Lora Tseytlin is a senior majoring in Political Science and Economics. Her professional interests include U.S.-Russia relations, international accountability for human rights violations, energy security, and political psychology in the post-Soviet region. She has conducted research for Columbia’s Program on U.S.-Russia Relations and the Center for Civil Liberties, the first Ukrainian organization to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for its documentation of Russian war crimes. She has also completed internships in private-sector geopolitical risk consulting and worked with refugee resettlement organizations on two continents. At Columbia, Lora serves as Editor-in-Chief of The Birch Journal, a leading international student journal devoted to Russian, Eastern European, and Eurasian studies and writes for the Columbia Political Review. Outside of academics, Lora is an avid hiker and competitive ballroom dancer.