Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies

Current Fellows

Doctoral Student Fellows 2012-2013

Bret Barrowman

Bret Barrowman is a Ph.D. student in political science developing a dissertation on public sector corruption and reform in clientelist political systems, with a focus on comparing civil service reform in the Republic of Georgia and Ukraine. His research interests include corruption, political clientelism, political parties, informal institutions, and state-building, with an emphasis on the former Soviet Union. He holds a B.A. in Political Science and Russian Studies from Stetson University, and an M.A. in Security Policy Studies from the Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington University.

Stefanie Costa

Christopher Mitchell

Christopher Mitchell is a Ph.D. student in political science, focusing on the political economy of financial politics, especially on state responses to banking and financial crises. His research examines the ways in which divergent patterns of organization of private actors shapes the political strength of banks in crisis, and thus the policy options chosen by states. His dissertation examines state responses to the 2007-2009 crisis in Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States. He holds a B.A. from Middlebury College and an M.A. from Boston College. He speaks German and French.