Lena
Surzhko-Harned
Associate Teaching Professor of Political Science,
Associate Director, The Public Policy Initiative at Penn State Behrend
Expertise:
- Politics & Policy
Focus Areas:
- Politics
In The Media:
About
- Surzhko-Harned can discuss how the upcoming US elections could affect the conflict between Ukraine and Russia.
- She can speak to the background and context behind the conflict and provide deeper insight on how the conflict is affecting Ukrainians of varying generations.
- Her expertise in the history between Russia and Ukraine offers an in-depth perspective on the political climate and political players involved in those countries and Europe as a whole.
Lena Surzhko-Harned is an assistant professor of political science at Penn State Behrend. Harned’s research focuses on the field of Russian politics, Ukrainian politics, comparative politics, political behavior, European politics, and politics of the post-Soviet space.
Her co-authored book “Post-Soviet Legacies and Conflicting Values in Europe: Generation Why?” was published by Lexington Books Russian, Eurasian, and European Politics Series in December 2017 and examines the inter-generational conflict and its consequences in post-Soviet Ukraine and Russia.
In The Media
Holy wars: How a cathedral of guns and glory symbolizes Putin’s Russia
from The Conversation March 2, 2022
In Kazakhstan, Russia follows a playbook it developed in Ukraine
from The Conversation January 7, 2022
Ukraine is taking a beating in the impeachment hearings – here’s what’s at stake
from The Conversation November 20, 2019
Ukraine’s President Zelensky may come to regret his discussion with President Trump
from Salon October 2, 2019
Impeachment: The View From Ukraine
from WMRA Public Radio December 8, 2019
A comedian who played a president on TV just became Ukraine’s president
from The Conversation April 22, 2019
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Russia-Ukraine conflict
Penn State has a wide range of faculty experts who are readily available to give insight on the evolving and ongoing economic, political, cultural and legal impacts of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict.