Ala Graff
Professional affiliation
PhD Candidate, Russian history, University of Maryland, College Park
Ala Graff is a historian of the Russian press and a PhD Candidate in Russian history at the University of Maryland, College Park.
Full Biography
Ala Graff is a historian of Russian press and a PhD Candidate in Russian History at the University of Maryland, College Park. Her research focuses on the rise of the press as a political actor in late nineteenth-century Russia and uncovers the entanglements between the press and the state as they competed and collaborated in shaping public opinion. Her research has been supported by the AHA, ASEEES, The German Historical Institute in Moscow, The Cosmos Club Foundation. Beyond the academe, she has written for The Washington Post, The Baltimore Sun, and The Moscow Times.
