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Mark Schrad, PhD - Villanova University. Villanova, PA, US

Mark Schrad, PhD Mark Schrad, PhD

Associate Professor of Political Science | College of Liberal Arts and Sciences | Villanova University

Villanova, PA, UNITED STATES

Mark Schrad, PhD, is an expert on Russian/Ukrainian relations, the Cold War, and prohibition history.

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Areas of Expertise (8)

International Organizations

Communism

International Law

Ukraine

Russia

Russian/Ukrainian Relations

Cold War

Abortion

Biography

Mark Schrad is an associate professor of Political Science and current Director of Russian Studies at Villanova University, where he has taught since 2010.

His areas of focus are in Russian/Ukrainian relations and the history of prohibition. Schrad has published three books and has been included in numerous other books and peer-reviewed articles. The Washington Post, The Atlantic and TIME Magazine have featured his commentaries and non-peer-reviewed pieces.

Education (4)

University of Wisconsin-Madison: PhD, Political Science 2007

University of Wisconsin-Madison: M.A., Political Science 2002

Georgetown University: M.A., Russian and East European Studies 2001

University of Northern Iowa: B.A., Political Science, Russian and East European Studies 1998

Select Media Appearances (3)

Mark L. Schrad on Putin's War in Ukraine

BBC Radio  radio

2022-02-24

Villanova associate professor Mark L. Schrad joins BBC Radio to discuss the early stages of the Russian invasion on Ukraine.

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Putin Critic Boris Nemtsov Shot Dead in Moscow

NBC Nightly News  online

2015-02-27

Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov was shot and killed near the Kremlin in late February of 2015. Villanova associate professor Mark Schrad spoke with NBC Nightly News about the rise and fall of Nmetsov.

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The turmoil in Ukraine

WHYY Radio  radio

2013-12-11

Villanova University associate professor Mark Schrad joins Radio Times to discuss the roots of a 2013 Ukrainian protest and what it means for their future, their economy and their government.

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