Alexis Lerner

Assistant Professor of Russian Politics at @navalacademy. Authoritarianism, protest, political graffiti, data science, and conflict. Opinions mine, not DoD.

[Alexis Lerner @PostSovietGraf]

Especially during wartime, fake information is everywhere. The ability to analyze original sources & evaluate secondary claims is vital in combatting the flood of disinfo.

In a new @JStatEd paper, @StatModeling & I give a step-by-step outline for teaching data literacy. [1/9]

[Alexis Lerner @PostSovietGraf]

@LiselHintz 🎉🎉🎉

[Lisel Hintz @LiselHintz]

Studying art or pop culture? Going to APSA? Join us Sept 2!

I'm chairing a "Studying Cool Stuff Seriously" short course with APSA's interpretive methods group

Featuring @MichWeitzel @micahanglais @PostSovietGraf @colleenwood_ Sam Majic, Jelena Subotic, Tania Islas Weinstein

[Mark Galeotti @MarkGaleotti]

In Moscow's Shadows 243: Who Controls The Story In Russia?
Which books do I cover?
@PostSovietGraf , Post-Soviet Graffiti
(UoToronto Press, 2025)
Michael Gorham, Networking Putinism
(@CornellPress, 2026)
Eliot Borenstein,The Politics of Fantasy
(UoWisconsin Press, 2025).
@greta_uehling, Everyday War: The Conflict Over Donbas
(@CornellPress, 2023)
@david_g_lewis, Occupation. Russian Rule in Southeastern Ukraine
(@HurstPublishers, 2025)
Martin Laryš, Rebel Militias in Eastern Ukraine
(@Rout_PoliticsIR, 2025).
https://t.co/hfg6BdcGJx

[The Eurasian Knot (@euraknot.bsky.social) @euraknot]

What's better than a little graffitti to ring in the new year?
This week, we bring you a conversation with @PostSovietGraf on her book "Post-Soviet Graffiti," which details this aesthetic counterculture and its impact on Russia and Eastern Europe.
https://t.co/IzF0X2BCCD

[International Affairs @IAJournal_CH]

📚 Book of the Week 📚

In ‘Post-Soviet graffiti’, @PostSovietGraf writes about how graffiti has become a mode of resistance in Russia owing to its accessibility and anonymity.

Read Benjamin Yoel’s review in our latest issue: https://t.co/BWLPsXprGg

[Alexis Lerner @PostSovietGraf]

@JohnHolbein1 Yes!! This is great. I teach that StatConsulting post and this is an awesome piece to evidence it. Thanks for sharing.

[Alexis Lerner @PostSovietGraf]

@SharikaCrawfo17 @utpress @irgarner @InstPileckiego Thanks @SharikaCrawfo17!

[University of Toronto Press @utpress]

How does graffiti challenge #authoritarianism? In Post-Soviet Graffiti, Alexis M. Lerner explores political street art across post-communist cities, revealing how it functions as dissent, narrative, and resistance.

Out now: https://t.co/u8k7aLb8pH @PostSovietGraf #PoliSci

[University of Toronto Press @utpress]

"Bold, urgent, and thought-provoking, Post-Soviet Graffiti tours post-Soviet cityscapes to reveal #StreetArt as a powerful site of artistic exchange between artists and #Authoritarian regimes." @irgarner @InstPileckiego

Learn more: https://t.co/u8k7aLb8pH @PostSovietGraf

[Ben Yoel @benyoel_]

I'm happy to share that my review of @PostSovietGraf's book, "Post-Soviet Graffiti," is forthcoming at @IAJournal_CH. It's an excellent book and will be essential reading for anyone interested in dictatorships, and especially resistance to it, with implications for backsliding!

[Alexis Lerner @PostSovietGraf]

@DetroitGreenway @BacktoDetroit This is so cool. Is there some way to rent skates?

[Alexis Lerner @PostSovietGraf]

@LenMaschmeyer @CU_NPSIA Thanks! Not too new — I’ve been there since 2021

[Alexis Lerner @PostSovietGraf]

I’m over there, too, talking about NORAD Santa skipping out on Belarus and other fun topics. https://t.co/1JSNhFdpC8. Let’s build community.

[Alexis Lerner @PostSovietGraf]

@PatRyanUC Go pat! Congrats on your victory!

[Good Authority @goodauth]

ICYMI--read @isadesisto & @grigopop's #Moldova elections explainer. And if you already read that, you might also want to read today's election explainer by @PostSovietGraf & Ari Swieca on #Georgia (similarities: alleged Russian interference w/turn to EU): https://t.co/Rg7AWlYzIW

[Alexis Lerner @PostSovietGraf]

Georgians are calling last week’s election results fraudulent & protesting in the streets (again). Read about #GeorgianDream & why Georgians are worried about the future of their country in @goodauth. Article by me & Ari Swieca. Photos of 🇬🇪 are Ari’s. https://t.co/4TtH7OEKhb

[Alexis Lerner @PostSovietGraf]

@karolinakrasusk @HarrimanInst @AmericanU @Georgetown @TempleUniv @RodaJess @emilyctamkin Wish I could be there! Your cover turned out beautifully

[Alexis Lerner @PostSovietGraf]

@BesenyoJ @colleenwood_ @enplantan @JeffreyKopstein @comppolsection @APSAtweets Köszönöm szépen! There’s *so much* Hungarian content in the book.

[Alexis Lerner @PostSovietGraf]

It’s my first author meets critics panel! Join me, @colleenwood_ , @enplantan, @timtime, & @JeffreyKopstein on Sun, Sept 8th @ 10am in PCC 107B to talk all things ‘Post-Soviet Graffiti’. @comppolsection @APSAtweets

More about the book & preorder here:
https://t.co/d20dWL4gSu

[Alexis Lerner @PostSovietGraf]

@PopovaProf @colleenwood_ @enplantan @JeffreyKopstein @comppolsection @APSAtweets Thanks, @PopovaProf!