Elaine MacKinnon, Ph.D.
Professor of History
678-839-6048
emcclarn@westga. edu
Technology Learning Center - Room 3222
Office Hours
Monday 1:00--5:00 pm; T-Friday 11:00--1:00 pm and by appt
Fields of Study: Medieval and Imperial Russia, Soviet History, Contemporary Russia
Dr. MacKinnon's current research interests include Stalinism, Soviet historians and reinterpretation of Stalin, and forced labor in the former USSR.
- B.A., Slavic Languages and Literature; Certificate in Russian Studies, Princeton University, 1983
- Certificate, Georgia NT-4 Secondary School Social Sciences Teaching Certificate, Armstrong State College, 1986
- M.A., Modern European History, Emory University, 1990
- Ph.D., Modern European History, Emory University, 1995
- HIST-1112 (Surv World History/Civiliz II)
- HIST-2302 (The Historian's Craft:Methdlgy)
- HIST-3351 (Imperial Russia)
- HIST-4419 (The Cold War)
- HIST-4446 (Soviet Russia)
- HIST-4481 (Women in Russia&Cen Asia)
- HIST-4484 (Senior Seminar)
- HIST-4485 (Islam & Society Mdrn Cent Asia)
- HIST-6686 (Cold War Culture & Politics)
- HIST-6694 (Historical Methods & Writing)
Summer 2023 Sections
- HIST-1112 (Surv World History/Civiliz II) Section: E03 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- HIST-1112 (Surv World History/Civiliz II) Section: E02 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Spring 2023 Sections
- HIST-1112 (Surv World History/Civiliz II) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- HIST-1112 (Surv World History/Civiliz II) Section: 03 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- HIST-3351 (Imperial Russia) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- HIST-3351 (Imperial Russia) Section: 01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Fall 2022 Sections
- HIST-1112 (Surv World History/Civiliz II) Section: E02 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- HIST-1112 (Surv World History/Civiliz II) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- HIST-1112 (Surv World History/Civiliz II) Section: 05 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Summer 2022 Sections
- HIST-1112 (Surv World History/Civiliz II) Section: E03 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- HIST-1112 (Surv World History/Civiliz II) Section: E02 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Spring 2022 Sections
- HIST-1112 (Surv World History/Civiliz II) Section: E14 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- HIST-1112 (Surv World History/Civiliz II) Section: 06 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- HIST-1112 (Surv World History/Civiliz II) Section: 07 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Fall 2021 Sections
- HIST-1112 (Surv World History/Civiliz II) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- HIST-1112 (Surv World History/Civiliz II) Section: 02 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- HIST-4484 (Senior Seminar) Section: 01W external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Summer 2021 Sections
- HIST-1112 (Surv World History/Civiliz II) Section: E03 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- HIST-1112 (Surv World History/Civiliz II) Section: E04 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- HIST-1112 (Surv World History/Civiliz II) Section: E05 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Spring 2021 Sections
- HIST-1112 (Surv World History/Civiliz II) Section: 03 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- HIST-3351 (Imperial Russia) Section: 01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Fall 2020 Sections
- HIST-1112 (Surv World History/Civiliz II) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- HIST-1112 (Surv World History/Civiliz II) Section: E02 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- HIST-2302 (The Historian's Craft:Methdlgy) Section: 01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Summer 2020 Sections
- HIST-1112 (Surv World History/Civiliz II) Section: E03
- HIST-1112 (Surv World History/Civiliz II) Section: E01
Spring 2020 Sections
- HIST-1112 (Surv World History/Civiliz II) Section: E04
- HIST-1112 (Surv World History/Civiliz II) Section: E03
- HIST-4484 (Senior Seminar) Section: 01W
Fall 2019 Sections
- HIST-1112 (Surv World History/Civiliz II) Section: 15
- HIST-6686 (Cold War Culture & Politics) Section: 02
Summer 2019 Sections
- HIST-1112 (Surv World History/Civiliz II) Section: E08
- HIST-1112 (Surv World History/Civiliz II) Section: E09
Spring 2019 Sections
- HIST-1112 (Surv World History/Civiliz II) Section: 02
- HIST-4481 (Women in Russia&Cen Asia) Section: E01
- HIST-4484 (Senior Seminar) Section: 01W
Fall 2018 Sections
- HIST-1112 (Surv World History/Civiliz II) Section: 03
- HIST-1112 (SurvWorldHist/Civiliz II-Honor) Section: 25H
Summer 2018 Sections
- HIST-1112 (Surv World History/Civiliz II) Section: E02
- HIST-1112 (Surv World History/Civiliz II) Section: E04
Spring 2018 Sections
- HIST-1112 (Surv World History/Civiliz II) Section: 04
- HIST-1112 (Surv World History/Civiliz II) Section: 10
Fall 2017 Sections
- HIST-1112 (Surv World History/Civiliz II) Section: 02
- HIST-3351 (Imperial Russia) Section: 01
Summer 2017 Sections
- HIST-1112 (Surv World History/Civiliz II) Section: 01
Spring 2017 Sections
- HIST-1112 (Surv World History/Civiliz II) Section: 08
- HIST-4485 (Islam & Society Mdrn Cent Asia) Section: 02
Fall 2016 Sections
- HIST-1112 (Surv World History/Civiliz II) Section: LXL
- HIST-1112 (Surv World History/Civiliz II) Section: L2L
Summer 2016 Sections
- HIST-1112 (Surv World History/Civiliz II) Section: 01
Spring 2016 Sections
- HIST-1112 (Surv World History/Civiliz II) Section: 25H
- HIST-6694 (Historical Methods & Writing) Section: 01
Fall 2015 Sections
- HIST-1112 (Surv World History/Civiliz II) Section: 06
- HIST-4419 (The Cold War) Section: 01
Summer 2015 Sections
- HIST-1112 (Surv World History/Civiliz II) Section: 02
Spring 2015 Sections
- HIST-1112 (Surv World History/Civiliz II) Section: 02
- HIST-4446 (Soviet Russia) Section: 01
Translator and Editor, V.A. Kozlov, Mass Uprisings in the USSR: Protest and Rebellion in the USSR (M.E. Sharpe, 2002). [View Publication External Resource]
“Grasping at the Whirlwinds of Change: Transitional Leadership in Comparative Perspective: The Case Studies of Mikhail Gorbachev and F.W. de Klerk,” Canadian Journal of History, XLIII (Spring-Summer 2008), 69-107.
“Writing History for Stalin: Isaak Izrailovich Mints and the Istoriia Grazhdanskoi Voiny,” Kritika: Explorations in Russian and Eurasian History 6, 1(Winter 2005): 5-54.
“Glasnost and the Independent Press: Debates Over Stalinism During the Perestroika Period, 1985-1991,” in S.M. Usmanov, ed., Sotsial’no-Gumanitarnye Nauki v Vysshey Shkole na Rubezhe XX-XXI: Problemy i Puti Resheniia (Birsk: Birsk State Pedagogical
“The Politics of History and Historical Revisionism: De-Stalinization and the Search for Identity in Gorbachev’s Russia, 1985-1991,” The History Teacher, Vol. 31, No. 2 (February 1998), pp. 153-171.
Co-author with Steve Goodson, “Introduction” in Studies in the Social Sciences, Vol. XXXVI, “The Impact of the Cold War on American Popular Culture,” April 1999.
“The Debate Continues: Views on Stalinism from the Former Soviet Union,” The Soviet and Post-Soviet Review, Vol. 20, No. 1 (1993), pp. 11-33.
“The Human Factor in Soviet History,” A Review Essay of Dmitri Volkogonov, Autopsy for an Empire and Martin McCauley, Gorbachev, published by H-Russia, December 12, 1999.
Review essay on Suzanne Sternthal, Gorbachev’s Reforms and Mark Galeotti, Gorbachev and His Revolution, Russian History, Vol. 25, Nos. 3-4 (Fall-Winter 1998), pp. 492-496.
Translation from Russian to English of Oleg Khlevnuik, Review Essay on Stalin’s Terror and Stalin’s “Loyal Executioner,” Kritika: Explorations in Russian and Eurasian History, 4, 3 (Summer 2003), pp. 760-767.
Translation from Russian to English of E.A. Osokina, “Lynne Viola and Peasant Rebels Under Stalin. Collectivization and the Culture of Peasant Resistance,” International Labor and Working-Class History, No. 54 (Fall 1998)
Translation from Russian to English of H.A. Osokina, “Soviet Workers and Rationing Norms, 1928-1935: Real or Illusory Privilege?” The Soviet and Post-Soviet Review, Vol. 19, Nos. 1-3 (1992), pp. 53-70.