Summary
Allison D. Evans, Ph.D., is an assistant professor of political science at the University of Nevada, Reno. She specializes in comparative politics with a focus on Russian politics and comparative post-communist transitions. She is presently completing a book manuscript on sub-national variation in protest and local governance in Russia's company towns. Her work has also appeared as refereed articles in such journals as Post-Soviet Affairs and Studies in Comparative International Development.
Research interests
- Protest
- Urban politics
- Russian politics
- Post-communism
- Social movements
Courses taught
- Introduction to Political Science
- Politics of Post-communism
- Social Movements
- American Foreign Relations
- Democratization
- Research Methods
- Comparative Political Analysis
- World Politics
- International Law & Organization
- Introduction to Comparative Politics
Publications
- “Labour Protest and Industrial Peace: Russian Steelworkers’ Encounters with Economic Reforms and Unraveling Social Protections,” Economy & Society. 2018. Vol. 47, No. 3.
- “Patterns of Pluralism and Protest in Provincial Russia: A Paired Comparison of Company Towns,” Studies in Comparative International Development. 2016. Vol. 51, No. 4.
- “Local Democracy in a Hybrid State: Pluralism and Protest in Volzhskiy, Russia,” Post-Soviet Affairs. 2014. Vol. 30, No. 4.
Education
- Ph.D., Political Science, University of Pennsylvania, 2014
- M.A., Political Science, California State University, Long Beach, 2006
- B.A., Political Science and Russian, San Diego State University, 2003