Born in St. Louis, Missouri, I was raised and educated in Mound City. I got my start as a newsboy stuffing and selling newspapers curbside at the age of 12. Attending Saint Louis University High, I took Russian my four years there. At 17, I took my first trip to Saint Petersburg and experienced the famous White Nights. It would be the first of three extended trips Russia. Following high school, I spent a year living and studying at Loyola in New Orleans, but returned to St. Louis to finish college at Saint Louis University. I was fortunate to advance my Russian at St. Petersburg State University while enjoying SPB’s 300th anniversary on the banks of the Neva. After working at the famous Chase Park Plaza hotel, I left to teach English in Slovenia for a year. Ljubljana’s wonderful location gave me the chance to explore central Europe and visit a few of my favorite cities. Now, I live, work, and study at the University of Toronto where I am a Doctoral Candidate in Political Science. Education:
Saint Louis University – Bachelor of Arts in Russian, Bachelor of Arts in Economics, Certificate in Russian and Eastern European Studies
University of Toronto – Master of Arts in European, Russian and Eurasian Studies (Major Political Science) Former research topics: Rule of Law and Transition to Market Economies; Ideas and the History of Russia; Democracy, Eastern Europe, and the European Union Current research topics: Comparative Political Economy; Urban Politics; Collective Action; Common Pool Problems; Public Goods; Institutions and Ideas Heros: Mancur Olson, Garry Kasparov (in Chess), David Simon, Roberta Selvidge and her Daughter Favorite novels: The Book of Laughter and Forgetting, A Hero of Our Time, The Master and the Margarita, Full Circle, The Bridge over the Drinahttp://www.slu.edu/http://www.utoronto.ca/shapeimage_2_link_0shapeimage_2_link_1
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