Dr. Stevens specializes in U.S. national security, international relations, and the politics of the former Soviet Union. He arrived at Misericordia University in the Fall 2013 after teaching at the College of the Holy Cross, the University of Vermont, and the University of Nebraska-Kearney. Dr. Stevens earned his Ph.D. in Politics from Brandies University, and is currently working on a manuscript that explores Russias strategic relations with other republics of the former Soviet Union. His research has taken him all over the former USSR, including Belarus, Estonia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Russia, and Ukraine. His work has been supported with grants from the International Research and Exchanges Board, the National Council for Eurasian and East European Research, and the American Political Science Association.