Dr. Melissa Gayan
Senior Lecturer (2010).
B.A. , M.A. , University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 2000, 2003; Ph.D., Emory University, 2023.
Teaching and Research Interests: Russia and the former Soviet Union, the Caucasus; nationalism and identity, 20th century world history, Islam in world history.
Upper-Level Courses:
- HIST 3030 War & Technology in the 20th Century
- HIST 3030 History of Modern Eastern Europe
Website: Curriculum Vitae
Contact Information:
Department of History
Georgia Southern University
P. O. Box 8054
Statesboro, GA 30460-8054
Office: #2090, Interdisciplinary Academic Building
Tel.: 912-478-5872
Email: mfgayan@georgiasouthern.edu
Fax: 912-478-0377
Select Fellowships/Grants:
- American Research Institute of the South Caucasus (Tbilisi, Georgia) 2011
- Russian and Eastern European Studies Travel Grant (Emory University) 2011
- Technology, Curriculum, and Pedagogy Fellow (Emory University) 2008
- American Councils Fellow (Tbilisi, Georgia) 2008
Publication:
- “Gorbachev’s Reforms and the Beginning of a New History in the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic.” Ab Imperio (April 2004), 419-32.
Current Research:
- Dissertation: The Forgotten Revolt: The 1956 Pro-Stalinist Protests in Soviet Georgia and Its Cold War Implications”
Last updated: 12/14/2023
