PoliSci prof invited to discuss ‘first post-communist generation’

Katia Levintova, an assistant professor in UW-Green Bay’s Public and Environmental Affairs academic unit, has received a grant to participate in a major symposium in April in Washington, D.C. The topic of the gathering is “Prospects and Challenges for the First Post-Communist Generation: Young People Today in Eurasia and Eastern Europe.” An executive policy briefing will then be shared with officials at the U.S. State Department. The multi-disciplinary symposium is hosted by the Kennan Institute for Advanced Russian Studies of the Woodrow Wilson International Center, located in D.C. Levintova will be asked to share results of her research including the linkages between the public and elites in post-communist nations of Eastern Europe, and democratization and public attitudes. Read more.