Marina ZaloznayaMarina Zaloznaya is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Iowa. She received an M.A. in Sociology from the University of Wisconsin, Madison and a Ph.D. in Sociology from Northwestern University, Illinois. Her research on informal eonomies, corruption, and political transformations in non-democratic societies has been supported by multiple grants, including grants from the Open Society Institute, the National Science Foundation, and the US Department of Defence. It has also been featured in a number of key sociology and interdisciplinary journals. Read More Read Less