Miami U. student’s fieldwork aids US officials in Serbia

An international student at Miami University in Ohio is helping the Serbian government and the U.S. Embassy through her research.

Anastasija Mladenovska, who’s originally from Macedonia and who speaks English, Russian, Serbian and French, is studying political science, finance and Russia. As part of that, she did field research in Belgrade, Serbia.

“By integrating herself into a diasporic community of Russians who had become displaced by the war, Mladenovska was able to get them to open up and start talking. They told her about their experiences fleeing Russia and about immigrating to Belgrade. They talked about their perspectives on the war, about the hope of returning home, and even about the possibility of needing to stay in Serbia permanently,” an article from the school says.

Read the full story here. (October 2024) 
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