Baymuhammet Baltayev
Former Research Assistant
Baymuhammet Baltayev worked as a student research assistant on the project from Fall 2023 to Summer 2024. He is majoring in political science and international studies at SIUE. Through interdisciplinary coursework, he is completing coursework spanning criminal justice, philosophy, international relations, and American government. Baltayev also pursued several undergraduate research projects under faculty mentorship on predictors of terrorism, domestic extremism and Russian state propaganda. He founded the student club at SIUE - Ukraine Advocacy Association - to educate and raise awareness of Ukrainian democracy, culture and history. In the future, he aspires to build a career advancing democracy, human rights and freedom.