Nina Selwan

Nina Selwan is a PhD candidate at the School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution. Her primary academic interests are tied to post-Soviet spaces, and, particularly, the South and North Caucasus (her native region). Her past research has focused on Russian-Georgian and Russian-Chechen conflicts, human rights, and gender issues in Russia, in addition to research projects carried out in Georgia, South Africa, and Indonesia. Over the past several years, Nina has been involved in various projects within the framework of the Georgian-South Ossetian “Point of View” process under the leadership of Dr. Susan Allen Nan. Currently, Nina teaches at George Mason University, while working on her dissertation, which examines inter-relations between Russia’s modern political and gender regimes.