Jill Dougherty — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University’s Walsh School of Foreign Service and Center for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies.
Global Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
Served as a CNN correspondent for three decades, including Moscow Bureau Chief for almost a decade.
Hosts the KennanX blog on Russia issues, sponsored by the Wilson Center’s Kennan Institute.
Member of the Wilson Center’s Kennan Institute Advisory Council, the Council on Foreign Relations, and the World Affairs Council.
Holds a master's degree from Georgetown University and a bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan in Slavic Languages and Literature.

Biography

Jill Dougherty is an American journalist and academic, widely regarded as an expert on Russia and the former Soviet Union. She currently serves as an Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University’s Center for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies and is a Global Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C. She also contributes as a member of the Wilson Center’s Kennan Institute Advisory Council.