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Great Plains Fellows

Brett Chloupek,

Associate Professor of Geography at Northwest Missouri State University
University of Kansas, Ph.D., Geography (2007-1011)

Elizabeth Morrow Clark

Professor of History, West Texas A&M University
University of Kansas, Ph.D. History

Raymond Finch

Lecturer, Russian, East European & Eurasian Studies (U.S. Army Retired Maj.)

Ksenya Gurshtein

Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, Ulrich Museum of Art
University of Michigan, Ph.D. History of Art (2005-2011)

David Goodlett

Associate Professor and Chair of History. Fort Hayes State University
University of Illinois at Chicago. Ph.D.

Ruel Hanks

Professor Humphreys Chair of International Studies, Oklahoma State University
University of Kansas. Ph.D. Geography. (1993)

Alan Holiman

Professor of Political Science and Chair. William Jewel College
University of Kansas. Ph.D.

Edward Holland

Assistant Professor of Geography in the Department of Geosciences. University of Arkansas.
University of Colorado at Boulder. Ph.D. Geography. (2012)

Helen Hundley

Assistant Professor: Russia, Soviet Union, Modern Britain. Wichita State University
University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana. Ph.D. (1984)

John Ishiyama

Professor and graduate Advisor
Michigan State University. Ph.D. Political Science. (1992)

Amber Nickell

Assistant Professor of History. Fort Hays State University
Purdue University. Ph.D. Central and Eastern European History. (2021)

Martha Brill Olcott

Professor Emerita, Colgate University. Visiting Professor, Michigan State university. Former senior associate with the Russia and Eurasia Program at the Carnegie Endowment in Washington, DC. Former Special Consultant to former Secretary of State Lawrence
University of Chicago. Ph.D.

Stephen Riegg

Assistant Professor. Texas A&M University.
University of North Carolina. Ph.D. (2016)

Vera Smirnova

Assistant Professor. Department of Geography and Geospatial Sciences. Kansas State University.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Ph.D. (2018)

Stephen Woodburn

Professor of History. Southwestern College
Miami University (OH). Ph.D.

Stephen Riegg

Assistant Professor. Texas A&M University
University of North Carolina. Ph.D. (2016)