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Valeria Umanets is a Postdoctoral Fellow in Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies, and a Research Affiliate in Political Science and the Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies Program at the University of Pittsburgh. She holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and an MPhil in Politics from the University of Oxford. Her research focuses on women and politics, non-democratic institutions, historical political economy, and post-Communist states, employing archival data, econometric models, and experimental methods.
Education:
- Ph.D. in Political Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison (2024)
- MPhil in Politics, University of Oxford
Research Interests: Her work bridges gender studies and authoritarian politics, examining topics such as political participation in the USSR/Russia, electoral autocracies, and longitudinal institutional analysis. She utilizes diverse methodologies including elite interviews and survey experiments.
Teaching & Advising: Taught courses on comparative politics, gender and politics in Russian/East European Studies, and served as a mentor for undergraduate research. Instructional roles included courses at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and pre-college programs.
Labs/Teams: Engages with archival research and collaborative projects on post-Soviet political dynamics, though specific lab affiliations are not explicitly stated.
