Professor Steven Usitalo is a specialist in Russian and Soviet history, modern genocide studies, and the history of film, as well as a recipient of several research grants. He co-edited an anthology on Russian history and published a monograph on the Russian polymath Mikhail Lomonosov. His research focuses on two areas: Russian/Soviet and Armenian film, and the history of the Roma in Imperial Russia and the Soviet Union. He is now at work on a study of the genocide of the Roma peoples on Soviet territory during World War II. Dr. Usitalo earned a B.A. in history from the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor; completed the master's program (certificate received) in political history from the University of Helsinki; earned an M.A in Soviet and East European studies from Carleton University; and received a Ph.D. in history from McGill University.
Courses Taught
HIST 122 Western Civilization II
HIST 256 Modern World History
HIST 313 The Middle East
HIST 329 The French Revolution and Napoleon
HIST 330 Nineteenth Century Europe
HIST 420 Twentieth Century Europe
HIST 443 Imperial Russia
HIST 444 Twentieth Century Russia
HIST 470 The Second World War
HIST 485 History of Genocide in the Modern Era
HIST 492 Amerika through Soviet Eyes
HIST 492 Introduction to Japanese Film
HIST 492 The Ottoman Empire and the Caucasus
HIST 492 War, Nationalism, and Terrorism
HIST 492 Roma in Imperial Russia and the Soviet Union
HIST 492 The First World War
HIST 492 Stalin and Stalinist Civilization
