Her fields of expertise include the Holocaust in Eastern Europe, Soviet history, ethnic relations, nationalism, and the politics of history. Dr. Dumitru has been awarded numerous fellowships and grants, including a Visiting Scholarship for Research at the University of Toronto’s Centre for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies (2010), a Ronald and Eileen Weiser Professional Development Award for Study and Research at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (2009), a Gerda Henkel Stiftung Next Generations of Historians fellowship (2007-2008), an International Institute for Holocaust Research Postdoctoral Fellowship for Study and Research at Yad Vashem (2007), and the Rosenzweig Family Fellowship for research at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum from Washington D.C. (2005-2006), U.S. State Department’s JFDP Scholarship at University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (2003-2004).