Stephen Riegg

Stephen B. Riegg is a Doctoral Candidate in the Department of History at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Riegg specializes in the methods of Russian imperialism in the South Caucasus in the nineteenth century, and the evolution of the Russo-Armenian encounter in the context of changing imperial policies and social perceptions. He holds a B.A. degree from the University of Kansas and an M.A. degree from the University of North Carolina. He is currently Student Director of the American Research Institute of the South Caucasus, the preeminent scholarly organization for the study of that region in the United States. With the support of the American Councils Title VIII Research Scholar Program, Riegg will spend next year conducting dissertation research in the Russian and Armenian archives.