IERES has numerous full-time faculty from various academic disciplines, including political science, economics, history, languages, literature, film studies, anthropology, sociology, public policy, and geography. IERES is also home to lecturers, who are leading practicioners in their field and teach part-time for the Institute.
Hugh L. Agnew
Professor of History and International Affairs
Research Interest: History of Eastern Europe, history of Czech Republic, nationalism
Phillips Hall, 315
202.994.3785
agnew@gwu.edu
Muriel A. Atkin
Professor of History
Research Interests: Russian history, Islam in the former USSR, Russian/Soviet relations with Iran Modern Europe, Imperialism/Colonialism
Phillips Hall, 336
202.994.6426
matkin@gwu.edu
Gregg A. Brazinsky
Professor of History and International Affairs
Research Interests: U.S.-East Asian Relations, Korean history, East Asian history, Cold War, diplomatic history
1957 E Street, Suite 503
202.994.0987
brazinsk@gwu.edu
Theodore Christov
Assistant Professor of Honors, History, and International Affairs
Research Interests: Early modern and modern European history; theories of European integration
Phillips Hall 335
202.994.6230
christov@gwu.edu
Maurice A. East
Professor Emeritus of International Affairs and Political Science
Research Interests: International politics, comparative foreign policy, foreign policies of small nations
Daina Stukuls Eglitis
Associate Professor of Sociology and International Affairs
Research Interests: Classical and contemporary social theory,feminist theory, social stratification in newly capitalist and advanced capitalist states, women and social change
Phillips Hall 409 I
202.994.1515
dainas@gwu.edu
Laura Engel
Associate Professor of International Education and International Affairs
Research Interests: International and comparative education, globalizations, citizenship, education policy, federal systems, Spain/Catalonia, equity
2134 G Street
202.994.8263
lce@gwu.edu
Harvey B. Feigenbaum
Professor of Political Science and International Affairs
Research Interests: Political economy of Western Europe, political economy of France, European politics
Monroe 478
202.994.9356
harveyf@gwu.edu
John K. Glenn
German Marshall Fund
IAFF 6338: Transatlantic Relations in the 21st Century
jkglenn@gwu.edu
Tobias Greiff
Professional Lecturer and Part-time Faculty
Research Interests: Political agency in the Balkans, the emergence of new violent actors and their political use of cultural matrixes (symbols, discourses, rituals) to mobilize, legitimize and justify violence, conflict analysis and resolution, politics of public space, symbolic politics, cultural psychology, post-war political agency
1957 E St. NW, Office 401D
202.994.0043
tgreiff@gwu.edu
Henry Hale
Director, IERES,
Director, Petrach Program on Ukraine
Professor of Political Science and International Affairs
Research Interests: Political regimes, ethnic politics, political behavior, political parties, politics of Eurasia (esp. Russia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan)
1957 E Street, Suite 412
202.994.4810
hhale@gwu.edu
Hope M. Harrison
Professor of History and International Affairs
Research Interests: The Berlin Wall, East and West Germany, united Germany, international history of the Cold War, Russian foreign policy, German foreign policy, the Caucasus, the influence of history on policy making in international affairs, the politicization of history, truth and reconciliation, historical justice, transitional justice, and the U.S. foreign and security policymaking process
1957 E Street, Suite 412
202.994.5439
hopeharr@gwu.edu
Anna Helm
Director, Center for International Business Education and Research (GW-CIBER); Associate Professor of International Business; GW–CIBER Business Languages Coordinator
Research Interests: International marketing, consumer perceptions of green products, sustainability and marketing strategy, business case methodology
Funger Hall 403
202.994.8150
ahelm@gwu.edu
James G. Hershberg
Professor of History and International Affairs
Research Interests: International history of the Cold War, contemporary international relations, and nuclear history
Phillips Hall 326
202.994.6476
jhershb@gwu.edu
Michelle Kelso
Assistant Professor of Sociology and International Affairs
Research Interests: Historical & Comparative Sociology, Ethnography, Sociology of Education, Race & Ethnicity, Health & Aging, Visual Sociology, Holocaust and Genocide, Education in Eastern Europe, Migration and the European Union, Gender and Employment, Collective Memory
Phillips Hall 409
mkelso@gwu.edu
Olof Kronvall
Professional Lecturer
Research Interests: Transatlantic and European security; Nordic-Baltic, Ukrainian, and Georgian security; U.S. national security policy, military power, and military doctrine; counterinsurgency, stability operations, and conflict termination; and Cold War studies.
Erwan Lagadec
Associate Research Professor of International Affairs and Director, European Union ‘Jean-Monnet’ Center of Excellence
Research Interests: EU, NATO, Development aid, Crisis management
1957 E Street, Suite 412
Elagadec@gwu.edu
Saniya LeBlanc
Associate Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Research Interests: Design and manufacturing of mechanical and aerospace systems, Economics, finance and cost engineering, Environmental and energy management, Mechanical engineering, Microelectronics, VLSI systems, and MEMS/NEMS, Nanotechnologies, materials science, energy conversion, and thermal transport
Kimberly Morgan
Associate Professor of Political Science, Director, MA Program in European and Eurasian Studies
Research Interests: European politics, gender, comparative social policy, immigration
Monroe Hall, Suite 440
202.994.2809
kjmorgan@gwu.edu
Harris Mylonas
Associate Professor of Political Science and International Affairs
Research Interests: Nationalism, Nation-building, Social order, Diaspora policies, European integration, Qualitative Research Methods
2115 G Street
Monroe Hall, Suite 403
202.994.1466
mylonas@gwu.edu https://
Frances Norwood
Assistant Research Professor and Professorial Lecturer in Anthropology
Research Interests: Long term care and end-of-life health policy; healthy aging, disability; innovative health care solutions; quality improvement; spirituality and health; independent living and aging in place; health care reform and health policy; critical medical anthropology; qualitative and quantitative methodologies; United States and the Netherlands.
Irina Olimpieva
Research Professor of International Affairs
Research Interests: social and labor protests, informal economy and corruption, science and education in Russia, Russian immigrants in the USA
1957 E Street, Suite 412
irina.olimpieva@gwu.edu
Robert Orttung
Research Professor of International Affairs, Director of Research, Sustainable GW
Research Interests: Comparative politics, Russia, Ukraine, Energy security, Federalism, Democracy
1957 E Street, Suite 412
202.994.5730
rorttung@gwu.edu
Sebastien Peyrouse
Research Professor of International Affairs
Research Interests: Political systems, economic development, and religion in Central Asia; Central Asia’s geopolitical positioning toward China, India and South Asia
1957 E Street, Suite 412
202.994.3368
speyrouse@gwu.edu
Peter Reddaway
Professor Emeritus of Political Science and International Affairs
Research Interests: Politics and government of Russia and the other post-Soviet states, human rights, and rights of minorities.
Scheherazade Rehman
Professor of International Business and International Affairs
Research Interests: International finance, global and emerging financial markets, central banking, economic development, privatization and financial sector development, corporate governance, regional financial crisis management, Middle East economics and Islamic finance, and the European Union
Funger Hall 401E
202.994.6813
rehman@gwu.edu
Sean Roberts
Associate Professor of the Practice of International Affairs and of Anthropology
Research Interests: Development theory, democracy development, media and development, culture and politics, indigenous rights, Central Asia, former Soviet Union, and China
1957 E Street, Suite 501 G
202.994.7739
seanrr@gwu.edu
Peter Rollberg
Professor of Slavic Languages, Film Studies, and International Affairs; Director of the Russian Language and Literature Program
Research Interests: Soviet and post-Soviet culture and media, literature and film of Russia and Eurasia, Georgian and Kazakh cinema, Soviet and post-Soviet media
1957 E St. NW, Office #412K
202.994.7084
prollberg@gmail.com
Nikolay Shiklomanov
Associate Professor of Geography
Research Interests: Arctic environment and development, climate change, Geomorphology, History of Arctic research, Socio-economic problems associated with development in Arctic regions
2036 H St NW, Room 202.994.3966
shiklom@gwu.edu
Hilary Silver
Professor of Sociology, International Affairs, and Public Policy and Public Administration
Research Interests: Social exclusion and inclusion, inequality, poverty, housing, homelessness, urban studies
801 22nd Street, 409J
202.994.6899
hilarysilver@gwu.edu
Tara M. Sinclair
Associate Professor of Economics and International Affairs
Research Interests: EU and Western European macroeconomics
Monroe Hall 314
202.994.7988
tsinc@gwu.edu
Mary Beth Stein
Associate Professor of German and International Affairs
Research Interests: German literature, culture and film; East Germany,; Berlin; oral history and memory studies
David Szakonyi
Assistant Professor of Political Science
Research Interests: Political economy, business-government relations, corruption, politics of Russia and the former Soviet Union, authoritarianism, clientelism
Monroe Hall 416
202.994.9231
dszakonyi@gwu.edu
Steven A. Tuch
Professor of Sociology and Professor of Public Policy and Public Administration
Research Interests: Race and ethnicity, inequality, public opinion in post-communist Poland
Phillips 409B
202.994.7466
steven.tuch@gwu.edu
Sarah E. Wagner
Professor of Anthropology
Research Interests: War and memory, nationalism, forced migration, military culture, post-conflict social reconstruction, forensic science and missing persons, anthropology of death and mourning, COVID-19 loss and remembrance
Hortense Amsterdam House 301
202.994.7545
sewagner@gwu.edu
Sharon L. Wolchik
Professor of Political Science and International Affairs
Research Interests: Central and East European politics and policy making, comparative politics of Central/Eastern Europe, gender issues
1957 E Street, Suite 412
202.994.7524
wolchik@gwu.edu
Daqing Yang
Associate Professor of History and International Affairs
Research Interests: Modern Japanese history, colonialism, memory and reconciliations in Europe and Asia
1957 E St. NW, 503H
202.994.8262
yanghist@gwu.edu
Sufian Zhemukhov
Associate Research Professor of International Affairs
Research Interests: Ethnic politics, post-Soviet politics, nationalism, Islam, Caucasus
1957 E Street, Suite 412
202.355.5289
zhemukho@gwu.edu
Angela Zimmerman
Professor of History and International Affairs
Research Interests: Africa, Modern Europe, 19th-century United States, 20th-century United States, African American History, Imperialism and Colonialism
Phillips Hall 304
202.994.0257
azimmer@gwu.edu
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