In her award-winning book, Dr. Evans explores how the challenges faced by three strategically important Russian towns during the post-communist transition set the stage for different forms of contentious politics depending on the relationship between local industry and the central government.
Since 2014, Michelle Behr has been serving as provost, senior vice president for academic affairs, and dean of the college at Birmingham Southern College in Alabama. Earlier, she was dean of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley.
