Timothy M. FRYE Director, Harriman Institute Marshall D. Shulman Professor of Post-Soviet Foreign Policy Columbia University | Political Science Welcome to my webpage. I am a professor of political science at Columbia University and the Director of the Harriman Institute. I received a B.A. in Russian language and literature from Middlebury College in 1986, an M.A. from the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University in 1992 and a Ph.D. in political science from Columbia University in 1997. My research and teaching interests are in comparative politics and political economy with a focus on Eurasia, including, Russia, Central Asia, and Europe. I have worked as a consultant for a number of organizations, including the World Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the Bloomberg Foundation, and the U.S. Agency for International Development. My most recent book is Building States and Markets After Communism: The Perils of Polarized Democracy: The Perils of Polarized Democracy published by Cambridge University Press in 2010.