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Elizabeth Wood is a faculty member at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where she serves as the Ford International Professor of History. She is the founding director of the MIT-Ukraine Program and co-director of the MIT-Eurasia Program. Her scholarly work includes significant contributions to the understanding of Russian politics and gender performance, with published works such as 'Roots of Russia’s War in Ukraine' and 'Performing Justice: Agitation Trials in Early Soviet Russia.' She has also authored 'Baba Comrade: Gender Politics in Revolutionary Russia.' Wood’s research interests encompass Cold War history, political economy of contemporary Russia, women's rights, and globalization. At MIT, she has been involved in various academic roles, including chairing the Women’s Gender Studies Program and coordinating the Russian Studies program. Wood actively advises students and sponsors research on topics related to Vladimir Putin's rule in Russia.