CURRICULUM VITAE

Sally Stocksdale, Ph.D.

Historian * Author * Speaker

CURRENT

Adjunct Professor, History Dept.
Towson University
8000 York Road
Towson, MD 21252

DEGREES

Ph.D., History, University of Delaware, Newark, 2016
M.A., History, University of Delaware, Newark, 2007
M.A., History, University of British Columbia, Canada, 1987
B.A., History and Politics, City of London Polytechnic, London, England, 1981
B.A., History, Stephens College, Columbia, Missouri, 1979

PROFESSIONAL TEACHING APPOINTMENTS

Spring of 2019 Adjunct History Professor, Towson University, Towson, MD
2000-2018 Associate History Professor, Notre Dame of Maryland University, Baltimore, MD
2010/11 Adjunct History Professor, Goucher College, Baltimore, MD
2009 Adjunct History Professor, University of Delaware, Newark, DE
1994-2005 Adjunct History Professor, Community College of Baltimore County, Essex Campus, Baltimore, MD

PUBLICATIONS

Book 2022
When Emancipation Came:  The End of Enslavement on a Southern Plantation and a Russian Estate
(Jefferson, NC:  McFarland and Company, Inc., Publishers, 2022)
Order on Amazon

Forthcoming 2022
In the conference anthology, the article version of my paper presentation, “Сохранение Самобытной Национальной Идентичности Поволжья на Исторической Траектории Модернизации” (“Preserving the Authentic National Identity of the Povolzh’e Region in the Historical Trajectory of Modernization”), at the A. A. Plastov Foundation for the Support of Creative Youth, the Ulyanovsk Regional Art Museum Conference: “Preservation of Cultural Heritage and Traditional Folk Culture,” Ulyanovsk, Russia, September, 2021.

Book Chapter 2021
“Communication with God: Utilizing Michel Henry’s Radical Phenomenology to Analyze Hesychastic Meditation”
Intersubjective Plateaus in Language and Communication
Malgorzata Haladewicz-Grzelak/Marta Boguslawska-Tafelska, (eds.)
(Berlin: Peter Lang, 2021), pp. 209-224.
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Book Chapter 2012
“Praskovia’s Redemption: A Case Study in the Self-Cloistering of a Russian Noblewoman”
Cultural Identity and Civil Society in Russia and Eastern Europe
Andrew Kier Wise, David M. Borgmeyer, Nicole Monnier and Byron T. Scott, (eds.)
(Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2012), pp.112-124.

Book Review
2010 Jennifer Putz, Voices from the Back Stairs: Interpreting Servants’ Lives at Historic House Museums (Dekalb: Northern Illinois University Press, 2010). Maryland Historical Society’s Maryland Historical Magazine, 05:3 (Fall), pp. 322-323.

GRANTS

2009/2010 Dissertation Research Grant (Ulyanovsk, Russia), Office of Graduate and Professional Education, Center for International Studies and College of Arts and Sciences, University of Delaware

2009 Dissertation Research (Natchez, Mississippi), Procurement Office, University of Delaware

CONFERENCE ACTIVITY

Paper Presentations

2021

“The Preservation of Cultural Heritage and Traditional Folk Culture of Russia:  An Overview”
Central Slavic Conference (CSC), St. Louis, MO, October

“Сохранение Самобытной Национальной Идентичности Поволжья на Исторической Траектории Модернизации” (“Preserving the Authentic National Identity of the Povolzh’e Region in the Historical Trajectory of Modernization”)
A. A. Plastov Foundation for the Support of Creative Youth, the Ulyanovsk Regional Art Museum Conference: “Preservation of Cultural Heritage and Traditional Folk Culture,” Ulyanovsk, Russia, September

“The Eternal Realm: Utilizing Edith Stein’s Theory of Community to interpret the Religious Art of Nikolai Roerich”
Northeast Slavic, East European and Eurasian Conference (NESEEES), NYU Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia, April (virtual)
Central Slavic Conference (CSC), St. Louis, MO, March (virtual)
Society for the Phenomenology of Religious Experience (Sophere) at the APA Eastern Division Conference, January (virtual)

2020

“The American Odyssey of Dmitri Harding:  A Russian Orphan’s Apprenticeship on an Alabama Plantation” – Central Slavic Conference, St. Louis, MO. March

“From Cannibalism to Joy: The Distinguishing Characteristics of the Povol’zhe Famine of 1921-23 in Simbirsk Province”- Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities, Honolulu, HI, January

“Utilizing Michel Henry’s Radical Phenomenology to Analyze the Hesychastic Meditative Experience” – Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities, Honolulu, HI, January

2019

“Utilizing Michel Henry’s Radical Phenomenology to Analyze the Hesychastic Meditative Experience” – Society for the Phenomenology of Religious Experience (SOPHERE) October

“From Cannibalism to Joy: The Distinguishing Characteristics of the Povol’zhe Famine of 1921-23 in Simbirsk Province”
Northeast Slavic, East European and Eurasian Conference (NESEEES), NYU Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia, March

“Exemplary Godmen: A Comparative Analysis of the Spiritual Beliefs of Malevich and Kandinsky”
Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities, Honolulu, HI, January

2018

“Exemplary Godmen: A Comparative Analysis of the Spiritual Beliefs of Malevich and Kandinsky”
The Southern Conference on Slavic Studies, Charlotte, NC, March
The Society for the Phenomenology of Religious Experience, Prague, Czech Republic, November

“From Cannibalism to Joy: The Distinguishing Characteristics of the Povol’zhe Famine of 1921-23 in Simbirsk Province”
The Central Slavic Conference, St. Louis, MO, October

2017

“Exemplary Godmen: A Comparative Analysis of the Spiritual Beliefs of Malevich and Kandinsky”
The Central Slavic Conference, St. Louis, MO, October

“Education at the Demesne: A Comparative Overview of Educational Efforts at a Russian Estate and a Southern Plantation in the Aftermath of Emancipation”
The Southern Conference on Slavic Studies, Washington, D.C., March

2016

“Education at the Demesne: A Comparative Overview of Educational Efforts at a Russian Estate and a Southern Plantation in the Aftermath of Emancipation”
The Central Slavic Conference, St. Louis, MO, October

2013

“More Than a Thousand Words: Interpreting Photographs of the Freed Peoples at a Russian Estate and a Southern Plantation”
Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities, Honolulu, HI, January

2012

“Emancipation at the Estate: A Case Study of Peasant Agency”
Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities, Honolulu, HI, January
The Southern Conference on Slavic Studies, Savannah, GA, March
The Central Slavic Conference, St. Louis, MO, October

2011

“The Yazikov Kruzhok’s Curious Fixation with Sister Ekaterina: A case study in the Romantic culture of a Russian Noble Family.”
Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities, Honolulu, HI, January
The Southern Conference on Slavic Studies, Washington, D.C., March
The Central Slavic Conference, St. Louis, MO, October

2010

“Praskovia’s Redemption: A Case Study of the Self-Cloistering of a Russian Noblewoman”
Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities, Honolulu, HI, January
The Southern Conference on Slavic Studies, Gainesville, FL, March
The Central Slavic Conference, St. Louis, MO, October

I evaluated 10 papers in preparation for the Phi Alpha Theta Regional Conference at Notre Dame of Maryland University.

2009

“The Peasant Orchestra of Yazikovo Selo: A Case Study of the Self-Ennobling of a Russian Merchant”
Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities, Honolulu, HI, January
The Southern Conference on Slavic Studies, Charlottesville, NC, March
The Central Slavic Conference, St. Louis, MO, October

2003

Invited Talk

“The Meaning of History,” History Department, Notre Dame of Maryland University, February.

Media Coverage:

My work was featured in an article “UD doctoral student explores the aftermath of liberation in two cultures” in the University of Delaware’s publication UDaily, September 2010. http://www1.udel.edu/udaily/2010/sep/stocksdale093009.html

RESEARCH AGENDA

I have completed a set of chapters for a book which is a prosopographical study of the Yazikov noble family and its contribution to the history of Simbirsk Province.

 I have completed a chapter for publication in 2023 titled “Transubstantiative Symbolism in Silver Age Art: Hieratic Communication in the oeuvre of  Kazimir Malevich, Vasily Kandinsky, and Nikolai Roerich”

My next book project is a comparative history of the premiere noble families and their estates in Simbirsk Province, Imperial Russia.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

I have regularly taught the following courses:
Survey American History: Pre-Columbian period to 1865
Survey American History: 1865-Present
History of the United States 1900-1950
History of the United States 1945-Present
Colonial America
Dynamics of History: A Midwife’s Tale

In addition, I have taught the following courses:
European Civilization 1648-Present
The American Civil War and Reconstruction
Intro to Political Science
Intro to Comparative Politics
American Government
History of 20th Century Russia
Land of the Firebird: A Cultural History of Russia’s Silver Age
Western Civilization Ancient-1715
History of England 1688-Present

LANGUAGE

Russian (good, can read with dictionary)

ORGANIZATION MEMBERSHIP

American Historical Association (AHA)
Association for Women in Slavic Studies (AWSS)
Southern Historical Association (SHA)
Southern Conference on Slavic Studies (SCSS)
Central Slavic Conference (CSC) (Board Member)
Organization of American Historians (OAH)
Association for the Study of Eastern Christian History and Culture (ASEC)
Society for the Phenomenology of Religious Experience (SOPHERE)

On-site work at Yazikovo Selo with Historian Dr. Tatiana Nikolaevna Urentsova