Roxanne Easley

Professional Overview

Dr. Easley is a specialist in Russian history.  She serves both as Chair and Graduate Coordinator for the History Department.

Dr. Easley’s research interests include Russian political culture in the Era of Great Reforms, Russian serfdom and its abolition, and the history of Russian imperial strategies, particularly in Siberia and Russian America.

Curriculum Vitae

Education

University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon

Dr. Easley earned the B.A. in History at the University of California, Davis, summa cum laude, in 1986. She received the M.A. (1991), Graduate Certificate in Russian and East European Studies (1993), and Ph.D. in Russian History (1997) from the University of Oregon. In 1994-95, she was affiliated with Moscow State University, Department of Nineteenth-Century Russian History as an International Research and Exchanges Board Advanced Research Fellow.

Courses Taught

World History I, II, and III (Prehistory to 1500, 1500-1800, 1815 to present), Medieval Europe, Renaissance/Reformation Europe, Imperial Russian History, Russian Revolutionary History, Soviet History, Stalin and Stalinism, East European History, Democracy in Russia, The Russian Far East, Russian Women’s History, History of the Cold War, Comparative Revolutions, Graduate Historiography, Senior Major Seminar, Introduction to History. Also, Douglas Honors College, Senior Colloquium; World Languages Department, Slavic Civilizations; and Soviet Film.

Research

Dr. Easley’s research interests include Russian political culture in the Era of Great Reforms, Russian serfdom and its abolition, and the history of Russian imperial strategies, particularly in Siberia and Russian America.

Selected Publications

• “A.F. Kashevarov, the Great Reforms, and Russian Colonial Identities,” Pacific Northwest Quarterly 113:3 (Summer 2023):  107-117.
• Easley, R.I., Pearson, T., and Kuss, M. Modern Russian History: The Search for National Identity and Global Power. San Diego:  Cognella Academic, 2020. 
• “Russian-American Creole Policy in Practice: Iakov Egorovich Netsvetov,” Pacific Northwest Quarterly 108:2-3 (Spring/Summer 2017): 63-79. 
• “A.F. Kashevarov and the Construction of Russian-American Identities,” in John Dusty Kidd, ed., Over the Near Horizon: Proceedings of the 2010 Conference on Russian America. Sitka, AK: Sitka Historical Society, 2013. Online version at http://www.2010rac.com. 
• The Emancipation of the Serfs in Russia: Peace Arbitrators and the Formation of Civil Society. BASEES/ Routledge Series on Russian and East European Studies. London and New York: Routledge, 2008. 

Personal Interests

Dr. Easley loves to read mystery novels, travel the world, and shop at thrift stores. She is very fond of dogs.