Chair of Ethnology Department and Associate Dean of History Faculty, Moscow State University

Dr. hist. sc. (2008, in ethnography, ethnology, and anthropology), Cand. hist. sc. (1991, in ethnography), Department of World History, Faculty of History and Philology, RUDN University. Professor in Ethnology, Anthropology, and Ethnography (2025). Scholarly interests: anthropology of religion (structures of religious identity, sacred and profane in various traditions, missionaries and proselytism, ethnic/religious situation in Russia, religion and church in the USA), ethnic demography (ethnic and cultural aspects of population censuses, impact of religious factors on demographic trends), history of ethnological education at universities. Member of the American Academy of Religion. Author of over 300 publications including monographs, textbooks and supplementary materials.