Research Interests

Global Migration, Nationalism, Identity Politics, Ethnic Violence, Gender

Selected Publications

• "Black Widows and Tigresses," with Eliatamby-de Silva, M. in S. Cheldelin (Ed.) Women Waging War & Peace: Extraordinary Cases. Continuum Books. 2011 (expected).
• "Challenges of Activism," with Sewell, E. in S. Cheldelin (Ed.) Women Waging War &Peace: Extraordinary Cases. Continuum Books. 2011 (expected).
• "Working for Peace: Women's Civil Societal Actions in Chechnya," in T. Dickinson and T. Becerra (Eds.) Democracy Works: Joining Theory and Action to Foster Global Change. Boulder, CO: Paradigm Publishers. pp. 105-113. 2008.
• "Institute for Multi-Track Diplomacy," in Patrick Petit (Ed.) Wisdom 21: Creating a New Civilization in the twenty-first century. The Goi Peace Foundation. pp. 247-262. 2007.

Professional Presentations

• “National Identity through the prism of immigration in Russia,” Kennan Institute, Woodrow Wilson Center, (Upcoming, October 2010).
• “Foreign Curse or Native Evil: the origins of contemporary Russian racism,” the British Association for Slavic and East European Studies at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge University. (With Richard Arnold), March 2010.
• “Analyzing Violence against Central Asian Migrants in Russia,” International Studies Association Convention. New Orleans, LA, February 2010.
• “Russia’s interests in South Caucasus, ” Zones of Peace in the South Caucasus Symposium, ICAR, GMU, May 2009.
• Conference of the Peoples of the Caucasus, Associazione Rondine Cittadella della Pace, Arezzo, Italy, May 2009.
• “Immigration Trends and Nationalist Violence in Russia: the Role of the News Media in Conflict Generation and Resolution,” Convention of the Association for the Study of Nationalities, New York, NY, April 2009.
• “Immigration and growing nationalist violence in post-Soviet Russia,” International Studies Association Convention 2009. New York, NY, February 2009.  

Work In Progress

• Native Evil or Foreign Curse? The Self-View of the Russian Racist Right with Richard Arnold (Muskingum University).

Honors, Awards, and Fellowships

• John Burton Award, ICAR, GMU, 2008
• GMU Presidential Scholarship, 2006 - 2009
• P.E.O. International Peace Scholarship, 2006 - 2008
• Russian Young Leadership Fellows for Public Service Program, U.S.Department of State, Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs, 2004 - 2005                                   

Grants and Sponsored Research

• Global Supplementary Grant Program, Open Society Institute. 2009 - 2010

Media Appearances

• “New Language Needed in US- Russian Relations,” ICAR News Network. 10/25/07.
• “Reading Putin’s Mind: What the New Appointment Means,” ICAR News Network. 09/21/07.
• “Russia’s Power Game: Small Strategic Moves, Big Surprises,” ICAR News Network. 09/14/07.