Megan K. Burnham: Pathogen Panic: Russian Media Propaganda on the US Presence at Georgia’s Lugar Lab. Chair: Marianne Kamp/Committee Members: Svitlana Melnyk and Michael De Groot
Bryce W. Hecht: Land Reform and Authoritarian Regime Stability: Evidence from Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan, 1991-2005. Chair: Marianne Kamp/Committee Members: Toivo Raun and Jack Bielasiak
Amanda Lawnicki: “Abandoned? Not in my Neighborhood”: Perceptions of Abandoned Buildings in Tuzla, Bosnia & Herzegovina. Chair: Regina Smyth/Committee Members: Jennifer Brass and Marina Antic
Nikola Parlic: Significance of the Economic Drivers on and Consequences of the Breakup of Yugoslavia. Chair: Hamid Ekbia/Committee Members: Justin Otten and Sarah Phillips