Undergraduate Fellows

Charlotte Benchoff - Film and Media Studies & Russian major; assisting with the design of a course about Russian espionage and corruption, as well as assisting with research on Sentimental Realism in Russian literature; mentored by Hilde Hoogenboom, School of International Letters and Cultures

Nicole Maestas - Political Science major; assisting with comparative work looking at major Slavic dictionaries, the results of which will be used in a book project and in a paper; mentored by Danko Sipka, School of International Letters and Cultures

Alona Dzon - Business (Global Politics) major; Barrett Honors College; and Isabelle Kinney - French, Political Science, and Religious Studies major; Barrett Honors College; “Managing the Predatory State: Corruption and Protest in Kazakhstan”; mentored by Margaret Hanson, School of Politics and Global Studies

Cassidy Durland - History major; Barrett Honors College; “БРЭМ: Bureau of Russian Emigrants in the Manchurian Empire”; mentored by Laurie Manchester, School of Historical, Philosophical & Religious Studies

Julia Grantham - English (Literature) and Political Science major; "How Hungary and Poland's Leaders Used the Pandemic to Increase Their Power"; mentored by Lenka Bustikova, School of Politics and Global Studies

Jordan Harb - Global Studies major; Barrett Honors College; “Redefining ‘Home’: Politics as Motivation for Educational Change in Turkish Diaspora Cultural Centers”; mentored by Shyla González-Doğan, Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College

Kirsten Terrill - International Letters and Cultures (Classical Civilization) major; “Jacek Kuroń in Western Memory”; mentored by Michael Ostling, Barrett, The Honors College

Mary Elie - Russian major and Women & Gender Studies minor; Barrett Honors College; "Inside the World of Slavic Linguistics," mentored by Danko Sipka (School of International Letters and Cultures)

Madisyn Goodballet - Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership, Global Studies, History, and Political Science major and French minor; "Aby Warburg and the Mnemosyne Atlas," mentored by Katherine Boyce-Jacino (Barrett Honors College)

Joe Thomas - History and Political Science major and Arabic Studies minor; Barrett Honors College; "Diplomacy for the Middle Class: The Case for American Global Leadership," mentored by Ambassador Michael Polt (School of Politics and Global Studies)

Cameron Vega - Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership and Political Science major and History minor; Barrett Honors College; "International Interventions and Influences in Balkan Conflict Resolution," mentored by Daniel Pout (School of Politics and Global Studies) - ASU News interview with Cameron Vega, Dean's Medalist

Sofia Walsh - Global Studies major and Russian and Spanish minor; Barrett The Honors College; "Russia’s Influence on Human Rights Policies in Kazakhstan," mentored by Beibit Shangirbayeva (Fulbright Scholar from Kazakhstan at the Melikian Center) - ASU News story on Fulbright awardee, Sofia Walsh

Elena Boyd - Physics major and Russian minor; Barrett Honors College; "Russia's Role in Syrian Post-War Reconstruction," mentored by Adriana Qubaiova (Melikian Center CEU Global Teaching Fellow)

Spencer Erjavic - Political Science and Russian major; Barrett Honors College; "From China to the U.S.S.R.: The Return of the 'True' Russians," mentored by Laurie Manchester (School of Historical, Philosophical, and Religious Studies)

Collin Frank - Global Studies, Political Science, and Russian major; Barrett Honors College; "Gerasimov's Ghosts: Russia and Modern Proxy Warfare," mentored by Candace Rondeaux (School of Politics and Global Studies)

Giana Garcia - History major and Political Science minor; "Polish Jewish & Catholic Migrants after WWII," mentored by Anna Cichopek-Gajraj (School of Historical, Philosophical, and Religious Studies)

Jamie Horowitz - Global Studies major; Barrett Honors College; "The Effects of Russian Disinformation on Columbian and Latvian Democracies," mentored by Hilde Hoogenboom (School of International Letters and Cultures)

John Logan Johnson - Global Studies and Russian major; "State Violence in Late Socialist Macedonia," mentored by Keith Brown (School of Politics and Global Studies)

McKenna Kellar - Anthropology and Russian major; "Geography of Words," mentored by Danko Sipka (School of International Letters and Cultures)

Christopher Schnecke - Global Studies major; "Yugonostalgia and How Memories of Former Citizens of Yugoslavia and Their Opinions about It Impacts Their Current Political Views," mentored by Andi Hess (College of Integrative Sciences and Arts)

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Noah Pensak - Political Science and Russian major; Barrett Honors College

Alisa Burns - Russian major

Theresa Ruiz - Psychology major and Russian minor

Jenna Caneva - Russian major and French minor