Dan Fellner is an eight-time Fulbright Fellow and experienced journalist who has worked in television news, corporate public relations and travel writing for newspapers and magazines around the world.

Clay studies the religious history of Russia and Eurasia, the Eastern Christian tradition, confessional identities, new religious movements and the spiritual marketplace in the Russian Empire and its successor states.

Head of the Russian section, Hoogenboom teaches intellectual history, civilization, espionage history, and literature. Expert on Catherine the Great, she studies noble culture, civil society, corruption, and women writers.

Dr. Stoff specializes in Russian, East European, women's and gender history and studies, and the history of war and society, with a specific focus on the First World War and revolution in Russia.

Laura Jakubczak has been at ASU since 2006 and specializes in the archaeology and paleoecology of the Eurasian Steppe as well as increasing research and community engagement opportunities for undergraduates.

Dr. Dina Ziganshina Lienhard received her PhD in Biology (Biology & Society) from ASU in 2023 and currently works as the Senior Program Manager at the School of Complex Adaptive Systems at ASU.

Brian K. Goodman is a literary historian of the Cold War and its aftermath. His research explores how dissenting writers have shaped our ideas about human rights, censorship, and free expression.

Brown is the director of ASU’s Melikian Center. His research and teaching focus on the Western Balkans in global context.