President Zelenskiy may come to regret his discussion with President Trump, TheConversation - October 1, 2019
A Comedian who played a president on TV just became Ukraine's President , The Conversation - April 18, 2019
Post-Soviet Legacies and Conflicting Values in Europe: Generation Why - December, 2017
Collaborator: Ekaterina Turkina
Framing the Revolution: The Role of Social Media in Ukraine’s Euromaidan Movement, Nationality Papers - 2017
Collaborator: AJ Zahuranec
The effect of supranational identity on cultural values in Europe, European Political Science Review - 2016
Collaborator: Galina Zapryanova, Author
Diagnosing the Health of Russia’s Third Sector: Putin, Women’s Health, and Foreign NGOs, Georgetown Journal of International Affairs - 2015
Introduction: The Ukrainian Crisis, Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism - April 22, 2015
Generational Differences in Values in Central and Eastern Europe: The Effects of Politico-Economic Transition, Journal of Common Market Studies - 2014
Collaborator: Ekaterina Turkina, Author
Has the New Aid for Trade Agenda been Export Effective? Evidence on the Impact of US AfT Allocations 19992008, International Studies Quarterly - 2013
Collaborators: David Bearce, Author; Steven Finkel, Author; Anibal Perez-Linan, Author; Juan Rodriguez-Zepeda, Author
Forging Rights in a New Democracy: Ukrainian Students between Freedom and Justice, Nationality Papers - August, 2013
Liberal Nationalism, Nationalist Liberalization, and Democracy: Cases of post-Soviet Estonia and Ukraine, Nationality Papers - September, 2010
Education
Ph.D., Political Science, University of Pittsburgh
MA, Political Science , University of Pittsburgh
BA, Political Science , Edinboro University of Pennsylvania