Reagan Phelps is a Dawkins Scholar at the United States Military Academy, where she majors in international affairs and minors in Russian, with a research focus on the Baltic states. Supported by the Stamps Scholarship, she has conducted extensive field research in the region, including Russian-language interviews examining perceptions of political belonging, efficacy, and legitimacy among Latvia’s Russian-speaking minorities. In May 2027, she will commission as a second lieutenant in the United States Army, where she aims to continue her work on identity and security in the post-Soviet region as a military intelligence officer.