academic Leadership
Current Roles
• Claire Tow Professor of Political Science, Barnard College
• Chair, Faculty Advisory Board, Columbia Global Center Athens
• Nonresident Senior Fellow, Eurasia Affairs, Chicago Council on Global Affairs
• Nonresident Fellow, Kennan Institute
• Acting Chair, The American University in Central Asia Foundation
• Adjunct Faculty, Queen Elizabeth II Academy for Leadership in International Affairs, Chatham House
Senior Administrative Leadership
Vice Provost for Research and Academic Centers, Barnard College (2022-2025)
Director, Harriman Institute for the Study of Russia, Eruasia and Eastern Europe, Columbia University (2015-2021)
Boards, COUNCILS and Advisory roles
Member, Committee on Global Thought
Member, Executive Committee, Harriman Institute
Member, Executive Committee, Saltzman Institute of War & Peace Studies
Member, Columbia University Tenure Review and Advisory Committee (2017–2020)
International Advisory and Committee Appointments (standing)
Member, Working Group on the Future of U.S.-Russia Relations
2016 - Present
Member of the Board of Governors, Eurasianet
2016 - present
Advisory Board Member, Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Harvard University
2016 - Present
Advisory Group Member, Human Rights Watch, Europe and Central Asia Division