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Stephen K. Wegren

Department of Political Science

3300 University Blvd. Carr-Collins Hall, Rm. 220

Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX 75275-0117 (214) 768-2523 phone

(214) 768-3469 fax [email protected]

Website: people.smu.edu/swegren

Employment History

Director of International and Area Studies, Southern Methodist University, Fall 2006-present.

Interim Chairman, Department of Political Science, Southern Methodist University, August

2010-August 2011.

Professor of Political Science, Southern Methodist University, Fall 2005-present.

Associate Professor of Political Science, Southern Methodist University, Fall 1997-Spring 2005.

Assistant Professor of Political Science, Southern Methodist University, Fall 1991-Spring 1997.

Assistant Professor of Political Science, St. Mary's College of California, Fall 1990-Spring 1991.

MacArthur Post-Doctoral Fellow, Duke University, Fall 1989-Fall 1990.

MacArthur Pre-Doctoral Fellow, Duke University, Fall 1988-Fall 1989.

Education

Ph.D. Political Science, Columbia University February 1990

M. Phil. Political Science, Columbia University May 1989

M. A. Political Science, Indiana University May 1982

B. A. Political Science, University of Oregon June 1979

Magna Cum Laude

Phi Beta Kappa

Research Interests

Political economy in post-communist countries, stratification and inequality, property rights and

land reform in non-western states, new institutionalism and effects on mass behavior, class

formation, peasant-state relations, food security, food policy.

Books and Monographs

8. Stephen K. Wegren with Alexander Nikulin and Irina Trotsuk, Russia’s Food Revolution: The

Transformation of the Food System. London and New York: Routledge Publishers,

forthcoming in 2020.

7. Stephen K. Wegren, Alexander Nikulin, and Irina Trotsuk, Food Policy and Food Security:

Putting Food on the Russian Table. Lanham, MD: Lexington Press, 2018. 330 pp.

6. Stephen K. Wegren, Rural Inequality in Divided Russia. New York and London: Routledge

Publishers, 2014. 272 pp. (Published as paperback in December 2015.)

5. Stephen K. Wegren, Land Reform in Russia: Institutional Design and Behavioral

Responses. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2009. 340 pp.

4. Stephen K. Wegren, The Moral Economy Reconsidered: Russia’s Search for Agrarian

Capitalism. New York and London: Palgrave-Macmillan, 2005. 278 pp.

3. Stephen K. Wegren, Russia’s Food Policies and Globalization. Lanham, MD:

Lexington Books, 2005. 191 pp.

2. Stephen K. Wegren, The Land Question in Ukraine and Russia. Donald W.

Treadgold Papers No. 35. Seattle: Henry M. Jackson School of International

Studies, University of Washington, 2002. 78 pp.

1. Stephen K. Wegren, Agriculture and the State in Soviet and Post-Soviet Russia.

Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1998. 294 pp. Winner of 1999

Hewett Award. Best book on political economy in Slavic Studies, American

Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies.

Edited Works

10. Stephen K. Wegren and Frode Nilssen, eds., Russia’s Role in the Contemporary International

Agri-Food Trade System. London: Palgrave Macmillan, forthcoming in 2021.

9. Stephen K. Wegren, ed., Putin’s Russia: Past Imperfect, Future Uncertain. 7th ed. Lanham,

MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 2019. 353 pp.

8. Stephen K. Wegren, ed., Putin’s Russia: Past Imperfect, Future Uncertain. 6th ed. Lanham,

MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 2016. 363 pp.

7. Stephen K. Wegren, ed., Return to Putin’s Russia: Past Imperfect, Future Uncertain. 5th ed.

Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 2013. 332 pp.

6. Stephen K. Wegren and Dale R. Herspring, eds., After Putin’s Russia: Past Imperfect,

Future Uncertain. 4th ed. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 2010. 318 pp.

5. Stephen K. Wegren, ed., Rural Adaptation in Russia. London: Routledge,

2005. 237 pp.

4. David A. J. Macey, William Pyle, and Stephen K. Wegren, eds., Building Market

Institutions in Post-Communist Agriculture: Land, Credit, and Assistance.

Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2004. 229 pp.

3. Stephen K. Wegren, ed., Russia's Policy Challenges: Security, Stability, and

Development. Armonk, NY: M. E. Sharpe, 2003. 288 pp.

2. David J. O'Brien and Stephen K. Wegren, eds., Rural Reform in Post-Soviet

Russia. Washington, DC and Baltimore, MD: Woodrow Wilson Press/Johns

Hopkins University Press, 2002. 430 pp.

1. Stephen K. Wegren, ed., Land Reform in the Former Soviet Union and Eastern

Europe. London and New York: Routledge, 1998. 268 pp.

Guest Editor

3. Stephen K. Wegren, Symposium entitled “Smallholders in Post-Communist States.” Journal of

Agrarian Change, vol. 18. no. 4 (2018).

2. Stephen K. Wegren, Special Issue entitled “Rural Adaptation in Russia.”

The Journal of Peasant Studies, vol. 31, nos. 3-4 (2004).

1. Stephen K. Wegren, Special Issue entitled “Privatization of Land in

Russia and Eastern Europe.” The Soviet and Post-Soviet Review, vol. 21, nos.

2-3 (1994).

Journal Articles

114. Stephen K. Wegren, “Can Russia’s Food Exports Reach $45 Billion in 2024?” Post-Communist

Economies, vol. 32, no. 2 (2020): 147-75.

113. Stephen K. Wegren and Irina Trotsuk, “The Paradoxes of Smallholders in Contemporary Russian

Agriculture,” Krest’ianovedenie (Peasant Studies), vol. 4, no. 4 (2019): 22-49.

112. Stephen K. Wegren, “Effects of Russia’s Food Embargo After 5 Years,” Russian Analytical

Digest, no. 241 (November 2019): 6-10. 111. Stephen K. Wegren, Alexander Nikulin, and Irina Trotsuk, “Russian Agriculture during Putin’s

Fourth Term: A SWOT Analysis,” Post-Communist Economies, vol. 31, no. 4 (2019): 419-50.

110. Stephen K. Wegren, “Grain Production in Russia: Too Much of a Good Thing?” Post-Communist

Economies, vol. 30, no. 6 (2018): 835-46.

109. Stephen K. Wegren, “The Insecurity of Food Security in Russia’s Far North,” Polar Geography,

vol. 41, no. 4 (2018): 294-313.

108. Stephen K. Wegren and David J. O’Brien, “Smallholders in Communist and Post-communist

Societies,” Journal of Agrarian Change, vol. 18, no. 4 (2018): 869-81.

107. Stephen K. Wegren, “The ‘Left Behind’: Smallholders in Contemporary Russian Agriculture,”

Journal of Agrarian Change, vol. 18, no. 4 (2018): 913-25.

106. Stephen K. Wegren and Christel Elvestad, “Russia’s Self-Sufficiency and Food Security: An

Assessment,” Post-Communist Economies, vol. 30, no. 5 (2018): 565-87.

105. Alexander Nikulin, Irina Trotsuk, and Stephen Wegren, “Ideology and Philosophy in Successful

Regional Development: The Belgorod Case,” Krest’ianovedenie (Peasant Studies), vol. 3, no. 1

(2018): 99-116.

104. Irina V. Trosuk, Alexander M. Nikulin, and Stephen K. Wegren, “Interpretations and Means of

Changing Food Security in Contemporary Russia: Discourses and Contradictions,” Mir Rossii,

vol. 27, no. 1 (2018): 34-64.

103. Alexander Nikulin, Irina Trotsuk, and Stephen K. Wegren, “The Importance of Strong Regional

Leadership in Russia: The Belgorod Miracle in Agriculture,” Eurasian Geography and

Economics, vol. 58, no. 3 (2017): 316-39.

102. Stephen K. Wegren, “Sustainable Agriculture in Russia,” Russian Analytical Digest, no. 204

(2017): 10-13.

101. Stephen K. Wegren, “Food Security and Import Substitution,” “Russian Analytical Digest, no. 204

(2017): 2-5.

100. Stephen K. Wegren, Alexander Nikulin, Irina Trotsuk, and Svetlana Golovina, “Gender Inequality

in Russia’s Rural Informal Sector,” Communist and Post-Communist Studies, vol. 50, no. 2

(2017): 87-98.

99. Stephen K. Wegren, Alexander Nikulin, and Irina Trotsuk, “The Russian Variant of Food Security,”

Problems of Post-Communism, vol. 64, no. 1 (2017): 47-62.

98. Stephen K. Wegren, Frode Nilssen, and Christel Elvestad, “The Impact of Russian Food Security

Policy on the Performance of the Food System,” Eurasian Geography and Economics, vol. 57,

no. 6 (2016): 671-99.

97. Stephen K. Wegren, “The Quest for Village Sustainability in Russia,” Sustainability, vol. 8, no. 7

(2016), doi:10.3390/su8070602.

96. Stephen K. Wegren, “Village Inequality and Discord: Toward a New Moral Economy in Rural

Russia,” Krest’ianovedenie, vol. 1, no. 1 (2016): 122-41.

95. Stephen K. Wegren, “Food Policy in Russia.” Reference Module in Food Sciences. Elsevier 2016,

pp. 1–5. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-08-100596-5.03331-X.

94. Stephen K. Wegren, Alexander M. Nikulin, and Irina Trotsuk, “Russia’s Tilt to Asia and

Implications for Agriculture,” Eurasian Geography and Economics, vol. 56, no. 2 (2015): 127-

49.

93. Stephen K. Wegren, Alexander Nikulin, Irina Trotsuk, Svetlana Golovina, and Marina Pugacheva,

“Gender Inequality in Russia’s Rural Formal Economy,” Post-Soviet Affairs, vol. 31, no. 5

(2015): 367-95.

92. David J. O’Brien and Stephen K. Wegren, “The Underrepresentation of Women in Rural

http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su8070602

Leadership Positions,” Rural Sociology, vol. 80, no. 1 (2015): 86-107.

91. Stephen K. Wegren, “The Russian Food Embargo and Food Security: Can Household Production

Fill the Void?” Eurasian Geography and Economics, vol. 55, no. 5 (2014): 491-513.

90. Stephen K. Wegren, “Human Capital and Russia’s Agricultural Future,” Post-Communist

Economies, vol. 26, no. 4 (2014): 537-54.

89. Stephen K. Wegren, “The Russian Food Embargo,” Russian Analytical Digest, no. 157 (2014): 8-

12.

88. Stephen Wegren and Alexander Nikulin, “Российские аграрные амбиции и ее скромный

сельский человеческий капитал” Экономическая политика, no. 3 (2014): 7-41.

87. Stephen K. Wegren, “Rural Inequality in Russia,” Problems of Post-Communism, vol. 61, no.

1 (2014): 52-64.

86. Stephen K. Wegren, “Prospects for Russia as Global Food Exporter,” Russian Analytical

Digest, no. 133 (2013): 9-16.

85. Stephen K. Wegren, “Food Security in the Russian Federation,” Eurasian Geography and

Economics, vol. 54, no. 1 (2013): 22-41.

84. Stephen K. Wegren, “The Impact of WTO Accession on Russian Agriculture,” Post-Soviet

Affairs, vol. 28, no. 3 (2012): 296-318.

83. Stephen K. Wegren, “Institutional Impact and Agricultural Change in Russia,” Journal of Eurasian

Studies, vol. 3, no. 2 (2012): 193-202.

82. Stephen K. Wegren and Alexander Maximov, “Pathways of Rural Stratification in Russia’s

European North,” Europe-Asia Studies, vol. 64, no. 5 (2012): 835-56.

81. Stephen K. Wegren, “Investment Trends in Russian Agriculture,” Russian Analytical Digest,

no. 99 (2011): 9-13.

80. Stephen K. Wegren, “Private Farming in Russia: An Emerging Success?” Post-Soviet

Affairs, vol. 27, no. 3 (2011): 211-40.

79. David J. O’Brien, Stephen K. Wegren, Valery V. Patsiorkovski, “Poverty, Inequality and

Subjective Quality of Life in Rural Russia during the Transition to a Market Economy:

1991-2006,” Journal of Poverty and Inequality, vol. 3, issue 2 (2011): 90-118.

78. Stephen K. Wegren, “The Development of Agrarian Capitalism in Post-Soviet Russia,”

Journal of Agrarian Change, vol. 11, no. 2 (2011): 138-63.

77. Stephen K. Wegren, “Food Security and Russia’s 2010 Drought,” Eurasian Geography and

Economics, vol. 52, no. 1 (2011): 140-56.

76. Stephen K. Wegren, “Russia’s Food Policies and Foreign Policy,” Demokratizatsiya: The

Journal of Post-Soviet Democratization, vol. 18, no. 3 (2010): 189-207.

75. David J. O’Brien, Stephen K. Wegren, and Valeri V. Patsiorkovski, “Sources

of Income, Mental Health and Quality of Life in Rural Russia,” Europe-Asia Studies, vol. 62, no.

4 (2010): 597-614.

74. Stephen K. Wegren, Valeri V. Patsiorkovski, and David J. O’Brien, “Market Reform and the

Gender Gap in Rural Russia,” Slavic Review, vol. 69, no. 1 (2010): 65-92.

73. Stephen K. Wegren, “Russia’s Incomplete Land Reform,” Russian Analytical Digest, no. 64

(2009): 2-7.

72. Stephen K. Wegren, “Russian Agriculture in 2009: Continuity or Change?” Eurasian

Geography and Economics, vol. 50, no. 4 (2009): 464-79.

71. Stephen K. Wegren, “The Food Problem in Russian Agriculture,” Russian Analytical Digest,

no. 52 (2008): 2-13. Translated and reprinted in German in Russland-Analysen, no. 178

(2009): 10-20.

70. Stephen K. Wegren, “Typologies of Household Risk-Taking: Contemporary Rural Russia as a

Case Study,” Journal of Peasant Studies, vol. 35, no. 3 (2008): 390-423.

69. David J. O’Brien, Valeri V. Patsiorkovski, and Stephen K. Wegren, “Household Capital,

Sources of Income and Stratification in Rural Russian Households” East European

Countryside, vol. 14 (2008): 27-42.

68. Stephen K. Wegren, David J. O’Brien, and Valeri V. Patsiorkovski, “The Economics of Rural

Households in Russia: The Impact of Location,” Eurasian Geography and Economics, vol.

49, no. 2 (2008): 200-14.

67. Stephen K. Wegren, “Land Reform in Russia: What Went Wrong?” Post-Soviet Affairs, vol.

24, no. 2 (2008): 121-48.

66. Stephen K. Wegren, “The Limits of Land Reform in Russia,” Problems of Post-Communism,

vol. 55, no. 2 (2008): 14-24.

65. Stephen K. Wegren and Andrew Konitzer, “Prospects for Managed Democracy in Russia,”

Europe-Asia Studies, vol. 59, no. 6 (2007): 1025-47.

64. Stephen K. Wegren, “Russian Agriculture and the WTO,” Problems of Post-Communism, vol.

54, no. 4 (2007): 46-59.

63. Stephen K. Wegren, “The State and Agrarian Reform in Post-communist Russia,” Journal of

Peasant Studies, vol. 34, nos. 3 and 4 (2007): 498-526.

62. David J. O'Brien, Stephen K. Wegren, and Valeri V. Patsiorkovski, “Stratification in

Russian Villages,” Problems of Post-Communism, vol. 54, no. 1 (2007): 37-46.

61. Stephen K. Wegren and Andrew Konitzer, “The 2003 Russian Duma Election and the

Decline in Rural Support for the Communist Party,” Electoral Studies, vol. 25, no.

4 (2006): 577-95.

60. Andrew Konitzer and Stephen K. Wegren, “Federalism and Political Recentralization

in the Russian Federation: United Russia as the Party of Power,” Publius, vol. 36,

no. 4 (2006): 503-22.

59. Stephen K. Wegren, Valeri V. Patsiorkovski, and David J. O’Brien, “Beyond

Stratification: The Emerging Class Structure in Rural Russia,” Journal of

Agrarian Change, vol. 6, no. 3 (2006): 371-98.

58. Stephen K. Wegren, “Rural Responses to Reform in Post-Soviet

Countries,” Journal of Peasant Studies, vol. 33, no. 3 (2006): 526-44.

57. Stephen K. Wegren, David J. O'Brien, and Valeri V. Patsiorkovski, “Social Mobility

in Rural Russia: 1995-2003,” Journal of Peasant Studies, vol. 33, no. 2 (2006): 189-218.

56. Valeri Patskiorkovski, David J. O’Brien, and Stephen K. Wegren, “Land Reform

and Land Relations in Rural Russia,” East European Countryside, vol. 11 (2005): 5-17.

55. Stephen K. Wegren, “Russian Agriculture During Putin’s First Term and Beyond,”

Eurasian Geography and Economics, vol. 46, no. 3 (2005): 224-44.

54. David J. O'Brien, Stephen K. Wegren, and Valeri V. Patsiorkovski, “Marketization

and Community in Post-Soviet Russian Villages,” Rural Sociology, vol. 70, no. 2

(2005): 188-207.

53. Stephen K. Wegren, “Rural Adaptation in Russia: Who Responds and How Do We

Measure It?” Journal of Agrarian Change, vol. 4, no. 4 (2004): 553-78.

52. Stephen K. Wegren, “Rural Support for the Communist Party and Implications

for the Party System,” Party Politics, vol. 10, no. 5 (2004): 565-582.

51. Stephen K. Wegren, “From Communism to Capitalism? Agrarian Relations in

Twentieth Century Russia and Beyond,” Journal of Peasant Studies, vol. 31,

nos. 3-4 (2004): 363-399.

50. Stephen K. Wegren, David J. O'Brien, and Valeri V. Patsiorkovski, “Household

Responses, Regional Diversity, and Contemporary Agrarian Reform in Russia,”

Journal of Peasant Studies, vol. 31, nos. 3-4 (2004): 552-587.

49. David J. O’Brien, Valeri Patsiorkovski, and Stephen K. Wegren, “Rural

Adaptation and Poverty in Russia,” Journal of Peasant Studies, vol. 31, nos. 3-

4 (2004): 457-488.

48. David J. O'Brien, Stephen K. Wegren, and Valeri V. Patsiorkovski,

“Contemporary Rural Responses to Reform from Above,” The Russian

Review, vol. 63, no. 2 (2004): 256-76.

47. Stephen K. Wegren, “Russian Peasant Farms and Household Plots in 2003: A

Research Note,” Eurasian Geography and Economics, vol. 45, no. 3 (2004): 230-39.

46. Stephen K. Wegren, “Why Rural Russians Participate in the Land Market:

Socio-Economic Factors,” Post-Communist Economies, vol. 15, no. 4

(2003): 483-501.

45. Valeri Patsiorkovski, David J. O’Brien, and Stephen K. Wegren, “Sel’skaya Mestnost’

Rossii v 1991-2001 gg. (Rural Localities of Russia during 1991-2001),” Narodo

Naselenie, no. 3 (2003): 111-122.

44. Stephen K. Wegren, David J. O'Brien, and Valeri Patsiorkovski, “Russia's Rural

Unemployed,” Europe-Asia Studies, vol. 55, no. 6 (2003): 847-67.

43. Stephen K. Wegren, David J. O'Brien, and Valeri Patsiorkovski, “Why Russia's

Rural Poor are Poor,” Post-Soviet Affairs, vol. 19, no. 3 (2003): 264-87.

42. Stephen K. Wegren, “The Rise, Fall, and Transformation of the Rural Social

Contract,” Communist and Post-Communist Studies, vol. 36, no. 1 (2003): 1-27.

41. Valeri Patsiorkovski, Stephen K. Wegren, and David J. O'Brien, “Sel’skaya

Rossiya: Vyigravshie-proigravshie v 1991-2001 gg. (Rural Russia: Winners and

Losers during 1991-2001),” Vlast’, no. 2 (2003): 16-23.

40. Stephen K. Wegren, David J. O'Brien, and Valeri Patsiorkovski, “Winners and

Losers in Russian Agrarian Reform,” Journal of Peasant Studies, vol. 30,

no. 1 (2002): 1-29.

39. Stephen K. Wegren, “Observations on Russia's New Agricultural Land

Legislation,” Eurasian Geography and Economics, vol. 43, no. 8 (2002): 651-

60.

38. Stephen K. Wegren, David J. O'Brien, and Valeri Patsiorkovski, “Russian

Agrarian Reform: The Gender Dimension,” Problems of Post-Communism,

vol. 49, no. 6 (2002): 48-57.

37. Stephen K. Wegren, “Rural Orientations to Land Privatization in Russia,”

Journal of International Development, vol. 14 (2002): 1033-1043.

36. Stephen K. Wegren, “Democratization and Urban Bias in Post-Communist

Russia,” Comparative Politics, vol. 34, no. 4 (2002): 457-76.

35. Stephen K. Wegren, “Agrarian Policy under Putin,” Post-Soviet Geography and

Economics, vol. 43, no. 1 (2002): 26-40.

34. Stephen K. Wegren, “Risk Environments and the Future of Russian Private

Farming,” Current Politics and Economics of Russia, Eastern and Central

Europe, vol. 16, no. 2 (2001): 125-37.

33. Stephen K. Wegren and A. Cooper Drury, “Patterns of Internal Migration

During the Russian Transition,” Journal of Communist Studies and Transition

Politics, vol. 17, no. 4 (2001): 15-42.

32. Stephen K. Wegren, “Socio-Economic Transformation in Russia: Where is the

Rural Elite?” Europe-Asia Studies, vol. 52, no. 2 (2000): 237-71.

31. Stephen K. Wegren, “State Withdrawal and the Impact of Marketization on Rural

Russia,” Policy Studies Journal, vol. 28, no. 1 (2000): 46-67.

30. Stephen K. Wegren, “The Russian Food Problem: Domestic and Foreign Policy

Consequences,” Problems of Post-Communism, vol. 47, no. 1 (2000): 38-48.

29. Stephen K. Wegren, “Russian Agrarian Reform and Rural Capitalism

Reconsidered,” Journal of Peasant Studies, vol. 26, no. 1 (1998): 82-111.

28. Stephen K. Wegren and Vladimir R. Belen'kiy, “The Political Economy of the

Russian Land Market,” Problems of Post-Communism, vol. 45, no. 4 (1998): 56-66.

27. Stephen K. Wegren, Gregory Ioffe, and Tatyana Nefedova, “Demographic and

Migratory Responses to Agrarian Reform in Russia,” Journal of

Communist Studies and Transition Politics, vol. 13, no. 4 (1997): 54-78.

26. Stephen K. Wegren and Frank A. Durgin, “The Political Economy of Private

Farming in Russia,” Comparative Economic Studies, vol. 39, no. 3 (1997): 1-24.

25. Stephen K. Wegren, “Land Reform and the Land Market in Russia: Operation,

Constraints, and Prospects,” Europe-Asia Studies, vol. 49, no. 6 (1997): 959-988.

24. Stephen K. Wegren, “The Politics of Private Farming in Russia,” Journal of

Peasant Studies, vol. 23, no. 4 (1996): 106-140.

23. Stephen K. Wegren, “From Farm to Table: The Food System in Post-Communist

Russia,” Communist Economies and Economic Transformation, vol. 8, no. 2

(1996): 149-83.

22. Stephen K. Wegren, “Understanding Rural Reform in Russia: A Response to

Reisinger,” Europe-Asia Studies, vol. 48, no. 2 (1996): 317-329.

21. Stephen K. Wegren, “Rural Politics and Agrarian Reform in Russia,” Problems

of Post-Communism, vol. 43, no. 1 (1996): 23-34.

20. Stephen K. Wegren, “The Development of Market Relations in Agricultural

Land: The Case of Kostroma Oblast,” Post-Soviet Geography, vol. 36, no. 8

(1995): 496-512.

19. Stephen K. Wegren and Frank A. Durgin, “Why Agrarian Reform is Failing,”

Transition, vol. 1, no. 19 (1995): 50-54.

18. Stephen K. Wegren, “Rural Migration and Agrarian Reform in Russia: A

Research Note,” Europe-Asia Studies, vol. 47, no. 5 (1995): 877-888.

17. Stephen K. Wegren, “Is Land Privatization Necessary in Russia?” The Soviet

and Post-Soviet Review, vol. 21, nos. 2-3 (1994): 137-147.

16. Stephen K. Wegren, “Weapons of the Weak: Rural Responses to Urban Bias

and Consequences for Land Reform in Russia,” The Soviet and Post-Soviet

Review, vol. 21, nos. 2-3 (1994): 283-317.

15. Stephen K. Wegren, “New Perspectives on Spatial Patterns of Agrarian Reform:

A Comparison of Two Russian Oblasts,” Post-Soviet Geography, vol. 35, no. 8

(1994): 455-481.

14. Stephen K. Wegren, “Building Market Institutions: Agricultural Commodity

Exchanges in Post-Communist Russia,” Communist and Post-Communist

Studies, vol. 27, no. 3 (1994): 195-224.

13. Stephen K. Wegren, “Farm Privatization in Nizhnii Novgorod: A Model for

Russia?” RFE/RL Research Report, vol. 3, no. 21 (1994): 16-27.

12. Stephen K. Wegren, “Rural Reform and Political Culture in Russia,” Europe-

Asia Studies, vol. 46, no. 2 (1994): 215-241.

11. Stephen K. Wegren, “Yel'tsin Decree on Land Relations: Implications for

Agrarian Reform,” Post-Soviet Geography, vol. 35, no. 3 (1994): 166-178.

10. Stephen K. Wegren, “Rural Reform in Russia,” RFE/RL Research Report, vol. 2,

no. 43 (1993): 43-53.

9. Stephen K. Wegren, “Trends in Russian Agrarian Reform,” RFE/RL Research

Report, vol. 2, no. 13 (1993): 46-57.

8. Stephen K. Wegren, “Agricultural Reform in the Nonchernozem Zone: The Case

of Kostroma Oblast,” Post-Soviet Geography, vol. 33, no. 10 (1992): 645-685.

7. Stephen K. Wegren, “Two Steps Forward, One Step Back: The Politics of an

Emerging New Rural Social Policy in Russia,” The Soviet and Post-Soviet

Review, vol. 19, nos. 1-3 (1992): 1-51.

6. Stephen K. Wegren, “Private Farming and Agrarian Reform in Russia,” Problems

of Communism, vol. XLI, no. 3 (1992): 107-121.

5. Stephen K. Wegren, “Dilemmas of Agrarian Reform in the Soviet Union,” Soviet

Studies, vol. 44, no. 1 (1992): 3-36.

4. Stephen K. Wegren, “The Social Contract Reconsidered: Peasant-State Relations

in the USSR,” Soviet Geography, vol. 32, no. 10 (1991): 653-

682.

3. Stephen K. Wegren, “Regional Differences in Private Plot Production and

Marketing: Central Asia and the Baltics,” Journal of Soviet Nationalities, vol. 2,

no. 1 (1991): 118-139.

2. Stephen K. Wegren, (Review Article), “From Stalin to Gorbachev: The Role of the

Soviet Communist Party in the Implementation of Agricultural Policy,” Studies in

Comparative Communism, vol. 23, no. 2 (1990): 177-190.

1. Stephen K. Wegren, “Private Agriculture in the Soviet Union Under Gorbachev,”

Soviet Union, vol. 16, nos. 2-3 (1989): 105-144.

Chapters/Contributions to Collective Works

42. Stephen K. Wegren, “Agri-Food Trade between Russia and the United States: From

Divergence to Irrelevance,” in Stephen K. Wegren and Frode Nilssen, eds., Russia’s Role in

the Contemporary International Food Trade System. London: Palgrave Macmillan,

forthcoming in 2021.

41. Stephen K. Wegren and Jiayi Zhou, “Prospects for Agri-Food Trade between Russia and

China,” in Stephen K. Wegren and Frode Nilssen, eds., Russia’s Role in the Contemporary

International Food Trade System. London: Palgrave Macmillan, forthcoming in 2021.

40. Stephen K. Wegren and Frode Nilssen, “Russia’s Foreign Food Trade: An Historical Survey,”

in Stephen K. Wegren and Frode Nilssen, eds., Russia’s Role in the Contemporary

International Food Trade System. London: Palgrave Macmillan, forthcoming in 2021.

39. Stephen K. Wegren, “Prospects During Putin’s Fourth Term,” in Stephen K. Wegren, ed.,

Putin’s Russia: Past Imperfect, Future Uncertain. 7th ed. Lanham, MD: Rowman and

Littlefield, 2019, 1-24. 38. Stephen K. Wegren and Alexander Nikulin, “Food and Foreign Policy,” in Stephen K.

Wegren, ed., Putin’s Russia: Past Imperfect, Future Uncertain. 7th ed. Lanham, MD:

Rowman and Littlefield, 2019, 269-289.

37. Stephen K. Wegren and Irina Trotsuk, “Rural Households and the Russian Food Embargo,” in

N. M. Nikulin, M. G. Pugacheva, and T. Shanin, eds. Krest’ianovedenie: teoriia, istoriia,

sovremennost’. Moscow: Delo, 2015, 234-63.

36. Stephen K. Wegren, “Introduction: Putin’s Challenges,” in Stephen K. Wegren, ed., Putin’s

Russia: Past Imperfect, Future Uncertain. 6th ed. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield,

2016, 1-20.

35. Stephen K. Wegren and Alexander Nikulin, “Food Security and Russian Nationalism,” in

Stephen K. Wegren, ed., Putin’s Russia: Past Imperfect, Future Uncertain. 6th ed.

Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 2016, 299-322.

34. Stephen K. Wegren, Alexander Nikulin, Irina Trotsuk, and Svetlana Golovina, “Gender

Relations in Russia’s Rural Informal Economy,” in N. M. Nikulin, M. G. Pugacheva, and

T. Shanin, eds. Krest’ianovedenie: teoriia, istoriia, sovremennost’. Moscow: Delo, 2014,

215-42.

33. Stephen K. Wegren and Irina Trotsuk, “Food Security in the Russian Federation,” in N. M.

Nikulin, M. G. Pugacheva, and T. Shanin, eds. Krest’ianovedenie: teoriia, istoriia,

sovremennost’. Moscow: Delo, 2013, 243-69.

32. Stephen K. Wegren, “Putin and Agriculture,” in Stephen K. Wegren, ed., Return to Putin’s

Russia: Past Imperfect, Future Uncertain. 5th ed. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield,

2013, 209-31.

31. Stephen K. Wegren, “Russia’s Entry into the WTO: Consequences for Agriculture,” in N. M.

Nikulin and M. G. Pugacheva, eds. Krest’ianovedenie: teoriia, istoriia, sovremennost’.

Moscow: Delo, 2012, 253-81.

30. David J. O’Brien, Valery V. Patsiorkovsky, and Stephen K. Wegren, “Inter-disciplinary

Russian-American Project to Study Social, Economic, and Institutional Change in Rural

Russia,” in Yuri P. Tretyakov, ed., Russian-American Links: Leaps Forward and Backward

in Academic Cooperation. St. Petersburg, Russia: Nestor-Historiia, 2012, 151-67.

29. Stephen K. Wegren, “Change in Agriculture: Development of Russia’s Private Farming,” in

Neil Robinson, ed., The Political Economy of Russia. Lanham, MD: Rowman and

Littlefield, 2012, 121-50.

28. Stephen K. Wegren, “Russian Agriculture in the Late Putin Period and After,” in

Stephen K. Wegren and Dale R. Herspring, eds., After Putin’s Russia: Past Imperfect,

Future Unknown. 4th ed. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 2010, 199-220.

27. Stephen K. Wegren, “Land Reform in Post-Communist Russia: The Effects of

Human Labor,” in Max Spoor, ed., The Political Economy of Rural Livelihoods in

Transition Economies. London: Routledge, 2008, 56-75.

26. Stephen K. Wegren, “Can Russian Agriculture Compete in the WTO?” NBR Special Report,

no. 12 (March 2007), 24-30.

25. Stephen K. Wegren, “Putin and Agriculture,” in Dale R. Herspring, ed.,

Putin’s Russia: Past Imperfect, Future Unknown. 3rd ed. Lanham, MD: Rowman and

Littlefield, 2007, 147-69.

24. Valeri Patsiorkovsky, David J. O'Brien, and Stephen K. Wegren, “Sel’skoe

samoupravlenie,” in Agrarnaia khoziaistvu, vol. 1. Moscow: Barnaul, 2006, 15-

18.

23. Valeri Patsiorkovsky, David J. O'Brien, and Stephen K. Wegren, “Social and

Economic Change in Rural Russia,” in Vera Majerova, ed., Countryside—Our

World. Prague: Czech University of Agriculture in Prague, 2006, 213-223.

22. Valeri Patsiorkovsky, Stephen K. Wegren, and David J. O'Brien, “Sootnoshenie

krupnogo i melkogo proizvodstva v sel’skom khoziaistve,” in Krupnyi i malyi

biznes v sel’skom khoziaistve: tendentsii razvitiia, problemy, i perspektivy.

Moscow: Russian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 2006, 23-26.

21. Stephen K. Wegren, “Civil Society in Rural Russia,” in Alfred B. Evans, Jr., Laura A.

Henry, and Lisa McIntosh Sunddstrom, eds, Russian Civil Society: A Critical

Assessment. Armonk, NY: M. E. Sharpe, 2005, 126-46.

20. Valery Patskiorkovsky, Stephen K. Wegren, and David J. O’Brien, “Sotsial’nyye

problemy sela i razvitiya sel’skikh territoriy,” in A. V. Petrikov, eds.,

Gosudarstvennoye reglirovaniye sel’skogo khozyaystva: kontseptsii, mekhanizmy,

effectivnost’, Moscow: Russian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 2005, 422-

24.

19. Stephen K. Wegren “Putin and Agriculture,” in Dale R. Herspring, ed.,

Putin’s Russia: Past Imperfect, Future Unknown. 2nd ed. Lanham, MD: Rowman

and Littlefield, 2004, 141-60.

18. Stephen K. Wegren and David Macey, “Introduction: Market

Institutions in Post-Soviet Agriculture,” in David Macey, William Pyle, and

Stephen K. Wegren, eds., Building Market Institutions in Post-Communist

Agriculture: Land, Credit, and Assistance. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books,

2004, xiii-xxiii.

17. Stephen K. Wegren, “Russia’s Indeterminate Land Privatization: Psychological

Aspects,” in Building Market Institutions in Post-Communist Agriculture: Land,

Credit, and Assistance, 33-52.

16. Stephen K. Wegren, “Decree on Land,” Peasant Economy,” “Prodnalog,”

“Prodrazverstka,” and “Soviet and Post-Soviet Land Tenure,” Encyclopedia of

Russian History, 4 vols. New York: Macmillan, 2003.

15. Stephen K. Wegren, “Risk Environments and the Future of Russian Private Farming,”

in Frank Columbus, ed., Russia in Transition. New York: Nova Publishers, 2003,

155-66.

14. Stephen K. Wegren, Vladimir R. Belen'kiy, and Valeri Patsiorkovski, “The

Challenge of Rural Revival,” in Stephen K. Wegren, ed., Russia's Policy

Challenges: Security, Stability, and Development. Armonk, NY: M. E. Sharpe,

2003, 222-249.

13. Stephen K. Wegren, “Neo-liberalism and Market Reforms in Rural Russia,” in

Joel Moses, ed., Dilemmas of Post-Soviet Transitions. Chicago:

Burnham Publishers, 2003, 31-60.

12. Valeri V. Patsiorkovski, David J. O’Brien, and Stephen K. Wegren, “Ustoichivoe

razvitie sel’skoi mestnosti v usloviiakh globalizatsii,” in A. V. Petrikov, ed.,

Agroprodovol’stvennaia politika i vstuplenie Rossii v VTO. Moscow: Russian

Academy of Sciences, 2003, 340-43.

11. Stephen K. Wegren, “Rural Land Privatization in Russia,” Economic Systems,

vol. 26, no. 2 (June 2002), 175-178. Included in “Forum” devoted to land

reform in Russia.

10. Stephen K. Wegren and David J. O' Brien, “Adaptation and Change: Old

Problems, New Approaches,” in David J. O'Brien and Stephen K. Wegren, eds., Rural

Reform in Post-Soviet Russia. Washington, DC: Woodrow Wilson

Center Press/Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002, 1-20.

9. Stephen K. Wegren and Vladimir R. Belenk'iy, “Change in Land Relations: The

Russian Land Market,” in Rural Reform in Post-Soviet Russia, 88-115.

8. David J. O'Brien and Stephen K. Wegren, “Where Do We Go From Here?

Building Sustainable Rural Communities,” in Rural Reform in Post-Soviet

Russia, 403-16.

7. Stephen K. Wegren, “Change in Russian Agrarian Reform, 1992-1998: The Case

of Kostroma Oblast” in Kurt Engleman and Vjeran Pavlakovic, eds., Agricultural

Development in Eurasia and the Middle East. Seattle: University of Washington Press,

2001, 3-44.

6. Stephen K. Wegren, “The State and Agrarian Reform in Russia,” in Peter Tillack

and Eberhard Schulze, eds., Land Ownership, Land Markets, and their Influence on the

Efficiency of Agricultural Production in Central and Eastern Europe, ed. by. Kiel: Vauk-

Verl, 2000, 383-92.

5. Stephen K. Wegren, “The Third Wave of 20th Century Land Reform: Post-Soviet

States,” in Stephen K. Wegren, ed., Land Reform in the Former Soviet Union

and Eastern Europe. London and New York: Routledge, 1998, xii-xxiii.

4. Stephen K. Wegren, “The Conduct and Impact of Land Reform in Russia,” in

Land Reform in the Former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, 3-34.

3. Stephen K. Wegren, “Political Institutions and Agrarian Reform in Russia,” in

Don Van Atta, ed., The Farmer Threat: The Political Economy of Agricultural

Reform in Post-Soviet Russia. Boulder: Westview Press, 1993, 121-48.

2. Stephen K. Wegren, “Agricultural Reform under Gorbachev,” in Joseph L.

Wieczynski, ed., The Gorbachev Encyclopedia, Gorbachev: The Man and His

Times. Bakersfield, CA: Charles Schlacks Publishers, 1993, 11-21.

1. Stephen K. Wegren, “Equity Relations and the Future of Russian Agriculture,” in

Current Agricultural Situation in Russia, Hearings of the House Committee on

Agriculture, Serial no. 103-9, 103rd Congress, 1st session. Washington, DC:

Government Printing Office, 1993, 250-60.

Competitive Grants and Research Support (National Competition Indicated by Asterik)

36. *Co-PI, Norwegian Research Council, 2015-2018, approximately $550,000.

35. Co-PI, Rosa Luxemburg Foundation, Moscow, 2016, $25,000.

34. Co-PI, Rosa Luxemburg Foundation, Moscow, 2015, $25,000.

33. PI, Colin Powell Faculty Fellowship, John G. Tower Center, Southern Methodist University

2014-2015, $5,000.

32. PI, John G. Tower Center, Faculty Fellowship, Southern Methodist University 2013-2014,

$2,500.

31. PI, Southern Methodist University, Research Grant, Summer 2013, $4,608.

30. PI, OXFAM (Moscow), 2013, $15,000.

29. PI, John G. Tower Center, Faculty Fellowship, Southern Methodist University 2012-2013,

$2,500.

28. PI, John G. Tower Center, Faculty Fellowship, Southern Methodist University, 2009-

2010, $2,500.



2009, $2,500.

25. Co-PI, Ford Foundation (Moscow office), 2008-2009, $200,000 (Co-Principal Investigator)

24. PI, Colin Powell Faculty Fellowship, John G. Tower Center, Southern Methodist University

2006-2007, $4,000.

23. *Co-PI, National Council for Eurasian and East European Research, 2005-2007, $60,000.

(Principal Investigator)


2005, $2,000.

21. PI, Southern Methodist University, Travel Grant, 2003, $1,500.

20. PI, Colin Powell Faculty Fellowship, John G. Tower Center, Faculty Fellowship,

Southern Methodist University 2002-2003, $2,500.

19. PI, President's Partner Grant, Southern Methodist University, 2002, $854.

18. *Co-PI, National Council for Eurasian and East European Research, 2000-2002, $45,000.

(Principal Investigator)

17. *PI, International Research and Exchange Board, Short-term Grant, 2000,

$3,000.

16. John G. Tower Center, Faculty Fellowship, Southern Methodist University, 1999-

2000, $2,500.

15. *PI, Rotary International Grant, 1999-2000, $10,000 (declined to accept).

14. PI, Southern Methodist University, Travel Grant, 1999, $900.


1999, $2,500.


11. *PI, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Short-term Grant,1998,

$2,400 (declined).


1998, $2,500.

9. *PI, International Research and Exchange Board, Short-term Grant, 1997, $3,000.


1997, $2,000.

7. PI, John G. Tower Center Faculty, Fellowship, Southern Methodist University, 1995-

1996, $2,500.


5. *PI, Social Science Research Council Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Soviet Studies,

1992-1994, $27,000.

4. *PI, Title VIII Research Fellow, Duke University, May 1992-May 1993, $1,000.

3. PI, Southern Methodist University Research Grant, Summer 1992, $4,400.

2. *MacArthur Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Duke University, 1989-90, $22,500.

1. *MacArthur Doctoral Fellowship, Duke University,1988-89, $18,000.

Academic Awards and Honors

9. Godbey Lecture Series Annual Author’s Award, SMU, 2010.

8. Winner Hewett Award, American Association for the Advancement of

Slavic Studies. Best book on political economy in Slavic Studies, 1999.

7. Summer Research Associate, University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign, July

1992, July 1997.

6. Junior Fellow, W. Averell Harriman Institute for Advanced Study of the Soviet

Union, Columbia University, 1988-89.

5. Political Science Fellowship, Columbia University, 1986.

4. President's Fellowship, Columbia University, 1984-85.

3. Foreign Language Area Scholarship, Indiana University, Spring 1982.

2. Foreign Language Area Scholarship, Indiana University, Summer 1980.

1. Foreign Language Area Scholarship, Indiana University, 1979-80.

Conferences and Paper Presentations

49. “The Future of Russia’s Smallholders,” IAMO, Halle, Germany, June 27, 2019.

48. “Russia as Food Superpower,” Russian and East European Institute, Uppsala University, Sweden,

May 28, 2019.

47. “The Effects of Countersanctions on Russian Food Security,” Center for Russian and East European

Studies, Windsor, UK, June 2-4, 2017.

46. “Food Policy and Food Security in Russia,” Tower Center Monthly Seminar, Southern Methodist

University, Dallas, TX, March 23, 2016.

45. “Rural Inequality and Local Administration,” Paper presented at the IX ICEEES World Congress,

Makuhari, Japan, August 4-8, 2015.

44. “Russia’s Rural Economy: Yesterday and Today,” Symposium on “Russia 2014,” Carnegie Mellon-

University of Pittsburgh, October 24-26, 2014.

43. “The Crisis in Crimea: What is Putin up to?” Brookhaven College, Dallas, TX April 21, 2014.

42. “Putin is Back: What Does it Mean?” Godbey Luncheon Lecture, Southern Methodist University,

August 27, 2012.

41. “Profession and Inequality in Rural Russia,” Paper presented at Kurganskaia Akademiia Sel’skogo

Khoziaistvo (Agricultural Academy of Kurgan), Kurgan, Russia, May 17, 2012.

40. “Private Farming and Rural Stratification,” Paper presented at the 42nd Convention of the

American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, Los Angeles, November 15-18,

2010.

39. “Land Tenure in Soviet and Post-Soviet Russia,” Post-Graduate College, Mexico City, Mexico,

May 17, 2010.

38. “Trends in Russian Politics and Society under Medvedev,” Amarillo College, TX, February 24,

2010.

37. “Agrarian Capitalism in Russia: Who Won, Who Lost, and Prospects,” Paper presented at the 41st

Convention of the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, Boston,

November 12-15, 2009.

36. “Contrasts in Land Privatization in Urban and Rural Russia,” George Washington University, May

30, 2008.

35. “Typologies of Household Risk-Taking: Contemporary Rural Russia as a Case Study,” Colloquium

of Agrarian Studies Program, Yale University, February 22, 2008.

34. “Contemporary Land Reform in Russia,” at the 39th Annual Conference of AAASS,

New Orleans, November 15-17, 2007.

33. “Russian Agriculture and the WTO,” at the 38th Annual Conference of AAASS,

Washington, DC, November 16-18, 2006.

32. “Land Reform in Russia,” at Land, Poverty, Social Justice, and Development: An

International Conference, The Hague, Netherlands, January 12-14, 2006.

31. “Myths and Realities of Russian Agrarian Reform,” Presentation to Central Intelligence

Agency, Langley, VA. October 11, 2005.

30. “Russian Agriculture Under Putin: Achievements and Tasks,” Kennan Institute, Woodrow

Wilson Center, Washington, DC, April 4, 2005.

29. “Behavioral and Attitudinal Characteristics of the Rural Unemployed in Russia During

the Transition,”at the 20th Congress of the European Society for Rural Sociology,

Sligo, Ireland, August 18-22, 2003.

28. “Rural Responses to Russian Land Privatization: Results from Survey Data,” at the

34th National Convention of AAASS. Pittsburgh, PA, November 21-24, 2002.

27. “Russian Land Privatization: Why is it Indeterminant and What is to be Done,”

Conference on “Market Supporting Institutions in Post-Communist Economies,”

Middlebury College, November 15-17, 2002.

26. “Rural Policy Under Putin,” at the 33rd National Convention of AAASS, Washington,

DC, November 15-18, 2001.

25. “The Politics of Agrarian Reform in Russia: Rural Orientations and Resistance

Reconsidered,” Presentation at Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT, October 5,

2001.

24. “Dilemmas of Russian Food Policy: The Domestic Dimension,” at the 32nd

National Convention of the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic

Studies, Denver, November 9-12, 2000.

23. “The Status of Russian Land Reform,” Conference on “Agriculture in the

Former Soviet Union,” George Washington University, October 13-14, 2000.

22. “The Land Question in Ukraine and Russia,” Presentation to Central Intelligence

Agency, Langley, VA. March 9, 2000.

21. “The Political Economy of the Russian Land Market,” Conference on “Doing

Business in Ukraine and Russia,” University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada,

February 24-26, 2000.

20. “Change in Russian Agrarian Reform,” Conference on Land Ownership,

Land Markets, and their Influence on Agricultural Production in Central and

Eastern Europe, Institute for Agricultural Development in Central and Eastern

Europe, Leipzig, Germany, May 9-11, 1999.

19. “The 'Agrarian Question' in Transitional Russia,” Conference on Rural Russia,

Kennan Institute for Advanced Russian Studies, Woodrow Wilson

International Center, Washington, DC. May 4-6, 1999.

18. “Agrarian Transformation in Russia: Where is the Rural Bourgeoisie?”

Conference on “Agricultural Development in Central Asia, Russia, and Middle

East,” University of Washington, November 20-22, 1998.

17. “Social Transformation in Russia,” Symposium on “Agrarian Reform in

Russia and Ukraine,” George Washington University, October 30, 1998.

16. “Land Reform, the Land Market, and Social Capital in Russia,” Symposium on

Rural Social Capital in Russia, University of Missouri, May 11-13, 1998.

15. “The Political Economy of the Russian Land Market,” Conference on “Land

Policy, the Land Market, and Investment Environment in Russia,” Moscow,

February 2-5, 1998.

14. “Models of Land Reform and the Russian Experience,” at the 29th National

Convention of the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies,

Seattle, November 20-23, 1997.

13. “Winners and Losers in Russian Agrarian Reform,” at the 28th National

Convention of the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies,

Boston, November 14-17, 1996.

12. “The Politics of Private Farming in Russia,” Presentation at Texas A&M

University, April 17, 1996.

11. “Why Private Farming is Failing in Russia,” at the Southwest Slavic Convention,

Dallas, TX, February 17, 1996.

10. “Food Policy in Post-Communist Russia,” at the 27th National Convention of

the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, Washington,

DC, October 26-29, 1995.

9. “Agrarian Reform in Moscow Oblast,” at the 26th National Convention of the

American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, Philadelphia,

November 17-20, 1994.

8. “The Politics of Financing Agricultural Reform in Russia,” at the 25th


Studies, Hawaii, November 19-22, 1993.

7. “Agricultural Reform in Russia: What Can We Learn from Kostroma?”

Presentation at the Land Tenure Center, University of Wisconsin at Madison,

April 8, 1993.

6. Testimony before the Subcommittee on Foreign Agriculture and Hunger, House

Committee on Agriculture, U. S. House of Representatives, Washington, DC,

April 1, 1993.

5. “Land Reform in Russia After Two Years,” Presentation at University of Texas-

Austin, March 23, 1993.

4. “Peasant Rationality and Agrarian Reform in the Soviet Union,” at the 23rd


Studies, Miami, FL., November 22-25, 1991.

3. “Where to Find Political Bases of Support: Dilemmas of Agrarian Reform in the

Soviet Union,” at the 22nd National Convention of the American Association for

the Advancement of Slavic Studies, Washington, D.C. October 18-21, 1990.

2. “Soviet Agricultural Policy and Urban Bias: The Politics of Gorbachev's Agrarian

Reform,” at the Second Annual Workshop on Soviet Domestic Politics and

Society, sponsored by the Social Science Research Council, University of

Toronto, June 5-16, 1989.

1. “Policy, Process, and Change in Soviet Agricultural Policy,” at the First Annual

Workshop on Soviet Domestic Politics and Society, sponsored by the Social

Science Research Council, University of Toronto, June 4-15, 1988.

Conferences and Symposia Organized

7. Co-organizer, “Russia and the West: Opportunities and Challenges in Trade and Business,”

Nord University, Bodo, Norway, September 6-7, 2017.

6. “Russia under Medvedev,” Southern Methodist University, April 9, 2009.

5. Co-organizer, “Market Supporting Institutions in Post-Communist Economies,”

Middlebury College, November 15-17, 2002.

4. “Russian Security Challenges in the 21st Century,” Southern Methodist

University, April 6, 2002.

3. Southwest Slavic Association Conference, Southern Methodist University,

February 24, 2001.

2. “Agriculture in the Former Soviet Union,” George Washington University,

October 14, 2000.

1. “Agrarian Reform in Russia and Ukraine,” George Washington University,

October 30, 1998.

Solicited Manuscript and Grant Proposal Reviews

Comparative Politics

World Politics

International Security

British Journal of Political Science

Journal of Development Studies

Party Politics

Economics and Society

Europe-Asian Studies (formerly Soviet Studies)

Post-Soviet Geography and Economics

The Soviet and Post-Soviet Review

Agricultural History

Comparative Economic Studies

Problems of Post-Communism

Land Economics

Land Use Policy

Journal of Comparative Economics

Population Studies

Journal of Rural Studies

Journal of Peasant Studies

Journal of Agrarian Change

Demokratizatsiya

Slavic Review

Communist and Post-Communist Studies

Post-Soviet Affairs

Post-Communist Economies

Eurasian Geography and Economics

Environment, Development, and Sustainability

Journal of Institutional Economics

Journal of Baltic Studies

Political Geography

Finance, Food, and Farmland

Sustainability

Longman Publishers

University of Pittsburgh Press

Rowman and Littlefield

Bloomsbury Academic

National Science Foundation (US)

Swiss National Science Foundation

The National Academies

Australian National Government Research Council

The Leverhulme Trust (England)

Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada

American Councils for International Education (ACTR/ACCELS)

The Foundation for Baltic and East European Studies

Czech Science Foundation

Hebrew University, Jerusalem

United Arab Emirates University

Solicited Book Reviews

American Political Science Review

The Journal of Politics

Political Science Quarterly

Europe-Asia Studies (formerly Soviet Studies)

Comparative Economic Studies

Slavic Review

The Soviet and Post-Soviet Review

Canadian-American Slavic Studies

Development and Change

Journal of Agrarian Change

European History Quarterly

The Russian Review

Journal of Peasant Studies

Canadian Slavonic Papers

The American Historical Review

Courses Taught

Introduction to International Studies (INTL 1301)

Current Issues in International Politics (INTL 3381)

Senior Seminar in International Studies (INTL 4388)

Introduction to Comparative Politics (PLSC 1340)

Revolution to Revolution: Soviet Politics 1917-1991 (PLSC 3351)

Politics and Government of Russia (PLSC 3358)

From Communism to Democracy: Transformation in Eastern Europe (PLSC 3359)

Communism and Post-Communism (PLSC 3365)

Why Nations Revolt (PLSC 4342)

The American-Russian Relationship (PLSC 4384)

Other

Member, Editorial Board, Krest’ianovedenie (Moscow), 2016-present

Member, Editorial Board, Post-Communist Economies, 2015-present

Member, Editorial Board, Series on Eurasian Politics, Foreign Policy, and Political Economy,

Lexington Books, 2014-present

Member, International Advisory Editorial Board, Journal of Agrarian Change, 2013-present

Member, Editorial Board, Eurasian Geography and Economics, 2006-present

Member, Editorial Board, The Journal of Peasant Studies, 2002-2009

Experience in survey design and implementation:

2001, 800 rural households, Russia, funded by NCEEER

2003, 382 rural households, Russia, funded by Russian Academy of Science

2006, 900 rural households, Russia, funded by NCEEER

2008, 300 rural households, Russia, funded by Ford Foundation

2009, 300 rural households, Russia, funded by Ford Foundation

2012, 5,000 respondents, Ukraine, funded by USAID/Chemonics/AgroInvest

2013, 169 respondents, Russia, funded by OXFAM (United Kingdom)

2015, 1,831 respondents, Russia, funded by Rosa Luxemburg Foundation

2016, 1,896 respondents, Russia, funded by Rosa Luxemburg Foundation

Frequent contributor to Oxford Analytica, 2009-present

Fellow, Tower Center for Political Studies, SMU, 2009-present

Consulting Experience

• Ford Foundation (Moscow), 2008-09 (2 year contract)

Phase 1: Surveyed 300 households in Republic of Karelia, Republic of Komi, and Kostroma oblast

in 2008. Surveyed 300 households in Republic of Komi in 2009.

Phase 2: Designed and implemented three programs to help residents of forested villages diversify

incomes and improve standard of living.

• USAID/Chemonics/AgroInvest (for work in Ukraine), June 1, 2012-November 30, 2012.

Designed survey questionnaire for survey of 5,000 households in rural Ukraine.

• OXFAM (United Kingdom, for work in Russia), January 2013-August 30, 2013.

Designed questionnaire for survey of 169 small-scale producers in rural Russia. Created survey

questionnaire, wrote final analytical report based on survey data.

Selected Administrative Experience

Interim Chairman, Department of Political Science, SMU, 2010-2011 academic year

Director, International and Area Studies, SMU, Fall 2006-present

Chair, Judicial Politics Search Committee, Political Science, SMU, 2010-2011

Search Committee, Tower Post-Doctoral Fellow, SMU, Spring 2010

Member, Presidential Task Force on Study Abroad, SMU, 2009-2010

Chair, Comparative Politics Search Committee, Political Science, SMU, 2009-2010


Chair, Comparative Politics Search Committee, Political Science, SMU, 2007-2008

Member, Presidential Task Force on International Education, SMU, 2006-2007

Member, Promotion and Tenure Advisory Committee to the Dean, SMU, 1999-2005


Interim Director, International and Area Studies, SMU, 2000-2001 academic year

Search Committee, Comparative Politics Search Committee, Political Science, SMU, 2000-2001


University Fulbright selection committee, SMU, 1998-1999 academic year

University Fulbright selection committee, SMU, 1997-1998 academic year


Search Committee for Director of International Studies Program, SMU, 1995-1996 academic year

Search Committee for Departmental Chairman, Political Science, SMU, 1994-1995 academic year

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