Kevin O'Connor, Ph.D.

Professor of History

Dr. O'Connor has taught at Gonzaga University since 2004. A specialist in Russian history, he teaches courses that focus on Soviet history, Soviet film, and Nazi Germany. He is also the author of several books on the Baltic states, including The House...

Read Full Biography
Portrait of Kevin O'Connor, Ph.D. Professor of History

Contact Information

Education & Curriculum Vitae

PhD in History, Ohio University, 2000

M.A. in History, University at Albany, 1993

B.A. in Political Science, University at Albany, 1989

Curriculum Vitae

Courses Taught

HIST 102: The West and the World

HIST 105: Russia: Nation, State, Empire

HIST 193: Soviet Culture through Film (First Year Seminar)

HIST 300: Historical Methods

HIST 329: Nazi Germany

HIST 334: Russia/USSR since 1945

HIST 337: The Stalin Era

HIST 340: The Cold War

HIST 400: Senior Thesis Seminar

Dr. O'Connor has taught at Gonzaga University since 2004. A specialist in Russian history, he teaches courses that focus on Soviet history, Soviet film, and Nazi Germany. He is also the author of several books on the Baltic states, including The House of Hemp and Butter: A History of Old Riga, published by Northern Illinois University Press in 2019. Dr. O’Connor’s personal interests include film, international travel, disc golf, Sasquatch sightings, full-contact wiffleball, building trebuchets, and Falkland War reenactments.

"The House of Hemp and Butter: A History of Old Riga" (Northern Illinois University Press, 2019)

Decorative image. Book cover artwork.

"The History of the Baltic States" (Greenwood, 2003, 2015)

"Intellectuals and Apparatchiks: Russian Nationalism and the Gorbachev Revolution" (Lexington Books, 2006)

"Culture and Customs of the Baltic States" (Greenwood, 2006)