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REEESNe | Alumni Careers Panel of the 2026 REEESNe Student Conference

Russian, European, & Eurasian Studies Professions Beyond the Academy

As part of the REEESNe/University of Pittsburgh Student Conference, we are making our annual alumni careers panel available in hybrid format. Presenters span a range of career stages, institutional and disciplinary backgrounds, as well as professional areas, from sports marketing and online language curriculum development to risk consulting and health/development nonprofits. Come listen, and ask your questions, to learn more about the careers that degrees in REEES and European Studies fields can open up for you!

Featured speakers:
- Brandon Silver, sports marketing (UMass Amherst)
- Solo Bat-Erdene, embedded risk consulting for Control Risks (University of Pittsburgh)
- Zara Ghannadian, civil society strengthening and peace building for FHI 360 (University of Pittsburgh)
- Lisa Bromberg, language curriculum development for Duolingo (Sarah Lawrence College, UPenn)

This event is free and open to the public. To attend, please click the following Zoom link at 5:15 pm Eastern Daylight Time (March 20th, 2026): Zoom access

Sponsored by:

The Russian, East European, & Eurasian Studies Northeast Network (REEESNe)
European Studies Council, Yale University
University Center for International Studies, The University of Pittsburgh
Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies at The University of Pittsburgh
European Studies Center at The University of Pittsburgh
Graduate Organization for the Study of Europe and Central Asia at The University of Pittsburgh
The University of Pittsburgh Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
The Nationality Rooms and Intercultural Exchange Programs at The University of Pittsburgh 
Consortium for Educational Resources on Islamic Studies at The University of Pittsburgh