Peter Busscher

Master of Arts in Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies

Certificate: International Business Diplomacy

Bachelor of Philosophy (BPhil)

History, Linguistics, International and Area Studies

Summa Cum Laude · Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellow

Building a public-facing web application for wholesale nursery buyers to find plants native to their region. Full-stack: React, Express/GraphQL, PostGIS, Python GIS data pipeline.

Coordination, planning, and brief writing for the 2026 SelectUSA Investment Summit. Drafted investment-announcement briefs, official biographies, and vetting documentation.

Elected Senator representing the MA program in Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies.

Authored content for Forbes column series analyzing energy sector investment climates across Russia and Central Asia. Attended industry and policy conferences, producing detailed briefs and research memoranda.

Developed Python-based GIS mapping tools (GDAL, GeoPandas, ArcPy) to analyze ecological data patterns. Created internal business tools for displaying geographic data.

Due diligence research using Factiva to draft Red Flag Reviews. Analyzed Russian-language materials for investigations. Wrote political and media risk reports on public figures and business entities.

Taught, planned lessons for and case-managed immigrants and refugees. Managed Russian-speaking client relations. Organized 300+ hours of volunteer projects with local nonprofit organizations.