I am a Visiting Assistant Professor at New York University, with a joint appointment in the Department of Politics, the Department of Russian & Slavic Studies, and the Program in International Relations. I hold a Ph.D. and M.A. in Political Science from Florida State University (2022 and 2018), an M.A. in International Relations from New York University (2016), an M.Sc. in European Affairs from Lund University (2013), and a B.A. in Political Science from the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy (2011).

My primary research focuses on electoral politics and democratization, with a specialization in the politics of Ukraine and Russia. I also study decentralization, local governance, and protest, with additional interests in transitional period reforms, propaganda, legislative politics, and electoral forecasting. My work has appeared in the Journal of Politics and PS: Political Science & Politics. At NYU, Columbia University, and Florida State University, I have taught courses on comparative politics, public policy, quantitative methods, Ukrainian politics, and post-Soviet studies.

Prior to joining NYU, I served as a Postdoctoral Research Scholar at the Harriman Institute at Columbia University, a Research Fellow at Harvard University’s Ukrainian Research Institute (HURI), and a Postdoctoral Fellow at the NYU Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia. From 2020 to 2021, I was a Visiting Researcher at the Hertie School in Berlin. I am a Fulbright alumna, having held a Fulbright Scholarship at New York University from 2014 to 2016.