Faculty

Core Faculty

Yuri Zhukov

Associate Professor
Director, Center for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies

Kathleen Smith

Teaching Professor | Associate Director, Center for Eurasian, Russian, and East European Studies

Diana Dumitru

Associate Professor and Ion Ratiu Chair in Romanian Studies

Angela Stent

Professor Emeritus

Harley Balzer

Associate Professor Emeritus

Our program works closely with our colleagues in the Department of Slavic Languages.

Affiliated Faculty

Gregory Afinogenov

Associate Professor | Career Diversity Officer

Mustafa Aksakal

Associate Professor of History and Nesuhi Ertegun Chair of Modern Turkish Studies

Spencer Boyer

Adjunct Professor

Jason Bruder

Adjunct Professor

Sinan Ciddi

Adjunct Professor – Institute of Turkish Studies (ITS)

Liana Fix

Adjunct Professor

Shabnam Golkhandan

Digital Curator and Processor of the Mahnaz Afkhami Collection

Vadim Grishin

Affiliate
Dr.

Trevor Gunn

Adjunct Professor – Landegger Program in International Business Diplomacy (IBD)

Gavin Helf

Adjunct Professor – Center for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies (CERES)

Lise Howard

Professor | SFS Faculty Council Chair
Professor of Government and Foreign Service

Said Reza Huseini

Assistant Teaching Professor

Claire Kaiser

Adjunct Professor

Roger Kangas

Adjunct Professor – Center for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies (CERES)

Jaclyn Kerr

Adjunct Professor – Center for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies (CERES)

Charles King

Professor

Erica Marat

Adjunct Professor – Center for Security Studies (CSS)

James Millward

Professor

Zohreh Mirsharif

Assistant Teaching Professor

Wael Moussa

Adjunct Assistant Professor – Center for Contemporary Arab Studies (CCAS)

Sylvia Onder

Teaching Professor
Head of the Turkish Program; Department of Anthropology

William Pomeranz

Adjunct Professor; Center for Eurasian, Russian, and East European Studies

Michael Rouland

Adjunct Professor – Center for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies (CERES)

Theresa Sabonis-Helf

Professor of the Practice and Concentration Chair for Science, Technology and International Affairs

Farima Sadigh Mostowfi

Teaching Professor and Head of Persian Language Program | St. Omer Internship Coordinator

Elton Skendaj

Associate Teaching Professor | Director, MA in Democracy and Governance Program
Director, Democracy and Governance Program

Maria Snegovaya

Adjunct Professor

Brianne Todd

Adjunct Assistant Professor

Judyth Twigg

Adjunct Professor