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Political Instability: Moldova's Struggle for Democracy (Research Brief) January 6, 2011 My research focused on the current political situation in Moldova following multiple parliamentary elections in 2009 where no party received enough seats in Parliament needed to elect a... Education, Research Support	Hidden in Plain Sight: An Oral History of Modern-Day Slavery from Russian and Eastern Europe (Research Brief) December 30, 2010 This study traces the history of human trafficking from the former Soviet Union through the life stories and lived experiences of the victims of trafficking and their rescuers. Education, Research Support, Gender
Language and Identity in Tajikistan: A Literary Approach (Research Brief) December 30, 2010 My research focused on the figure of Sadriddin Aini, often hailed as the “father of Tajik literature”, and the literary efforts which he, his colleagues, and his mentees undertook in... Education, Research Support	Linking Substance Abuse among Roma Youth in Slovakia and the Czech Republic to Discrimination and Marginalization (Research Brief) December 20, 2010 My research examined the links between poverty, marginalization, discrimination and substance abuse among Roma minority living in rural settlements or city ghettos segregated from the majority... Education, Research Support, Youth
Russian Children's Literature After Communism (Research Brief) December 20, 2010 My research examines the enormous and transformative changes in the children’s literature industry since the fall of the Soviet Union, with special attention to the representation of... Education, Research Support, Youth	Historical Reconciliation Models: Facing the Past in Post-Communist Bulgaria (Research Brief) December 20, 2010 In my research, I was interested in how Bulgaria, as a new democracy, absorbs the legacy of its former Communist regime. Education, Research Support
The Bolsheviks' Muslim: Mirsaid Sultan-Galiev's Islamic Communism and Revolution in the Soviet East (Research Brief) December 20, 2010 The long-term objective for this project is to write a political and intellectual biography of Mirsaid Sultan-Galiev (1892-1940), his milieu, time, and role in the Soviet Union’s nation-... Education, Research Support	Unofficial American Diplomacy and Poland's Transformation to Democracy, 1981-1989 (Research Brief) December 20, 2010 The purpose of my research project was to investigate informal contacts between American diplomats and Polish dissidents from the declaration of martial law in Poland in December 1981, when the... Education, Research Support
Virtual Democracy: Polit.ru in Moscow (Research Brief) December 20, 2010 The goal of this research was to assess the degree to which Internet journalism continues to serve as a platform for views expressing criticism and opposition of government positions in... Education, Research Support, Media Development	Entrepreneurs' Associations and Regional Government in Russia 1991-2010 (Research Brief) December 17, 2010 The project explores the social and political implications, at a regional and municipal level, of the emergence of small and medium-sized business (SME) owners as an organized interest group in... Education, Research Support