Stefanie Georgakis Abbott is the director of programming at the Karsh Institute of Democracy at the University of Virginia. Prevoiusly, she served as associate director of presidential studies at UVA’s Miller Center of Public Affairs from 2014 to 2022, where she also co-directed the Hillary Rodham Clinton Oral History Project. Previously, Stefanie taught courses on political science and international relations at Virginia Tech and Radford University and supported project management for the US Coast Guard and Department of Homeland Security. She is the co-editor of "Crucible: The President’s First Year," with Michael Nelson and Jeff Chidester, and "Addressing Integration and Exclusion: Democracy, Human Rights, and Humanitarian Intervention," with Yannis Stivachtis. She has published journal articles and book chapters on immigration and nationalism, EU integration, the American presidency, and international relations theory. 

Stefanie holds a BA degree in international studies and a BA degree in French from Virginia Tech, an MA degree in nationalism studies from Central European University, and a PhD in public and international affairs from Virginia Tech.