Associate Professor, Department of History Graduate Program Director

Office:  DeBartolo Hall, Room 537
Phone: (330) 941-3453
Email address: bbonhomme AT ysu DOT edu

Degrees:

Ph.D. in Late Modern European History (The City University of New York Graduate Center, 2000). Dissertation on Forest Conservation and Management in Soviet Russia, 1917-25.

B.A. in History and Russian Language (City College of the City University of New York, 1993)..

Current Research:

Russian and Soviet history (especially Stalinism, conservation and environmental issues, Russian explorers and expeditions), and Environmental history.

Selected Publications:

Books:

Russian Explorers: From the Conquest of Siberia to the Space Race. Jefferson, NC: McFarland Publishing. Forthcoming, 2012.

Forests, Peasants, and Revolutionaries: Forest Conservation and Organization in Soviet Russia, 1917-192. Taylor, TX: East European                                 Monograph Series. Distributed by Columbia University Press. 2005 

Journal Articles:

• 2010. “Russian Compassion: The Russian Society for the Protection of Animals – Founding and Contexts, 1865-75. The Canadian Journal of History/Annales Canadiennes d’Histoire XLV (Autumn 2010): 259-97. 
• 2007. “For the ‘Preservation of Friends’ and the ‘Destruction of Enemies’: Studying and Protecting Birds in Imperial Russia.” Environment and History 13 (2007): 71-100.
• 2005. “Nested Interests: Assessing Britain’s Wild Bird Protection Laws of 1869-1880.” Nineteenth Century Studies 19 (2005): 47-68.
• 2002. “A Revolution in the Forests?: Forest Conservation in Soviet Russia, 1917-25.” Environmental History 7.3 (2002): 411-34.

Document Collections:

• 2010: Milestone Documents in World History: Exploring the Primary Sources That Shaped the World.  4 Volumes. Dallas, TX: Schlager, 2010. Editor-in-Chief.
• 2003. Landmarks of Modern World History: A Sourcebook 1500-Present. Dubuque, IA: Kendall Hunt Publishers, 2003. Editor.

Monograph
Forests, Peasants, and Revolutionaries: Forest Conservation and Organization in Soviet Russia, 1917-1929. East European Monographs. Distributed by Columbia University Press, 2005.
Reviewed in:
Slavic Review 65.2 (2006)
The Russian Review 65.3 (2006)
Revolutionary Russia19.2 (2006)
Environmental History 11.3 (2006)

Peer-reviewed articles:
1. “For the ‘Preservation of Friends’ and the ‘Destruction of Enemies’: Studying and Protecting Birds in Late Imperial Russia.” Environment and History 13.1 (2007): 71-100.

2. “Nested Interests: Assessing Britain’s Wild-Bird Protection Laws, 1869-1880.” Nineteenth-Century Studies 19 (2005): 47-68.

3. “A Revolution in the Forests?: Forest Conservation in Soviet Russia, 1917-1925.” Environmental History 7.3 (2002): 411-35.

Publications Edited:

Landmarks of Modern World History, A Sourcebook: 1500-Present (Kendall-Hunt 2003)

Work History/Experience:

2004-Present: Assistant Professor of Russian History, YSU

2000-Present: Summer Assistant Professor of European History, Queens College, City University of New York

2000-2004: Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Central Arkansas undergraduate sections of Modern World Civilizations at Brooklyn.

1994- 2000: Adjunct Lecturer, City University of New York (Brooklyn, Queens, and City Colleges.