Faculty & Staff

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Visiting Scholars 2006-2007

Natalya Bontsevich
Saratov State University, Russia

Ms. Bontsevich is a lecturer in the History Department at Saratov State University. She specializes in American political culture and public opinion during the Cold War. During her stay at the Institute, Ms. Bontsevich will research Cold War propaganda through imagery making and discourse theory.

September 2006 – December 2006

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Yuriy Fedun
Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, Ukraine

Mr. Fedun is a teaching assistant and a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of International Economic Relations at Ivan Franko National University of Lviv. During his stay at the Institute, Mr. Fedun will be conducting dissertation research entitled, "Political, Economic, and Ecological Problems and Challenges of Integration of Transition Economies; in particular Ukraine with the Global Trade System." Mr. Fedun is part of the ongoing scholar exchange sponsored by the Petrach Endowment.

September 2006 – January 2007

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Eva Kvelland
University of Oslo, Norway

Ms. Kvelland has received the Ambassador Stuart Fellowship to spend the fall semester at the George Washington University. Prior to her arrival at the Institute, she worked as a political advisor in the Norwegian Ministry of Agriculture and Food and was an active member of the Liberal Party. Ms. Kvelland will observe classes on American politics at the University as well intern on Capitol Hill.

September 2006 – December 2006

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Eliza Matthews
Queensland University, Australia

Ms. Matthews is a Ph.D. student at the University of Queensland and has been awarded a Fulbright Fellowship for the 2005-2006 academic year. While at the Institute, Ms. Matthews is conducting research on the history of U.S. foreign policy and the nuclear relationship of the United States and its allies toward North Korea, South Asia, and the Middle East.

October 2005 – October 2006

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Kristine Offerdal
The Fridtjof Nansen Institute, Norway

Ms. Offerdal is a researcher at the Fridtjof Nansen Institute in Norway. She has a Fulbright Fellowship to conduct dissertation research on U.S., E.U., and Russian relations in the context of developing oil and gas deposits in the Barents Sea while at the Institute.

September 2006 – June 2007

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Khrystyna Pavlyk
Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, Ukraine

Ms. Pavlyk is a teaching assistant and Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Economic Theory at Ivan Franko National University of Lviv. During her stay at the Institute, she will be conducting dissertation research entitled, "Examining Aggregate Supply Theory; Policy Implementation and Lessons for Ukraine." Ms. Pavlyk is part of the ongoing scholar exchange sponsored by the Petrach Endowment.

September 2006 – January 2007

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Gil-li Vardi
London School of Economics and Political Science, UK

Ms. Vardi is a graduate teaching assistant and Ph.D. candidate in the Department of International History at the London School of Economics nad Political Science. During her stay at the Institute, Ms. Vardi will be conducting research entitled, "The Evolution of Military Thought in Germany, 1919-1941" and she will examine military links and mutual doctrinal and operational interactions between Israeli and U.S. armed forces since the beginning of American arms sales to Israel in the early 1960s.

September 2006 – August 2007

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