Shlapentokh, Vladmir

Dr. Vladimir Shlapentokh was born, raised, and educated in the Soviet Union. Before immigrating to the United States in 1979, he was a Senior Fellow in the Sociological Institute in Moscow and conducted the first nationwide public opinion polls in the Soviet Union. After immigrating to the United States, has published 17 books and dozens of professional articles about Soviet and post-Soviet issues. His latest books include Fears in Post-Communist Society (coauthor) (New York/Basingstoke: Palgrave, 2002) and A Normal Totalitarian Society (Armonk, N.Y.: M.E. Sharpe, 2001). He has published dozens of columns in periodicals such as the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, and Christian Science Monitor. He is a Professor of Sociology at Michigan State University.