As a Research Analyst at the Plakhov Group, Thomas is currently working on Quick Takes, Podcast Summaries, and Event Reports.

Thomas is pursuing an MA in European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies and has a BA in Political Science and English. His thesis regards what is pushing Ukraine to legalize same-sex marriage following the full-scale invasion. He has also taught a workshop for high school students titled “A Brief Introduction to the War in Ukraine.” His broad research interests also led to him presenting a paper regarding Ukrainian anti-corruption measures and the Copenhagen Criteria at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Centre for Slavic, Eurasian and Eastern European Studies’ Emerging Scholars Workshop on the Study of Challenges in Eurasian Politics and Society.