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Alina Bykova
Ph.D. Student in History, admitted Autumn 2020
Other Tech - Graduate, History Department
Graduate Research Assistant, SociologyBioAlina is a PhD student in Russian and East European History. Her research interests include Soviet environmental history with a focus on the Arctic, Soviet industrial development, and post-Soviet deindustrialization. Alina is writing her dissertation on the environmental history of Svalbard. She also works as a research associate and editor-in-chief at The Arctic Institute.
In 2019 Alina earned her masters in European and Russian Affairs from the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy at the University of Toronto. Her masters thesis was about the rise and fall of Soviet mining settlements on Svalbard. Prior to her experience in academia, she completed a Bachelor of Journalism at Ryerson University and worked as a breaking news reporter at the Toronto Star, Canada’s largest newspaper. -
Kai Dowding
Undergraduate Student Services Officer, History Department
BioAs the undergraduate student services officer for the Department of History, I oversee student degree progress in the major and minor and work closely with the director of undergraduate studies, director of honors and research, and our intrepid peer advisors to plan and carry out undergraduate programming. I also schedule the department’s curriculum in collaboration with the vice chair. I enjoy getting to know each student as they journey through the major or minor, and am always happy to chat with students about their interests and plans, both within Stanford and beyond.
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Burçak Keskin Kozat
Director of Finance & Operations, History Department
Current Role at StanfordDirector of Finance & Operations
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Maria Van Buiten
Finance Manager, History Department
BioMaria came to Stanford University in 2004 from Hewlett Packard. At Stanford she worked at the Graduate School of Business and the Psychology Department, before she became the Finance Manager of the History Department. In this role she manages the department's budgets and expenses. Maria graduated from Santa Clara University with a bachelor’s degree in Finance and a minor in Economics. Outside of work Maria is involved in the lives of her two teenage children. She likes to go on hikes and to explore her Portuguese heritage.
