Chyzh Olga
Main achievement
Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Toronto
About
Olga Chyzh is a distinguished Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Toronto, Canada, where she has been teaching since 2020, initially as an Assistant Professor. A graduate of the University of Iowa with a Ph.D. in Political Science obtained in 2013, as well as the University of Nebraska-Lincoln with a Bachelor's and Master's degree in the same field, she has distinguished herself through major contributions in political methodology and international relations. Her publications, appearing in prestigious journals such as the American Journal of Political Science, address topics such as Western sanctions on Putin's war, great power competition, international trade, and the impact of the US-China trade war on political support. Her academic career includes previous positions at Iowa State University as an Associate Professor of Political Science and Statistics (2015-2020), a visitor at the University of Alabama, and a postdoctoral fellow at Washington University in St. Louis. She also collaborates as an instructor at the ICPSR Summer Program at the University of Michigan, where she teaches advanced courses in network analysis and categorical data. At Toronto, she teaches courses such as Statistics for Political Science, Multiple Regression Analysis, Network Analysis, International Terrorism, and the Use of Data in Politics and Society, contributing to the training of future generations of researchers by integrating innovative quantitative methods, including spatial statistics and network analysis. Although information about Olga Chyzh's personal life remains private in public sources, her professional dedication exemplifies the model of women from the Moldovan diaspora who excel in international education and research. Likely originating from the Republic of Moldova, she represents a success story in the Canadian academic context, promoting excellence in complex fields such as political violence, authoritarian regimes, and data analysis, inspiring through her trajectory from education in the US to top positions in Canada.
