LA SALLE UNIVERSITY
Faculty Curriculum Vitae
Name
Barbara Carol Allen
Current Rank
Associate Professor
Department/Program
History Department
Education
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Ph.D. in Russian and Soviet History. Indiana University, Bloomington. 2001.
M.A. in Russian and Soviet History. Indiana University, Bloomington. August 1992.
B.A. in Modern European History (with distinction). University of North Carolina, Chapel
Hill. May 1989.
Employment
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Associate Professor with tenure. La Salle University, Philadelphia. 2010 to present.
Assistant Professor. La Salle University, Philadelphia. 2003-2009.
Instructor of History. The College of New Jersey, Ewing. 2001-2003.
Associate Instructor. Indiana University, Bloomington. 1991-1993.
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Courses taught at La Salle University
Graduate Courses:
History 650: Oral History: Theory and Methods
History 700: Soviet Russia: From Lenin to Stalin (seminar)
History 770: Thesis Direction I (Bradford Morith)
History 771: Thesis Direction II (Bradford Morith)
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Undergraduate Courses:
Honors 121: Western Civilization I
Honors 122: Western Civilization II
Honors 394: Soviet History, 1917-1953 (Independent Study)
History 151: Global History to 1500
History 251: Global History from 1500 to the Present
History 341: Russia & America since 1741
History 343: Modern Europe, 1789-1914
History 345: Twentieth-Century Europe, 1914-1991
History 348: Muscovy & the Russian Empire, 1462-1917
History 355: Stalin’s Russia
History 444X: Undergraduate Research Projects
History 452: Twentieth-Century Russia & USSR
History 480: History Senior Seminar I
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History 481:
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History Senior Seminar II
Publications
Books
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Alexander Shlyapnikov, 1885-1937: Life of an Old Bolshevik. Xiv+426 pp. Bibliography.
Index. 35 illustrations.
--Cloth edition: Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill Academic Publishers, 2015. ISBN-13:
9789004248533. E-ISBN: 9789004248540.
--Paper edition: Chicago, Illinois: Haymarket Books, 2016. ISBN-13: 9781608465583.
--Reviewed in The Russian Review; Europe-Asia Studies; H-Soz-u-Kult; Revolutionary
Russia; Canadian Slavonic Papers.
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The Workers’ Opposition in the Russian Communist Party: Documents, 1919-1930.
Translated and edited by Barbara C. Allen. 838 pp., 273,090 words. Under contract with
Brill Academic Publishers. Submitted to the publisher for review on July 18, 2016.
Book Chapters
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“The Worker-Intellectual Relationship: Aleksandr Shliapnikov and Vladimir Lenin, 19141916.” Russia’s Century of Revolutions: Parties, People, Places. Edited by Michael
Melancon and Donald J. Raleigh. Bloomington, IN: Slavica Publishers, 2012. Pages 37-58.
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“Transforming Factions into Blocs: Alexander Shliapnikov, Sergei Medvedev, and the CCC
Investigation of the ‘Baku Affair’ in 1926.” A Dream Deferred: New Studies in Russian
and Soviet Labour History. Edited by Donald Filtzer, Wendy Goldman, Gijs Kessler, and
Simon Pirani. Bern: Peter Lang, 2008. Pages 129-152.
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“Revolution and Civil War in Russia, 1917-1921.” Events That Changed Russia Since 1855.
Edited by Frank W. Thackeray. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2007. Pages 113-127.
Published Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
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Forthcoming: “The Workers’ Opposition and the Specialists.” Canadian-American Slavic
Studies (2018).
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“Alexander Shliapnikov’s Purge from the Soviet Communist Party in 1933.” Cahiers du
Monde Russe, vol. 49, no. 4 (2008): 559-580. Published by l’École des Hautes Études en
Sciences Sociales (Paris, France).
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“’A Proletarian from a Novel’: Politics, Identity, and Emotion in the Relationship between
Alexander Shliapnikov and Alexandra Kollontai, 1911-1935.” The Soviet and Post-Soviet
Review, vol. 35, no. 2 (2008): 163-191. Published by Brill.
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“Early Dissent within the Party: Alexander Shliapnikov and the Letter of the Twenty-Two.”
The NEP Era: Soviet Russia, 1921-1928, vol. 1 (2007): 21-54. Published by Charles
Schlacks, Jr.
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“Friendship in Times of Factionalism and Terror: Aleksandr Shliapnikov and Sergei
Medvedev.” Revolutionary Russia (London, England), vol. 20, no. 1 (June 2007): 75-93.
Published by Taylor & Francis.
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“Alexander Shliapnikov and the Origins of the Workers’ Opposition, March 1919-April
1920.” Jahrbücher für Geschichte Osteuropas, no. 1 (2005): 1-24. Published by the
Osteuropa-Institutes Munchen.
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“The Evolution of Communist Party Control over Trade Unions: Alexander Shliapnikov
and the Trade Unions in May 1921.” Revolutionary Russia (London, England), vol. 15, no.
2 (2002): 72-105. Published by Taylor & Francis.
Other Articles or Publications
Editing:
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Co-Editor. Women East-West, Newsletter of the Association of Women in Slavic Studies
(AWSS). Published biannually in print and digital formats. 2016-.
http://www.awsshome.org/newsletter.html
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Book Review Editor. The NEP Era: Soviet Russia, 1921-1928. 2005-2014. Peer-reviewed
annual journal, published by Charles Schlacks, Jr. Edited 81 reviews (119,876 words) in
vols. 4-8 (2008-14). Declined offer of editor-in-chief position, 2014.
Issues archived: http://d.umn.edu/lib/d-commons/libpub/journals/NEP/
Editor-reviewed articles:
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Forthcoming: “Soviet Communist Party Central Control Commission Files for Workers’
Opposition Leaders Aleksandr Shliapnikov and Sergei Medvedev.” International
Newsletter of Communist Studies. Published by the European Workshop of Communist
Studies.
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“Files on the Workers’ Opposition in the Central Archive of the Federal Security Service
of Russia.” International Newsletter of Communist Studies, vols. XX-XXI, nos. 27-28
(2014-15): 52-57. Published by the European Workshop of Communist Studies.
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“Aleksandr G. Šljapnikov in der Verbannung und in Haft, 1934 bis 1937 [Alexander
Shlyapnikov in Exile and under Arrest].” Translated by Rosemarie Eichler. Jahrbuch für
Forschungen zur Geschichte der Arbeiterbewegung, no. 3 (2015): 117-133. Published by
Förderverein für Forschungen zur Geschichte der Arbeiterbewegung. Berlin, Germany.
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“Former Worker Oppositionists’ Personal and Personnel Files in the Russian State Archive
of the Economy, 1918-1929.” International Newsletter of Communist Studies, vol. XIX
(2013): 42-47. Published by the European Workshop of Communist Studies.
Translations:
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“1917: The View from the Streets – Leaflets of the Russian Revolution.” John Riddell:
Marxist Essays and Commentary (https://johnriddell.wordpress.com/), December 2016 –
July 2017.
1. “To the Revolutionary Students of Russia.” Appeal from the Organizing Committee
of the SD (Social Democratic) fractions of Higher Educational Institutions, December
1916. 1900 words. Posted December 1, 2016.
2. “The Day of the People’s Wrath is Near.” Printed leaflet issued by the Petersburg
Interdistrict Committee prior to January 22 (O.S. January 9), 1917. 1410 words. Posted
January 21, 2017.
3. “Only a Provisional Government can bring Freedom and Peace.” Appeal to the
Workers of Petrograd from the Central Worker Group of the Central War Industry
Committee, February 6 (January 24), 1917. 765 words. Posted February 6, 2017.
4-16. Forthcoming.
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“Sergei Medvedev’s ‘Letter to a Baku Comrade’.” The NEP Era: Soviet Russia, 1921-1928,
vol. 8 (2014): 25-42. With introduction and annotation.
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“On the Relations between the Russian Communist Party, the Soviets, and Production
Unions: theses for the Ninth RCP(b) Congress.” “Theses of the Workers’ Opposition.”
“Appeal of the 22.” Translations for the website http://www.marxists.org. Eds. Brian
Basgen and Andy Blunden. 2004.
Book reviews:
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Forthcoming: John González, An Intellectual Biography of N.A. Rozhkov: Life in a Bell
Jar (Brill, 2016) for The Russian Review, vol. 76, no. 3 (July 2017): .
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Forthcoming: Cathy Frierson, Silence Was Salvation: Child Survivors of Stalin's Terror and
World War II in the Soviet Union (Yale University Press, 2015) for The Historian.
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Stephen Kotkin, Stalin, Volume 1: Paradoxes of Power, 1878-1928 (Penguin Press, 2014),
for Canadian Slavonic Papers/Revue canadienne des slavistes, vol. 57, nos. 3-4 (2015):
328-330.
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Marie-Pierre Rey, Alexander I: The Tsar Who Defeated Napoleon (DeKalb, IL: Northern
Illinois University Press, 2012) for The Historian, vol. 76, no. 3(2014): 628-29.
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Carter Elwood, The Non-Geometric Lenin: Essays on the Development of the Bolshevik
Party 1910-1914 (Anthem Press, 2011) for The NEP Era: Soviet Russia, 1921-1928, vol. 7
(2013): 36-39.
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James Ryan, Lenin’s Terror: The Ideological Origins of Early Soviet State Violence
(Routledge, 2012) for Canadian Slavonic Papers/Revue canadienne des slavistes, vol. 55,
nos. 1-2 (2013): 289-90.
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Wendy Goldman, Inventing the Enemy: Denunciation and Terror in Stalin’s Russia
(Cambridge, 2011) for The NEP Era: Soviet Russia, 1921-1928, vol. 6 (2012): 87-90.
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Francis W. Wcislo, Tales of Imperial Russia: The Life and Times of Sergei Witte, 18491915 (Oxford, 2011) for The NEP Era: Soviet Russia, 1921-1928, vol. 5 (2011): 46-50.
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Rachel Polonsky, Molotov’s Magic Lantern: Travels in Russian History (Farrar, Straus &
Giroux, 2010) for the Philadelphia Inquirer, Sunday, February 13, 2011, p. H11, cols. 1-5.
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J. Arch Getty and Oleg V. Naumov, Yezhov: The Rise of Stalin’s ‘Iron Fist’ (Yale, 2008)
for The Historian, vol. 72, no. 3 (Fall 2010): 974-975.
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Alan Kramer, Dynamic of Destruction: Culture and Mass Killing in the First World War
(Oxford, 2007) for The Historian, vol. 71, no. 4 (Winter 2009): 905-907.
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Kate Transchel, Under the Influence: Working-Class Drinking, Temperance, and Cultural
Revolution in Russia, 1895-1932 (Pittsburgh, 2006) for The NEP Era: Soviet Russia, 19211928, vol. 2 (2008): 93-97.
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Igal Halfin, Intimate Enemies: Demonizing the Bolshevik Opposition, 1918-1928
(Pittsburgh, 2007) for Revolutionary Russia, vol. 21, no. 1 (2008): 99-101.
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Diane Koenker, Republic of Labor: Russian Printers and Soviet Socialism, 1918-1930
(Cornell, 2005) for Canadian-American Slavic Studies, vol. 41, no. 4 (Winter 2007): 448449.
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Kevin J. Murphy, Revolution and Counterrevolution: Class Struggle in a Moscow Metal
Factory (Berghahn, 2005) for H-Net, May 28, 2006. Redistributed by the International
Association of Labour History Institutions News Service.
Encyclopedia articles:
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“Shlyapnikov, Alexander.” International Encyclopedia of Revolution and Protest. Edited
by Immanuel Ness. 8 vols. Blackwell Publishing, 2009.
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“Rehabilitation.” “Unions, Professional.” Encyclopedia of Contemporary Russian Culture.
Edited by Tatiana Smorodinskaya, Karen Evans-Romaine, and Helena Goscilo. Routledge
UK, 2006.
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“Shliapnikov, Alexander.” Encyclopedia of Marxism (http://www.marxists.org). Eds. Brian
Basgen and Andy Blunden. 2004.
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“Shliapnikov, Alexander.” “Workers’ Opposition.” Encyclopedia of Russian History. Ed.
James R. Millar. NY: Macmillan Reference USA, 2003.
Creative work:
Photograph of Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich Palace (Reconstructed) in Kolomenskoye,
Moscow, published on the ASEEES website and in brochures, circa 2015-present.
Four photographs of the Gulag Museum in Moscow, published as illustrations to: Wim
Van Meurs [author], “Heel Rusland? Nee, een klein museum blijft moedig weerstand
bieden” [A small museum shows resistance]. Thema Tijdschrift Nederland-Rusland 2, no.
3 (najaar 2013), pp. 52-55.
Papers delivered
Peer-Reviewed
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“The Workers’ Opposition and the Specialists.” New Approaches to Opposition to Stalin
conference, University of Texas Austin, February 27, 2016. All expenses paid by UTAustin.
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“Worker Oppositionists’ Attitudes Toward Specialists.” Historical Materialism North
American conference, New York City, April 24-26, 2015.
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“Alexander Shlyapnikov’s 1935 Prison Memoir of Childhood.” Northeast Slavic, East
European, and Eurasian Studies conference, New York University, NYC, March 21, 2015.
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"Alexander Shlyapnikov under Arrest, 1935-7." 11th annual Historical Materialism
conference, London, United Kingdom, November 6-9, 2014.
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“Personal Files of NEP-Era Soviet Economic Administrators from the former Workers’
Opposition.” 45th annual convention of the Association for Slavic, East European, and
Eurasian Studies, Boston, Mass., November 21-24, 2013.
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“Did the Workers’ Opposition Hate the Specialists?” Southern Conference on Slavic
Studies, Greensboro, North Carolina, March 21-23, 2013.
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“Alexander Tolokontsev (1889-1937), a Metalworker Elevated to Power by the
Revolution.” Roundtable Reassessing 1917: Approaching the Centennial. 44th annual
convention of the Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies, New
Orleans, Louisiana, November 15-18, 2012.
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“А.Г. Шляпников и НКВД в 1930-х годах.” [A.G. Shliapnikov and the NKVD in the
1930s]. Presentation in roundtable session, Можно ли считать коммунистическую
оппозицию в СССР в 20-30-е годы частью антитоталитарного левого движения?,
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of the seminar Левые в России: история и современность. Memorial: An International
Historical, Educational, Human Rights And Charitable Society, Moscow, Russia, June 18,
2012.
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“The Worker-Intellectual Relationship: Aleksandr Shliapnikov and Vladimir Lenin, 19141916.” 43rd annual convention of the Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian
Studies, Washington, DC, November 17-20, 2011.
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“Alexander Shliapnikov in Exile and under Arrest, 1934-1937.” Southern Conference on
Slavic Studies, Alexandria, Virginia, April 7-9, 2011.
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“Alexander Shliapnikov under Interrogation and on Trial in Stalinist Russia, 1935-37.”
Canadian Association of Slavists Conference (Congress of the Canadian Federation for the
Humanities and Social Sciences), May 28-30, 2010, Montreal, Canada.
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“Arrest, Interrogation, and Sentencing of the Russian Communist, Alexander Shliapnikov
1935-1937.” Mid-Atlantic Slavic Conference, Swarthmore College, Pennsylvania, March
20, 2010.
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“Alexander Shliapnikov’s Purge from the Soviet Communist Party in 1933.” Delaware
Valley Russian History Seminar, Swarthmore College, Pennsylvania, September 13, 2009.
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“Alexander Shliapnikov, Sergei Medvedev, and Worker Opposition in Omsk, 1929-1930.”
40th annual convention of the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November 20-23, 2008.
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“Alexander Shliapnikov’s Purge from the Party, 1932-1933.” 39th annual convention of the
American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, New Orleans, Louisiana,
November 15-18, 2007.
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“Alexander Shliapnikov and Early NEP, 1923-1925.” 38th annual convention of the
American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, Washington, DC, November
16-19, 2006.
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“Friendship in Times of Factionalism and Terror: Alexander Shliapnikov and Sergei
Medvedev.” 37th annual convention of the American Association for the Advancement of
Slavic Studies, Salt Lake City, Utah, November 2-5, 2005.
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“Shliapnikov, Medvedev, and the ‘Baku Affair,’ 1924-1926: Factionalism, Provocation or
Just a Misunderstanding?” Labour History of Russia and the Soviet Union: Work in
Progress, a conference of the International Institute of Social History, Amsterdam, The
Netherlands, March 31-April 2, 2005.
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“Love, Friendship, and Politics: The Relationship between Alexander Shliapnikov and
Alexandra Kollontai, 1911-1935.” 36th annual convention of the American Association for
the Advancement of Slavic Studies, Boston, Mass., December 4-7, 2004.
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“The Workers’ Opposition at the Tenth Party Congress (March 1921).” Annual conference
of the British Association of Slavonic and East European Studies, Cambridge, UK, April 35, 2004.
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“Alexander Shliapnikov and the Workers’ Opposition.” Delaware Valley Russian History
Seminar, Swarthmore College, Pennsylvania, February 15, 2004.
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“Shliapnikov’s Final Rally: The Letter of the Twenty-Two and the Eleventh Party
Congress.” Mid-Atlantic Slavic Conference, Hunter College, New York City, March 22,
2003.
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“Alexander Shliapnikov and the Russian Metalworkers’ Union in the Transition to NEP.”
31st annual convention of the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies,
St. Louis, Missouri, November 18-21, 1999.
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“Moving Toward Opposition: Alexander Shliapnikov in 1919.” 30th annual convention of
the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, Boca Raton, Florida,
September 24-27, 1998.
Non-Peer-Reviewed
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“Alexander Shlyapnikov and the Russian Metalworkers in 1917.” Social Histories of the
Russian Revolution series. University of London, United Kingdom. Invited talk to be
delivered May 25, 2017.
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“A Worker Oppositionist in Stalin’s Terror: Alexander Shlyapnikov, 1934-1937.” The
Histories Lecture. La Salle University. February 21, 2017.
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“A Worker Oppositionist in Stalin’s Terror: Alexander Shlyapnikov, 1934-1937.” C.
Mildred Thompson Lecture. Department of History, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY,
October 1, 2015. Invited talk with $800 honorarium.
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“History of Russian-Ukrainian Relations.” Ukraine: History, Politics, Revolution.
Diplomat-in-Residence Event, La Salle University. March 12, 2014.
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“Russia and Its Neighbors.” Cheltenham Township Adult School. Foreign Policy
Association Great Decisions series. April 8, 2010. Invited talk with $100 honorarium.
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“Russia’s Path to Modernization, 1861-1939.” La Salle College High School, April 22,
2009. Invited talk with $100 honorarium.
Grants Received
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Hoover Institution Library & Archives Research Support Grant. Stanford University,
California. Summer 2015. $2500. 40 awards made of 200 applications received.
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La Salle University Summer Research Grant. $1500. 2015.
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U.S. Department of State Title VIII Summer Housing Grant. $250. July 2013.
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La Salle University Summer Research Grant. $5200. 2012.
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La Salle University conference travel grants. 2004-2016.
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Summer Research Grant. La Salle University. 2009.
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Mellon Foundation graduate student travel grants. 1998-1999.
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Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship. 1994-1995.
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International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX) Individual Advanced Research grant.
1994-1995.
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Indiana University tuition fellowships and stipends. 1991-1994.
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James M. Johnston Award at UNC-Chapel Hill. 1985-1989.
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Independent Order of Foresters Scholarship. 1985-1989.
Grants Proposals Submitted
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None pending
Awards / Honors Bestowed
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La Salle University Research Leave. Fall 2014.
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Summer Research Lab Associate. Russian, East European, and Eurasian Center. University
of Illinois, Champaign. July 2013.
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La Salle University course release; 3 credit hours in Spring 2009.
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Dean’s List at UNC-Chapel Hill. Various semesters, 1985-1989.
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National Merit Finalist. 1985.
Professional Activities / Memberships
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Professional Memberships:
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Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies (ASEEES)
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Association of Women in Slavic Studies (AWSS) – Lifetime member
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Southern Conference on Slavic Studies (SCSS) – Lifetime member
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Study Group on the Russian Revolution (SGRR) – Lifetime member
Professional Committee Service:
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W. Bruce Lincoln Book Prize Committee (ASEEES). 2016. Awarded for an author's first
published monograph or work of synthesis published in 2014-15 in English and in North
America, dealing with any period of history of the territories of the former imperial Russian
state and the Soviet Union. Read and evaluated 24 books.
Promotion/Tenure External Evaluator:
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St. John’s University, Queens, NY, Personnel Committee External Evaluator on
Tenure/Promotion to Associate Professor in Institute of Core Studies, November 2013.
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Univ. Minnesota Duluth, Promotions Committee Outside Evaluator on Promotion to Full
Professor in History Department, November 2011.
M. A. History Thesis External Evaluator:
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Timofei Rakov. “Дискуссия о профсоюзах в Петроградской организации РКП(б) в
1920-21 гг. [The Trade Union Discussion in the Petrograd Organization of the RCP(b) in
1920-1921].” European University of St. Petersburg, Russia. June 2014.
Book Manuscript Review:
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Brill Academic Press, August 2016. 150 Euro honorarium.
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Verso Books, August 2016. 100 GBP honorarium.
Book Proposal Review:
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Bloomsbury Academic Publishing, June 2015. $60 honorarium.
Manuscript Review for Academic Journals:
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Acta Slavica Iaponica (Slavic Research Center, Hokkaido University, Japan)
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Europe-Asia Studies (Institute of Central and East European Studies, University of
Glasgow, UK/Routledge)
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Historical Materialism (School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London)
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The NEP Era: Soviet Russia, 1921-1928 (Charles Schlacks, Jr.)
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Revolutionary Russia (BASEES Study Group on the Russian Revolution, London, UK)
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The Russian Review (University of Kansas/Wiley Periodicals)
Manuscript Review for Series:
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Review Council Member for Stories of Ordinary Life in Totalitarian Regimes (The Gale
Group/Cengage Learning), 2014. $175 honorarium.
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Literature of Autobiography selected essays on oral history texts (The Gale Group/Cengage
Learning), 2013. $75 honorarium.
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The Carl Beck Papers in Russian and East European Studies (University of Pittsburgh),
2009.
Grant Application Evaluator:
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Alternate Reviewer. U.S. Department of Education Fulbright-Hays Group Projects
Abroad. July 2014. Participated in orientation. $100 honorarium.
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U.S. Department of State Title VIII Research Fellowships. American Councils for
International Education: ACTR/ACCELS. 2013.
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U.S. Department of State Title VIII Research Fellowships. American Councils for
International Education: ACTR/ACCELS. 2011.
Textbook Review:
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Russia’s Empires. By Valerie Kivelson and Ronald Grigor Suny. Oxford University Press.
2017. $50 honorarium.
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Voyages in World History. By Valerie Hansen and Kenneth Curtis. Wadsworth/Cengage
Learning. 2nd edition. Vol. 1 to 1600. Chapters 3, 5, 7, 9, 11. November 2013. $450
honorarium.
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Voyages in World History. By Valerie Hansen and Kenneth Curtis. Wadsworth/Cengage
Learning. 2nd edition. Vol. 1 to 1600. Online MindTap course. April 2014. $50 honorarium.
Panel/Roundtable Role other than Presenter:
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“Zinoviev, Women Revolutionaries, and Rural Smolensk in 1917.” Proposed for Southern
Conference on Slavic Studies. Alexandria, Virginia, 2017. Organizer and Discussant.
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“Leaders of the Opposition to Stalin in Defeat, 1927-1936.” Association for Slavic, East
European, and Eurasian Studies. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2015. Discussant.
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“Reinvestigating Bolshevik Oppositionism.” Historical Materialism North America
conference. New York City, New York, 2015. Organizer.
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“New Perspectives on NEP-Era Sources for the Study of Soviet Political History.”
Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies. Boston, Massachusetts, 2013.
Organizer.
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“Personal Networks and Soviet Politics during the Stalin Era.” Association for Slavic, East
European, and Eurasian Studies. Boston, Massachusetts, 2013. Discussant.
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“Hysteria, Fear, and Hatred in the Russian Revolution and the 1920s.” Southern Conference
on Slavic Studies. Greensboro, North Carolina, 2013. Organizer.
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“Reassessing Political Ideologies in Late Imperial Russian Society: Ethnicity, Professors,
and Workers.” Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies. New Orleans,
Louisiana, 2012. Discussant.
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“NEP Era Politics: Moscow, Leningrad, and the International Arena.” Association for
Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies. Washington, DC, 2011. Organizer and
Discussant.
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“Interrogation and Text: ‘Oppositionist’ Responses to Stalin’s Terror.” Canadian
Association of Slavists Conference. 2010. Montreal, Canada. Organizer.
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“New Perspectives on Alexandra Kollontai’s Life and Work.” Association for Slavic, East
European, and Eurasian Studies. Boston, Massachusetts, 2009. Organizer and Chair.
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“The NEP Era in Soviet Russia: Politics, Personalities, and Cadres.” Association for Slavic,
East European, and Eurasian Studies. Boston, Massachusetts, 2009. Organizer and Chair.
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“Twentieth-Century Russian History.” Mid-Atlantic Slavic Conference. The New School,
New York City, 2009. Discussant.
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“Bolsheviks before October.” Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2008. Chair.
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“Perspectives on Russian History.” Mid-Atlantic Slavic Conference. New York University,
2008. Discussant.
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“Psychological Depravity in 19th Century Russian Literature.” Mid-Atlantic Slavic
Conference. Columbia University, New York City, 2007. Chair.
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“Fitting the Procrustean Bed: Old Bolsheviks in Stalinist Russia.” Association for Slavic,
East European, and Eurasian Studies. Salt Lake City, Utah, 2005. Organizer.
Board memberships:
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Executive Board of Mid-Atlantic Slavic Conference. 2007-2009. Helped organize
conference, evaluated graduate student papers for awards.
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Council of Philadelphia Conference for Modern European History. 2005-2009.
Other:
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Editorial Board Member. The NEP Era: Soviet Russia, 1921-1928. 2005 to present.
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ASEEES Mentor. Mentor tenure-track and adjunct colleagues. 2014-.
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Consultant. BBC documentary series World Made by Women. Louise Hooper, producer.
October 2014.
University/School/Program/Department Service
University:
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Tenure and Promotion Committee. 2013-2017. On research leave 2014-2015.
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Direct 100+ student oral life history interviews of La Salle alumni, faculty, staff,
administrators, and neighbors. 2006 to present. Interviews stored in Connelly Library &
Archives and accessible digitally at: http://digitalcommons.lasalle.edu/histdeptohall/; some
interviews showcased in cover story “The First Women of La Salle,” La Salle Magazine,
Summer 2015: http://www.lasalle.edu/magazine/story/the-first-women-of-la-salle/
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Facilitator. The Ukraine-Russia Crisis and U.S. Foreign Policy. La Salle University
Diplomat-in-Residence Event featuring Major General William F. Burns and Ambassador
Jack F. Matlock. April 22, 2014.
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University Sabbatical Review Committee. 2012-2015. On research leave 2014-2015.
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Library Faculty Steering Committee. 2014-present.
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Ferguson and Beyond Learning Community. 2014-present.
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Ad-Hoc Program Review (Academic Affairs Committee). 2012-2014.
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Faculty Senate. 2009-2012.
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Faculty Senate Committee on Committees. 2009-2012.
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La Sallian Interviews. December 2011.
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Philadelphia Center “City as Classroom” Reading Group. 2011-2012.
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Undergraduate research projects supervised: Adam Bielen, “Life in Polish Galicia,” Spring
2014; Nathaniel Tarnoviski, “Americans in the Soviet Gulag,” Spring 2010.
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University Doubles Program Instruction. 2006-2009.
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University Library Committee. 2006-2009.
School of Arts and Sciences:
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Arts and Sciences Curriculum Committee. 2008-2011.
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Arts and Sciences International Committee. 2005-present.
Department Service:
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M.A. History Thesis Supervisor: Bradford J. Morith, “George Shultz and Eduard
Shevardnadze: Collaborating Diplomats Who Helped End the Cold War.” Completed
December 2016.
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Undergraduate Advising, 2004 to present.

Search Committee. Sub-Saharan Africa tenure-track position. History Department. Hire:
Baba Jallow. 2015.

Search Committee. Modern Europe/Middle East tenure-track position. History Department.
Hire: H. Lyman Stebbins. 2011.

Search Committee. Global/US one-year position. History Department. Hire: Kelly
Shannon. 2010.

Search Committee. Global/Africa/Colonialism tenure-track position. History Department.
Hire: Michael McInneshin. 2008.

History Department Leo Prize Committee. 2004-2009.

Freshman Advising.
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Community Service

Amnesty International. Member since 2004.
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American Civil Liberties Union. Member since 2006.
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UNC-Chapel Hill GAA Alumni Advisor.
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Volunteer for U.S. Presidential Campaign in 2016.
Other Pertinent Information

Interviewed by Randy Capps for “Four Oaks native pens book on Russian historical figure,”
Johnston Now, February 2017, pp. 14-15.

Interviewed by Sean Guillory for “Sean’s Russia Blog Podcast”, about my biography of
Alexander
Shlyapnikov;
podcast
released
on
April
26,
2016.
http://seansrussiablog.org/2016/04/26/alexander-shlyapnikov-an-old-working-classbolshevik/.

Donated photocopies of my research notes from classified files of the Central Archive of
the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation and the Russian State Archive of
Socio-Political History (RGASPI) to the Library and Archives of the Hoover Institution on
War, Revolution and Peace at Stanford University, California. 2015.

Directed 34 student oral history interviews of U.S. military veterans. Interviews deposited
in the Library of Congress. 2008 to present.

Career Day speaker. Philadelphia High School for Girls. April 11, 2008, April 24, 2009.
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Donated my interview of Yury Shlyapnikov (1926-2016), including audio recordings,
transcripts, field notes and indexes to the Library and Archives of the Hoover Institution on
War, Revolution and Peace at Stanford University, California. 2009.
https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/8235808

Donated four interviews of Southern women garment factory workers (audio recordings,
transcripts, and field notes) to the UNC-Chapel Hill Oral History Program. 2006-2008.
http://www.lib.unc.edu/dc/sohp/.
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Assessed 700 Russian-language books donated to Central High School Library. With
Librarian Georgina Murphy. 2004.

Advanced Placement European History Reader. The College Board Advanced Placement
Program. Lincoln, Nebraska. June 2-9, 2003; June 2-10, 2005.
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Graduate Library Assistant. Indiana University Russian & East European Institute.
September 1993 – May 1994. Assisted Slavic Bibliographer in IU Graduate Library.

Research Assistant. Assisted visually impaired Indiana University Ph. D. candidate
Suzanne Ament with research in archives and libraries, oral history interviews, and daily
life in Moscow, Russia. 1990-1991.

Preliminary research for doctoral dissertation in Russian archives and libraries. Conducted
research in newly declassified material in the Soviet Communist Party archives. 1990-1991.

ACTR/ACCELS Russian language study in Moscow, Russia, at the Moscow Institute of
Steel and Alloys. Summer 1989. Visited Zagorsk and Leningrad.

Soviet Exchange Program participant and member of planning committee. UNC-Chapel
Hill. Traveled with a UNC student/faculty delegation to Rostov-on-Don, Russian
Federation, USSR. Helped organize visit of students from Rostov-on-Don University to
Chapel Hill, NC. 1988-1989.

Work-study position at UNC-Chapel Hill Davis Graduate Library. Assisted Slavic
Bibliographer with bibliographic verification, transliteration, and clerical work. 1986-1989.

Norwich University Russian School. Russian language study in Northfield, Vermont.
Summer 1987.
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