Hi, I'm Dr. Alena Gross, a political scientist and instructor at Northern Arizona University
Alena Gross is a political scientist specializing in labor, technology, and collective action, with a particular focus on platform labor organizing and coalition-building in the digital economy. She earned her Ph.D. in Political Science from Northern Arizona University, where her dissertation examined how institutional conditions and organizational dynamics shape the political engagement of non-standard workers, such as Uber drivers and freelance platform workers, in the United States and Europe.
She also holds a Ph.D. in History from the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus and has extensive teaching and research experience in both political science and history. Alena has authored a book and numerous peer-reviewed articles on topics ranging from international cooperation to social movements.
A recipient of the Presidential Fellowship, Outstanding Qualifying Paper Award, Political Science Scholarship, Support for Graduate Students Award, and APSA Spring Centennial Center Research Grant, she has presented her work at leading political science conferences and is an active member of professional associations, including MPSA and APSA.