Amanda Hardy

Amanda Hardy is pursuing a Masters in International and Regional Studies with a specialization in Russian, East European, and Eurasian studies, and earned a BA in international studies and German from the University of Michigan in 2019. She speaks German and Russian and reads Ukrainian. Amanda has volunteered as an English partner for international students, working at the non-profit International House Ann Arbor, and served as a German-speaking research assistant with the Department of Political Science. Amanda is also pursuing an MS in Information. She hopes to combine her interest in area studies, language, information, and statistics to better understand corruption, democratic practices, and misinformation present in Russian and Ukrainian politics, and how these factors impact development.