What is Karen Dawisha?
{{Infobox writer | name = Karen Dawisha | image = Karen Dawisha headshot.png | caption = Karen Dawisha | pseudonym = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1949|12|2}} | birth_place = [[Pueblo, Colorado]], U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2018|4|11|1949|12|2}} | death_place = [[Oxford, Ohio]], U.S. | occupation = [[Academic]] and [[Author]] | nationality = [[United States|American]] | period = | education = [[Lancaster University]]<br>[[London School of Economics]] | genre = | subject = | movement = | notablework = ''[[Putin's Kleptocracy]]'' | spouse = Adeed Dawisha | partner = | children = | relatives = | awards = | influences = | influenced = | signature = | website = }} '''Karen Dawisha''' (December 2, 1949<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/karen-dawisha/e161259223050|title=Karen Dawisha (Lee), 68 - Oxford, OH - Background Report at MyLife.com®|website=www.mylife.com}}</ref> – April 11, 2018) was an [[Americans|American]] political scientist and writer. She was a professor in the Department of [[Political Science]] at [[Miami University]] in [[Oxford, Ohio]], and the director of [[The Havighurst Center for Russian and Post-Soviet Studies]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/30/books/review/putins-kleptocracy-by-karen-dawisha.html|title=‘Putin’s Kleptocracy,’ by Karen Dawisha|first=Rajan|last=Menon|date=25 November 2014|via=NYTimes.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_world_/2014/04/10/putin_book_blocked_by_british_libel_laws.html|title=Karen Dawisha's Putin book blocked by British libel laws.|work=Slate Magazine|access-date=4 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2014/04/07/the-frustrating-reason-a-book-detailing-putins-murky-past-was-blocked-from-publication/|title=The frustrating reason a book detailing Putin’s murky past was blocked from publication|author=Adam Taylor|date=7 April 2014|work=Washington Post|access-date=4 October 2015}}</ref><ref>