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The Institute serves as an intellectual home for faculty, postdoctoral scholars, students, visiting scholars, policy experts, journalists, and other professionals from all parts of the world.
![Knar Abrahamyan](https://b3059196.smushcdn.com/3059196/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Abrahamayan-300x300.jpg?lossy=1&strip=1&webp=1)
Knar Abrahamyan
Assistant Professor in Music Theory and Race
![Gail Archer](https://b3059196.smushcdn.com/3059196/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/headshot_Archer-300x300.png?lossy=1&strip=1&webp=1)
Gail Archer
Professor of Professional Practice in Music
![Jason Bordoff](https://b3059196.smushcdn.com/3059196/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/headshot_Bordoff_Jason-300x300.png?lossy=1&strip=1&webp=1)
Jason Bordoff
Professor of Professional Practice in International and Public Affairs and Director of the Center on Global Energy Policy
![Aleksandar Bošković](https://b3059196.smushcdn.com/3059196/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/headshot_Boskovic-Aleksandar-300x300.jpg?lossy=1&strip=1&webp=1)
Aleksandar Bošković
Senior Lecturer in Bosnian, Croatian, and Serbian; Co-Deputy Director of the East Central European Center
![Christopher Caes](https://b3059196.smushcdn.com/3059196/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/headshot_Caes-Christopher-300x300.jpg?lossy=1&strip=1&webp=1)
Christopher Caes
Senior Lecturer in Polish; Co-Deputy Director of the East Central European Center
![Hannah Chazin](https://b3059196.smushcdn.com/3059196/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/headshot_Chazin-Hannah-square-300x300.jpg?lossy=1&strip=1&webp=1)
Hannah Chazin
Assistant Professor of Anthropology
![Alexander A. Cooley](https://b3059196.smushcdn.com/3059196/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/headshot_Cooley-Alexander-square-300x300.jpg?lossy=1&strip=1&webp=1)
Alexander A. Cooley
Claire Tow Professor of Political Science & Vice Provost for Research, Libraries and Academic Centers, Barnard College
![Ofer Dynes](https://b3059196.smushcdn.com/3059196/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Dynes-Profile-Pic-2020-Campus-300x300.jpg?lossy=1&strip=1&webp=1)
Ofer Dynes
Leonard Kaye Assistant Professor of Hebrew and Comparative Literature, Dept. of Slavic Languages
![Catherine Evtuhov](https://b3059196.smushcdn.com/3059196/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/headshot_Evtuhov-Catherine-300x300.jpg?lossy=1&strip=1&webp=1)
Catherine Evtuhov
Professor of History
![Timothy M. Frye](https://b3059196.smushcdn.com/3059196/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/headshot_Frye-Timothy-square-300x300.jpg?lossy=1&strip=1&webp=1)
Timothy M. Frye
Marshall D. Shulman Professor of Post-Soviet Foreign Policy
![Keith Gessen](https://b3059196.smushcdn.com/3059196/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/headshot_Gessen-Keith-Original-300x300.jpg?lossy=1&strip=1&webp=1)
Keith Gessen
George T. Delacorte Assistant Professor of Magazine Journalism
![Elise Giuliano](https://b3059196.smushcdn.com/3059196/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/headshot_Giuliano-Elise-2-300x300.jpg?lossy=1&strip=1&webp=1)
Elise Giuliano
Senior Lecturer in Political Science; Director of the MARS-REERS Program; Director of the Program on U.S.-Russia Relations
![Marina Grineva](https://b3059196.smushcdn.com/3059196/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/HARRIMAN-SIMPLE-SQUARE-LOGO-300x300.jpg?lossy=1&strip=1&webp=1)
Marina Grineva
Lecturer in Russian
![Christopher Harwood](https://b3059196.smushcdn.com/3059196/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/headshot_Harwood-Christopher.jpg?lossy=1&strip=1&webp=1)
Christopher Harwood
Senior Lecturer in Czech
![Valentina Izmirlieva](https://b3059196.smushcdn.com/3059196/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/headshot_Valentina-Izmirlieva-800x800-1-300x300.png?lossy=1&strip=1&webp=1)
Valentina Izmirlieva
Director, Harriman Institute; Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures
![Alexander Karp](https://b3059196.smushcdn.com/3059196/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/headshot_Karp-Alexander-300x300.png?lossy=1&strip=1&webp=1)
Alexander Karp
Professor of Mathematics Education at Teachers College
![Rashid Khalidi](https://b3059196.smushcdn.com/3059196/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/headshot_Khalidi-Rashid-300x300.jpg?lossy=1&strip=1&webp=1)
Rashid Khalidi
Edward Said Professor of Modern Arab Studies
![Liza Knapp](https://b3059196.smushcdn.com/3059196/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/headshot_Knapp-Liza-square-300x300.jpeg?lossy=1&strip=1&webp=1)
Liza Knapp
Professor, Department of Slavic Languages
![Rebecca Kobrin](https://b3059196.smushcdn.com/3059196/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/headshot_Korbin-Rebecca-300x300.jpg?lossy=1&strip=1&webp=1)
Rebecca Kobrin
Russell and Bettina Knapp Associate Professor of American Jewish History; Co-Director, Institute for Israel and Jewish Studies
![Adam Leeds](https://b3059196.smushcdn.com/3059196/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/headshot_Leeds-Adam-300x300.jpg?lossy=1&strip=1&webp=1)
Adam Leeds
Assistant Professor of Slavic Languages
![Agnieszka Legutko](https://b3059196.smushcdn.com/3059196/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Legutko-headshot.jpg?lossy=1&strip=1&webp=1)
Agnieszka Legutko
Senior Lecturer in Yiddish, Director of the Yiddish Language Program