Field(s) of expertise:

Degree(s):

• B.S., Wildlife Ecology, 1994
• M.A., Humanities, California State University, 2000
• Ph.D., History, University of California-Berkeley, 2007

Department:

Title(s):

• Associate Professor

Achievements:

• Fulbright Grant, Southern Federal University, Rostov-on-Don, Russia, 2013-14
• Visiting Scholar, Harvard University (Davis Center for Russian Studies), Fall 2010

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Email:

Topics:

Books:

• Song of the Forest: Russian Forestry and Stalinist Environmentalism, 1905–1953

Links:

• department faculty page

Bio:

Dr. Stephen Brain is an associate professor in the Department of History and a co-editor of Environmental History, the journal of the American Society for Environmental History and the Forest History Society. His research focuses on Soviet/Russian history, environmental history, and forest history as well as war, power, and international affairs. He is available to comment on the Russian-Ukraine War as well as related topics.