Biography and education
Dr. Susanne Sternthal received her Ph.D from Columbia University in the Department of Political Science and her graduate Certificate from the Harriman Institute. She was a Ford Foundation Fellow in "Dual competency: Security and Soviet Studies". Her undergraduate degree was from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. She graduated with honors in the Department of Political Science and Slavic languages.
Teaching Interests
Research Interests
Featured grants
- Sternthal, Susanne. Title viii, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign Research Summer Lab, Federal. (Funded: June 20, 2023 - June 30, 2023). Grant.

Featured scholarly/creative works
- Sternthal, S. (2022). As one of Vladimir Putin’s closest advisers on Ukraine, Nicolai Patrushev Spread disinformation and outlandish conspiracy theories. The Conversation.
- Sternthal, S. (2022). Manifesto published in Russian media reflects Putin regime’s ruthless plans in Ukraine. The Conversation.
- Sternthal, S. (2015, April 2). Closing the doors on a museum of political Repression in Russia. Retrieved from https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/closing-the-doors-on-a-museum-of-political-repression-in-russia/2015/04/02/388669a0-d71f-11e4-8103-fa84725dbf9d_story.html
- Sternthal, S. (2012). The Curious Entente Cordiale Between President Lincoln and Tsar Alexander II” Rodina, Rossiskii Istoricheskii Zhurnal. Russia Life.
- Sternthal, S. (2012). Optimism in Diversity? Moscow’s March of Millions. Open Democracy. Retrieved from https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/odr/optimism-in-diversity-moscows-march-of-millions/