Education
- Ph.D.: Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI (2004)
- Major fields: comparative politics, political theory, democratic theory
- Dissertation: Public Opinion, Official Discourse and Actual Policies in Post-Communist Societies: The Role of Government-Affiliated Intellectuals
- Dissertation Chair: Jim Butterfield, Ph.D.
- M.A.: Appalachian State University, Boone, NC (1995)
- Major fields: comparative politics
- B.A.: Moscow State University, Moscow (1992)
- Major: Economic and Political Geography
- Major fields: comparative politics, political theory, democratic theory
- Emphasis: East and Central European countries