Ivan Katchanovski teaches at the School of Political Studiesand the Department of Communication at the University ofOttawa. He held research and teaching positions at HarvardUniversity, the State University of New York at Potsdam, theUniversity of Toronto, and the Kluge Center at the Library of Congress. He received Ph.D. from the Schar School ofPolicy and Government at George Mason University. He is the author of “Cleft Countries: Regional Political Divisions and Cultures in Post-Soviet Ukraine and Moldova.”