Meet Kimberly Marten. Originally from Minnesota, Professor Marten is currently an Ann Whitney Olin Professor of Political Science at Barnard College whose research is currently focused on Russia. Besides being a Professor, Professor Marten is also the Director of the Program on U.S.-Russia Relations at the Harriman Institute at Columbia. In this position, she has the opportunity to “create and plan a new set of activities and opportunities that build on the Harriman Institute’s long tradition of being a premier locale for the study of Russia.” Interested to learn more about her, I sat down with her to learn a little bit about her background and ask for her perspective on current Russian affairs.